Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction Arise News and Channels TV over what he described as fake reports broadcast by the duo on alleged drug trafficking involving him. In a petition signed by the special …
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Ghana President Sacks Minister Over Alleged Corruption
GHANA’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday fired his junior finance minister over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The president has “terminated the appointment of the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Mr Charles Boahen, with immediate effect,” he said in a statement. …
Read More »Buhari, Peter Obi, Oshiomole To Commision Projects In Rivers
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will be guests to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on November 18 and 16, 2022, respectively to inaugurate projects in Rivers State. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, had …
Read More »United States Government Fines Google $392m
GOOGLE, on Monday, agreed to settle a landmark privacy case with 40 US states over accusations that the search engine giant misled users into believing location tracking had been switched off on their devices. A statement said it was the largest multi-state privacy settlement by state authorities in US history …
Read More »Governor Oyebanji Appoints Ex-APC Chaiman, Ex-commissioner, Others As Advisers
EKITI State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has appointed eight special advisers in a bid to position his administration for excellent service delivery. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, who is among the appointees as SA Media and Strategy/CPS, made the disclosure in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on …
Read More »Peter Obi knows That He Can’t And Won’t Win, Says Soludo
CHUKUWMA Soludo, governor of Anambra, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will not win in the 2023 general election. Soludo said this on Monday in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’. The development comes amid criticism of the Anambra …
Read More »FG Compulsory Training For ASUU, NLC Leaders
The Federal Government has proposed a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this, Monday, during the budget defence of his ministry and its parastatals before …
Read More »History Beckons And I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1), By Chukwuma Charles Soludo
My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the “investments” Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra state revenues. Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe …
Read More »AFRIMA: Senegal’s President Sall Pledges Support
The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, recently hosted the Executive Producer and President of the All-Africa Music Awards, Mike Dada, at his official residence in the country’s capital, Dakar. This comes ahead of the eighth edition of AFRIMA tagged, ‘Teranga Edition’, and scheduled to hold in Dakar between January 12 …
Read More »Tinubu Not To Blame For Afenifere Crisis – Keyamo
The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has said it will be unfair for anybody to link the visit of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to Pa Reuben Fasoranti as the reason for the crisis currently rocking the leadership of Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere. Tinubu …
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