The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, …
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, said there was no dispute between the state government and the Palace of the Oba of Benin, His Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, over the return of looted Benin artefacts. Obaseki, who addressed participants at a stakeholders’ engagement and …
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The Governor-elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, warned Governor Gboyega Oyetola and members of his cabinet against diversion and looting of government assets and public property. Adeleke alleged that the incumbent governor and his allies were making clandestine moves to convert the public property to private ownership and …
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The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has cautioned the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against causing disaffection and disunity in the country. The MMWG, on Thursday while reacting to a statement credited to the Vice President of CAN, Reverend Joseph Hayab, that the Christian priests that were present …
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President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, something the White House had taken extra steps to avoid as highly transmissible strains struck top aides, Cabinet members and the vice president. Biden is experiencing “very mild” symptoms and is taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …
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As the 2023 elections approaches, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has revealed efforts being made to resolve the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking with Arise TV on Thursday, Ortom, said he was urged by the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to appease Governor Nyesom Wike of …
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The minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that was formally transited to a private limited company by President Muhammadu Buhari this week, has not been privatized. Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, had announced that NNPC …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been urged to call off its six-month-old strike. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who made the call at the 2022 police meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria held in Abuja, said ASUU needs to give room for dialogue and …
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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has stated that Nigerians now “‘shamefully” pay dollars to study in universities in neighbouring West African countries. This was stated on Tuesday by Emefiele while responding to questions from journalists after the monetary policy committee (MPC) briefing in Abuja. He …
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Dino Melaye, a former senator from Kogi West, has reacted to the attendance of some bishops at the introduction of Kashim Shettima, Bola Tinubu’s running mate for president of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Melaye claimed that the alleged bishops’ attendance at Shettima’s unveiling revealed the APC’s plight. Recall that some …
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