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Politics
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Edo deputy gov emerges PDP factional guber candidate
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) parallel governorship primary election. Shuaibu won the parallel primary election with over 301 votes. The deputy governor and Governor Godwin Obaseki have been at loggerheads over Shuaibu’s decision to succeed him at the end of his tenure. Ten governorship aspirants are jostling for the PDP…
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Police release Labour Party Chairman, Abure
The Nigerian Police Force has granted bail to the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure. Barrister Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State, based on a petition by the Labour Party National Youth Leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm, who accused him of unleashing armed thugs on him in December 2023. The National Youth Leader alleged that…
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Nigeria successfully reduced agric credit risks, says Bagudu
Kunle Sanni The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has highlighted Nigeria’s impressive strides in agricultural financing in boosting the country’s agriculture sector. The minister added that despite criticism, the government’s many agricultural loan programmes, such as the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) and the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), have proven successful. The minister gave these…
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ECOWAS: I want leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger to reunite for peace, says Gowon
A former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon has made a plea to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government to bring Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger back together. These three countries have expressed a desire to leave the regional organisation. Following a protracted disagreement with ECOWAS over military regimes that overthrew democratic…
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Edo APC Primary: Gov. Otu replaces Uzodinma as election chairman
In response to the crisis that followed last weekend’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Edo State, the party has removed Governor Hope Uzodinma as the chairman of the Elections Committee. The party has now announced the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, as the new chairman. In a revised list of members to oversee the conduct…
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BREAKING: LP chairman, Julius Abure arrested
Embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has been reportedly arrested by the Nigerian Police in Benin, Edo state. Photos and videos of the Labour Party chairman posted on the X handle of a whistleblower known as 99% Oppressed @pidomnigeria shows Barrister Abure seated on the bare ground with policemen around him. He was also pictured seating…
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Retract defamatory comments or face legal action, Emefiele warns Akpabio
Former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has threatened to take legal action against Incumbent Senate President Godswill Akpabio for what he alleges is defamation of character and unguarded utterance of derogatory statement. Akpabio, speaking at Senator Barinada Mpigi’s thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on February 18, made certain remarks implying that Emefiele’s…
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I’m committed to running an open, transparent administration, says Shehu Osidi
Kunle Sanni The newly appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Shehu Osidi has pledged his commitment to an open, transparent, and accountable administration, in providing innovative solutions to the housing challenges in the country. Osidi stated this during a Handover Ceremony held on Monday, at the Board Room of the Bank’s Head Office, as he…
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State police in Nigeria is just a mirage, says Shehu Sani
Innocent Raphael A former Kaduna Senator and lawmaker, Shehu Sani, on Monday, declared that the idea of allowing the establishment of state police in the country could be a recipe for anarchy. According to him, the idea that state police would solve all the security problems in the country is a mirage. The former senator on its official X handle…
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“Live up to expectations,” APC tells PDP Govs.
Kunle Sanni The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of indicting themselves by asking President Bola Tinubu to step down due to economic hardship in the country. The national spokesperson of the APC, Felix Morka in a statement on Sunday criticized the PDP governors for not fulfilling their responsibilities and instead becoming…
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