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NCC will build on 2024 achievements in 2025- Maida
The Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman (CEO and EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, has assured that the Commission will build on its 2024 achievements in 2025. He added that the Commission will provide coverage maps from crowd-sourced data that will show the performance of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The Information was obtained from the…
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Tinubu will elevate Nigeria into group of developed nations- Lagos Council Chairmen
Leadership of the Conference of 57 Local Governments/Local Councils in Lagos State, have restated its convictions in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to elevate Nigeria into the group of developed nations. The chairman of Conference 57, Kolade Alabi, made this known after meeting with President Tinubu in Lagos. He expressed confidence that the country would soon witness improvements. Alabi noted that…
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LG Funds: Oyo APC charges residents to demand accountability from Makinde
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Oyo State chapter, has called on people of the state to demand accountability from Governor Seyi Makinde, over the management of funds allocated to the 33 local councils since 2019. A statement issued on Thursday by the Oyo APC Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said the “preponderance of pressure being mounted on our elected officials, federal…
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UNIABUJA Governing Council appoints Maikudi as 7th substantive VC
The Governing Council of the University of Abuja under the chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (Rtd), has approved the appointment of Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the 7th Substantive vice-chancellor of the institution. In a statement, the university’s spokesperson, Habib Yakoob said the appointment was announced during the 77th Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on Tuesday. He said…
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BREAKING: Many passengers injured as ‘Molue’ crashes into expressway median in Abule Egba
Several passengers sustained serious injuries as a commercial long bus popularly known as ‘Molue’ crashed into the Lagos Abeokuta Expressway Median at Abule Egba area of Lagos on Friday morning. An eyewitness said the accident occured when the driver lost control due to excessive speed and in an attempt to avoid colliding with another commercial bus veered sharply into the…
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Lagos Politics: Rhodes-Vivour hints on contesting for governorship in 2027
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour , popularly known as GRV, has hinted that he would contest for the 2027 governorship election in Lagos. He gave the hint while speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. GRV said he wouldn’t give up on actualising his ambition to be Lagos State Governor. He, however, didn’t indicate if he would still use…
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Fubara signs N1.1trn 2025 Appropriation Bill into Law
The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the ₦1.1 trillion 2025 Budget into law. Fubara, in a speech after signing the bill into law on Thursday, January 2, 2025, thanked the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State Assembly for doing a good job. The governor insisted that the only House of Assembly existing in the state was the one led by…
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Obi visits Babangida in Minna
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday visited the former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) at his residence in Minna, Niger State. Obi disclosed this in a post on his X handle. He said the visit was an opportunity to wish the former Head of State a happy New Year and…
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APC National Youth Leader sympathises with Jigawa governor over son, mother’s death.
The National Youth Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dayo Israel, has commiserated with the Governor of Jigawa state, Namadi Umar over the death of Hajiya Maryam Namadi Umar, his dear mother and his first son, Abdulwahab Umar Namadi. A statement issued by the APC National Youth Leader on Thursday, said “We the progressives youths are deeply saddened by the…
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Ojudu’s remarks on Tinubu’s emergence as 2023 APC presidential candidate not factual- Okechukwu
Osita Okechukwu, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and core loyalist to the former President Muhammadu Buhari, has disapproved the remarks made by Buhari’s former Political Adviser, Babafemi Ojudu on how President Bola Tinubu emerged as the APC presidential candidate in 2023. Okechukwu, who was the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) during the administration of Buhari,…
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