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Men of the Nigerian press have stressed the need to ensure the safety of media professionals and adequate security for a successful 2023 general elections. Participants at a capacity-building workshop on conflict and sensitive reporting and the 2023 general elections for working journalists in Kano State made this appeal on …

Participants at the capacity building workshop on conflict and sensitive reporting and the 2023 general elections for working journalists in Kano State have stressed the need to ensure safety of media professionals before, during, and after the elections.   The call was contained in a communique issued at the end …

A Federal High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has ordered that the Chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, be arrested for contempt.   Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant …

Traditional Religious Worshippers Association of Osun State has described the emergence of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, as divine, urging him to carry on with his predecessor’s good ideas and consult before modification, where necessary.   The president of the group, Dr Oluseyi Atanda, said this in its congratulatory message …

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has presented a total of N172,090,787,292 to the state assembly for consideration as capital and recurrent expenditure for 2023 fiscal year. The amount is made up of total estimated recurrent revenue of N111,248,278,186 consisting of N24,826,741,265 from internal sources, N52,000,000,000 as statutory allocation from …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has explained his consumption to production theory, which is the punchline for his presidential campaign.   In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Wednesday, Obi said federal borrowing for consumption must stop and be channeled into regenerative projects adding …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Wednesday at the Speaker’s lodge, Lokoja presented an N172 billion 2023 budget estimates before the state house of assembly. The governor who hinted that he has delivered on his 5 thematic area premises on education, healthcare delivery, security, youth and women empowerment and …

OSOGBO — Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and his predecessor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday, clashed over the number of workers employed in the twilight of the government of the latter. They also disagreed on issuance of Executive Orders and sacking of monarchs. While the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accused …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has promised to provide enough funds for education, praying that Nigerians will never witness a repeat of APC government beyond 2023, which he says brought untold hardship on Nigerians. The PDP presidential candidate made this known at the party’s …

LAGOS – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has restated that the commission would recover from recent attacks on its facilities. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmoud made this disclosure on Tuesday, while speaking at a retreat organised for Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs. He said, “In the last four months, five …