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Senate alerts military on terrorists’ enclaves in Kwara, Niger states
The Senate on Tuesday raised the alarm over the presence of terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger states, respectively. Accordingly, the chamber urged the military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught on the bandits and criminal elements within Kainji Lake National Park and the identified communities. The names of communities given by the…
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APC loses 3 more Senators to PDP, NNPP
Three All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have announced their defection from the ruling party. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). Whilst Babba Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gumau, on the other hand, defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Notice…
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Buhari sends 7 names to Senate for confirmation as ministers to replace Amaechi, Akpabio, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent seven ministerial nominees to the senate for confirmation. The confirmation request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor at the start of plenary on Tuesday. President Buhari, in the letter, explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provisions of Section 147 subsection…
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Oyetola’s Campaign Council urges EFCC to investigate Adeleke, PDP over voter inducement comment
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Campaign Council of the Osun State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, over his comment that he will induce voters before and during the July 16th governorship election in the…
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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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FG releases results of 2022 common entrance examination
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has released the 2022 results of the National Common Entrance Examination held on May 7 into the 104 unity colleges across the country. Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr David Adejo, in Abuja, on Monday, said one Ajidapa Mariam, an indigene of Sokoto State got the highest…
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Buhari receives Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Biodun Oyebanji
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received Ekiti State Governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji in company of Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Chief of Staff Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Campaign DG & Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and SSA to the President (Domestic) Sarki…
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Sanwo-Olu orders probe of attack on WesternPost’s reporter, others
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the attack on WesternPost reporter, Adeola Ogunrinde and other journalists in the Government House Press Crew bus. This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso. WesternPost had reported that Ogunrinde and other journalists were attacked by hoodlums on Sunday on their…
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Court stops INEC from ending voter registration June 30
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from stopping the continuous voter registration on June 30. The interim injunction barring INEC from ending the CVR on June 30 was by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon on Monday after hearing an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP had approached the court…
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JKF: No longer ‘the apprentice’, By Olawale Olaleye
Last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, has stoked some interrogations on the political artery of the state, with ideology at the centre of it all. There’s also been interesting reports and opinions about the fact that the feat of Saturday had broken 23 years succession jinx in the state. But a few people have equally been stifled by the…
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