SAMUEL Ortom, the immediate past governor of Benue State on Saturday praised the senate for intervening to ensure the autonomy of the country’s third tier of government. Ortom’s declaration follows a senate resolution calling for the withholding of statutory allocations to non-democratically elected local government bodies across the country. The …
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SEANTORS Ifeanyi Ubah and Uche Ekwunife have been presented to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State following their defection to the party. Ubah had weeks back announced his defection from Young Progressives Party (YPP) to APC. The state Chairman of APC, Chief Basil EJidike, who formally …
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THE Federal Government says it will sanction employers over indecent working conditions that contravene local and international labour laws. Mr Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this during the inauguration of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) III, (2023-2027) on Friday in Abuja. The DWCP was inaugurated to …
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THE Executive Committee and stakeholders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the North East zone have reaffirmed the expulsion of the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. This was disclosed in a communique at the end of the North East executive …
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Kassim Afegbua FORMER Commissioner of Information in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, has finally announced his intention to contest in the 2023 Edo governorship race. Trojan News Media recalls that the former spokesman of ex-military President, Ibrahim Babangida, had last month hinted about his interest in the state’s top political seat when he mentioned …
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LAGOS State has been ranked among the world’s cheapest cities. Economists Intelligence Worldwide Cost of Living 2023 survey disclosed this in its latest report. Accordingly, the survey ranked Lagos and Damascus, Syria, among the bottom ten cities with the cheapest living costs. The report ranked Lagos 165 out of 173, …
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THE Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state will determine the fate of his deputy, Philip Shaibu, who declared on Monday to run for the governorship seat of the state. Newsextra24 recalls that the relationship between Obaseki and Shaibu turned sour …
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THE Federal Government, on Thursday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, represented by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Dr Anayo Romanus-Nzekwe, disclosed this on Thursday in …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s national defense and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimization, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security are some of the top priorities of the 2024 Budget of Renewed Hope. Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly on the 2024 …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Caroline Wuraola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). She made this known to the staff of the Immigration service during the Comptroller General’s parade on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Adepoju, who was appointed …
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