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Zulum visits Monguno hospital at 2am, offers 30% salary increase for doctors in 7 liberated LGs
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, during a late night visit to the General Hospital in Monguno, on Saturday, announced the approval of 30% salary increase for doctors in seven local government areas with peculiarities. Aside medical doctors, nurses, midwives, lab technicians, pharmacists and other health workers in the seven local governments will also benefit from 20% salary increase aimed…
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PDP: Politics of survival and bad manners, By Chidi Amuta
Nigeria’s troubled main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scored a pre-election own goal. It has forced its presidential aspirants to retreat into factional enclaves. These are roughly: the Northern, Gubernatorial and Igbo formations. How to engineer a consensus out of these conflicting interests has become the defining burden of a party that has neither federal incumbency nor the quantum…
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State pardon: You are playing ‘Bolekaja politics’, Garba Shehu hits back at Wike
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has accused Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of playing bad politics with the state pardon granted by National Council of State to former Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame. The former Plateau and Taraba state governors were successfully prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission for over…
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Osun orders investigation into police, youths face-off in Ile Ife, calls for calm
Osun State government said it will investigate the face-off between policemen and youths of Iloro area of Ile-Ife. This was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode which was made available to WesternPost. The government also called on the youths in the community to remain calm while investigations continue. “The violence sparked…
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Wike hits Buhari on state pardon for Dariye, Nyame, says consensus candidacy in PDP deceitful
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hit out at President Muhammadu Buhari for granting former Governors Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye state pardon. WesternPost had reported that the Council of State on Thursday, granted the former governors of Taraba and Plateau states and 157 others state pardon. Wike who was in Minna, Niger State on Saturday to visit Peoples Democratic…
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WASSCE won’t clash with UTME, says WAEC boss
Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr. Patrick Areghan says there is no clash in the dates of the body’s exams with that of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In an interview with NAN on Saturday, Areghan who was reacting to a circular from the Ministry of Education, said information…
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I once attempted suicide when I had No Money – Shan George
Nollywood actress, Shan George said she was once so broke and distraught that she attempted suicide. The actress recalled the financial woes that prompted the sale of her valuables before her mother died in 2021 during a television interview with Chude Jideonwo. She said: “My mum fell ill 2011. It became so bad. It wasn’t letting me sleep. As if…
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PHOTO NEWS: Young people from the South West rally support for Tinubu
APC youths from South West states rallied in support of the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday at Mobolaji Johnson Sports Arena, Onikan Lagos.
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Igbo must present a consensus presidential candidate, By Doyin Okupe
Many Nigerians including my humble self are sold on the idea that the Presidency of Nigeria be zoned to the south east in 2023. For the political leadership in Eastern Nigeria, the fact that there are two major political parties in Nigeria must pose a problem for the leadership. Making it rather difficult to come out and prevail on the…
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Yemi Ogunbiyi best to write about Nigeria’s history, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi “forgets little” and is in the best position to write about Nigeria’s history. Osinbajo spoke on Friday at the public presentation of Ogunbiyi’s memoir titled “The Road Never Forgets” in Lagos. The book launch event was part of the author’s 75th birthday celebrations. According to the vice president, Ogunbiyi had the opportunity…
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