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Fuel queues surface in Lagos as IPMAN directs members to sell petrol at N180 per litre
With many filling stations without fuel in parts of Lagos and other Southwest states on Monday, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members to sell PMS (petrol) at N180 per litre. The pump price of the product before the current scarcity was between N163 and N165 per litre. But, IPMAN said it can no longer…
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, hospitalised in London
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, is ill and has been hospitalised in London for an undisclosed ailment. WesternPost gathered from a reliable source in London that the former military ruler was brought into London last week for urgent medical care, adding that the Chairman of the National Peace Committee had been sick for some time before the family…
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APC candidate, Oyebanji wins 5 LGAs, takes early lead in Ekiti governorship election
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji has taken an early lead in the governorship election in Ekiti State. The ruling party’s candidate has so far won in five local governments-Ekiti West, Gbonyin, Ido-Osi, Ikole and Irepodun/Ifelodun. He defeated his two major contenders, Segun Oni and Bisi Kolawole in their local governments in the process. Irepodun/Ifelodun is also…
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Crisis looms as Lawan, Akpabio make APC senatorial candidates’ list
All Progressives Congress (APC) may be courting future crisis, following the submission of the names of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and former Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio for senatorial contest in 2023. Both Lawan and Akpabio contested the presidential primaries of the ruling party. Akpabio had stepped down for the eventual winner of the primary, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
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Machina threatens court action as APC submits Lawan’s name for Yobe North senatorial contest
All Progressives Congress (APC) has allegedly submitted the name of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as Yobe North senatorial candidate for the 2023 general elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It would be recalled that Lawan did not participate in the senatorial election as he contested the presidential primaries of the APC. In his absence, Bashir Sherrif Machina…
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US, Nigeria need more collaboration to tackle terrorism – Osinbajo
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria and the United States should collaborate more as there is a need for more concerted efforts to effectively tackle the spread of terrorism, especially in the Sahel region. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US State Department, Victoria Nuland,…
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Buhari urges police to deploy more technology in fight against insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigeria Police to deploy more technology to fight crime and insecurity in the country He said this at the Passing Out Parade of the Regular Course 4/2016 Cadets of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano on Thursday In a statement by Garba Shehu, his senior special assistant on media and publicity, President Buhari said…
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Sanwo-Olu tells youth to shun violence, cooperate with security officers
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday urged the youths to shun crime, cooperate with security agencies and work together to achieve a common objective. Sanwo-Olu stated this when he commissioned and handed over a building to the Department of State Service (DSS) in Alimosho area of the state. Speaking during the commissioning of the building project, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the ultimate goal of his…
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Abaribe resigns as Senate Minority Leader as Balogun, Oyo Senator defects to APC
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South Senatorial District, has formally resigned his position as Minority Leader of the Senate. His resignation was conveyed in a letter dated 26th May, 2022. The letter was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary, on Wednesday. Abaribe’s resignation as Senate Minority Leader, followed his defection from the Peoples Democratic…
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2023: PDP Committee considers Wike as Atiku’s running mate
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has emerged as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Wike, it was learnt, was the preferred choice of most members of the party’s committee set up to produce a running mate for Atiku Abubakar. The choice, it was learnt, was between him and Governor…
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