THE Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, transmitted a second list of cabinet member-nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is coming a few weeks after the House confirmed 22 and rejected 17 out of the 39 nominees earlier sent to it for ratification and confirmation. …
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THE national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has shunned the last-minute reconciliatory meeting convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to avert the two-day warning strike already declared by the labour centre. Newsextra24 reports that only the leadership of the Trade Union Congress, led by its …
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THE Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, swore in the chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas elected in Saturday’s council election amid calls by the All Progressives Congress to halt the ceremony. Obaseki said the elected chairmen were carefully selected by the Peoples Democratic Party and elected …
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THE federal government’s expenditure exceeded its revenue by N1.43 trillion in the first quarter of 2023. The Central Bank of Nigeria revealed this in its Third Quarter 2023 Economic report at the weekend. The report showed a deficit of 9.6 percent higher than the Fourth Quarter of 2022. It added …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have intercepted various quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. NDLEA disclosed that the drugs were being shipped to South Africa …
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THE Zamfara State Government has announced the immediate closure of cattle markets, popularly known as Kara, in five local government areas of the state. Zamfara State’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Mannir Haidara, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday. According to Haidara, the affected cattle …
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FORMER President Muhammadu Buhari has boasted that his administration saved Nigeria from corruption. Buhari said his administration saved Nigeria from corrupt undertones planted to expose Nigeria’s economy to collapse. He disclosed this in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, in response to the allegations raised against him by former …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to attract foreign direct investment. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on …
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RIVERS State Government has shut down the Africa Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM operations in Port Harcourt. The media organization on its official X on Sunday, announced that the State Government shut down its operations through contracted telecommunications engineers accompanied by armed security operatives. “The contractors disconnected the wave …
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An Open Letter to Governor Obaseki. My Dear Governor, THE entire Edo sons and daughters both at home and abroad observed with anxiety, dismay, and inexplicable bewilderment, the manipulation of the election process in the ‘just conducted’ local government election. This has in no small way or measure eroded and/or …
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