The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the mode of primaries for Saturday, September 29, 2018 governorship primary elections scheduled to hold across the thirty-six states of the nation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The information was released in a statement by APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena this afternoon. […]
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The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has reacted to criticisms following suspension of national carrier project, Nigeria Air. A statement by Mr James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Media and Public Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, on Tuesday stated that the national carrier project had a rock-slide of substantiated and ready investors. According to Sirika, the […]
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The case filed by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) against the management of the Federal university, Wukari in Taraba state which came up at the National Industrial Court Makurdi Division has been adjourned to the 31st October, 2018 for mention. It was gathered that the matter could not hold because the Judge […]
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…As court nullifies impeachment of Imo Deputy gov …It’s victory for Imolites, democracy – Chieftains Imo State deputy governor, Prince Eze Madumere has literally floored his estranged principal, Governor Rochas Okorocha in the war of wits and political supremacy following the nullification of his earlier purported impeachment by a federal High Court sitting in Owerri, […]
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…Says it won Osun with 4,740 votes National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday demanded for the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and INEC National Commissioner, Supervising Electoral Operations, Mrs. Amina Zakari over their alleged roles in the manipulation of the outcome […]
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Yobe State has recorded 97 deaths out of the 3,126 cases which occurred in five Local Government Areas, LGAs after a recent cholera outbreak in the North Eastern state These deaths are coming two weeks after the State Ministry of Health declared cholera outbreak in neighbouring Borno State. This numbers are contained in a recent […]
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Following the controversies that have continued to trail the Osun governorship election of 22nd September, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has cleared the air on what happened at Ayedade Local Government Area on that day. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje in a press conference held at Osogbo, Osun state capital, […]
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Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of her Aide De Camp, ADC, Sani Baba-Inna over allegation of N2.5 billion fraud by the Department of States Security Service, DSS. The ADC is presently in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, facility located at three arms zones in […]
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…TUC, NLC talk tough, declares nationwide strike …Says action begins 12 midnight today …Commences immediate mobilization of members …Calls on Nigerians to stockpile food items Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC yesterday insisted on embarking on nationwide strike over the unresolved issues of national minimum wage between labour and the federal […]
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An Umuahia High court in Abia state chaired by Justice C. U. Okoroafor on Tuesday, sacked Reverend Augustine Ehiemere as Abia state APGA Chairman. The Justice also restrained APGA, their agents, party men, servants, privies or any other person or persons acting on their behalf from administering or giving repercussions to all decisions, directives and […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state was caught sleeping at UN General Assembly during President Buhari’s address. Obaseki was sleeping heavily on Tuesday while President Muhammadu Buhari was delivering his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Pictures below… Godwin Obaseki is a politician who was sworn in as the governor of […]
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Kayode Fayemi was quick to shut down speculations, as he reveals what he discussed with Iyiola Omisore. The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Fayemi, on Tuesday visited Senator Iyiola Omisore, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), governorship aspirant of Osun in his house at Oduduwa Estate, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Fayemi’s visit is coming at a time […]
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On Wednesday, The police in Osun State said that officers couldn’t find other people’s permanent voter’s cards (PVCs) on Fatai Diekola, a PDP operative when he was arrested on Monday, contradicting the rumor that has become a belief amongst interested politicians in the state. Folasade Odoro, a police superintendent and spokesperson said detectives are only […]
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Nine persons have been confirmed dead in a bus they were travelling which collided with a truck said to be travelling in the same direction on the Awo – Igede road in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, yesterday morning. A source in Awo community told newsmen that the bus had run into the […]
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…As labour begins nationwide strike over minimum wage …Insists FG not sincere to implement new wage bill …Asks banks, schools, filling stations others to join …Ngige panics, says you can’t afford to go on strike Labour unions in Nigeria, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and its counterpart group, United Labour Congress have […]
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Facts on Osun Election 1,687,492 registered voters 48 governorship candidates 1,246,915 PVC distributed 3010 polling units 332 registration areas 30 local governments 4,700 card readers Over 40 local and international observers 163 total views, 163 views today
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Yesterday, ex-workers of the non-functioning Nigeria Airways accepted the grant of N22.68 billion recently approved by the Federal Government in anticipation of N55.62 billion balance. The beneficiaries who are 6000 in number, under the shelter of Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Nigeria Airways branch, will today sit at a meeting with the Presidential Payment Committee […]
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The Federal Government says that the meeting with the organized labor on the minimum wage is not stalemated as per the public belief. The Minister of Labor and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige mentioned this in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Press in the ministry, Mr. Samuel Olowookere. The minister met with […]
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Voting is currently in progress in the seven polling units where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ordered a rerun of the Osun governorship election. The polling units are in Orolu Local Government Area which three units were affected, Ife South which two units were affected, Ife North which one unit was affected and Osogbo […]
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The call for a national strike to protest against the Federal Government of Nigeria by Labor Unions, over the failure of the Government to meet their demand for an increase in the country’s minimum wage has taken effect in Jos, the Plateau State capital as some places of work and schools were closed. Our correspondent […]
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