There are strong indications on Friday that the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission may recommend the confirmation of the appointment of a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner for the electoral umpire. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), had in a letter dated 12th …
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As the clamour for the emergence of a southerner as the president in 2023 continues to generate comments, there are indications that the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, may throw the contest open to all Nigerians, irrespective of their zone. This comes days after southern state governors, on …
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has rejected the call by Southern governors that the 2023 presidency be zoned to the Southern part of the country. Bello claimed a rotational presidency can not solve Nigeria’s problem, saying it was why former President Olusegun Obasanjo could not solve the problems of …
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The Lagos State office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment has launched the Lagos SDGs Youth Alliance platform. In a statement on Thursday, the government said platform was launched to accelerate youth involvement in the attainment of the global ambition. It said the initiative, which is the first government …
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Lauretta Onochie, presidential aide, promoted the All Progressives Congress (APC) in August 2020, contrary to a claim she made on Thursday. While appearing before the senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Onochie claimed that she quit partisan politics after President Muhammadu Buhari was reelected in 2019. The …
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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, led a high powered delegation of the Government of the state to pay last respect to the late Prophet Temitope Joshua who was committed to the Mother Earth in Lagos on Friday. Prophet Temitope Joshua hailed from Arigidi-Akoko in Akoko Northwest Local …
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The House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principle of a bill that seeks to remove all forms of immunity clauses conferred on the President, Vice President, State Governors and Deputy Governors in the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The private member bill which passed through First …
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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday said the state government would do its best to support families of victims of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state. He gave the assurance while receiving the report of the State’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry into complaints of police brutality …
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Oba Adewale Adeniji, the Oniranike of Iranike, is said to be on the run as three suspected land grabbers allegedly working for him have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force. He was alleged to have secured a frivolous judgment over the ownership of land in the area …
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The new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Michael Akabogu has disclosed that the new management of the fund is ready to deliver on its mandate and it is time it’s allowed to work instead of being encumbered by negative publicity. …
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