STRONG indications have emerged on Tuesday that the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo risks being impeached if the executive fails to carry out the decisions of the Senators as the Senate has asked him to as a matter of urgency withdraw his statement that the National Assembly lacks the powers to …
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday raised the alarm over the deployment of military personnel in over 28 states in the country. Dogara said the development was an indication that Nigeria was already in a state of emergency in peacetime The Speaker expressed shock …
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The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. Osinbajo appended his signature on the document at about 4:41pm inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief event was witnessed by principal officers of the National Assembly, presidential aides and other top government officials.
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says checking of travellers luggage will no longer be done at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Managing Director, FAAN, Mr. Saleh Dunoma, said this was part of the plan to ensure the implementation of the Executive Order recently …
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A new grand plan by an Aso Rock cabal led by the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, to weaken the constitutional authority of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has taken off at the presidential palace in Abuja, with a meeting held in London last week. The new scheme comes after an …
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The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured investors that Nigeria is one of the most profitable places in the ECOWAS sub-region for business and investment. Osinbajo said this while meeting the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Mrs Retno Marsudi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting took place on Monday …
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*By Martins Oloja* We can’t deny that we always doze off at the point of our need for purposeful leadership. We have never been vigilant about quality political recruitment in our journey through democratisation. One of our icons, Professor Chinua Achebe, saw this long ago and in 1983, he wrote …
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The federal government has approved for the Lagos State government to commence a total reconstruction of the road connecting Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Oshodi. A statement by Mr. Tunji Bello, Secretary to the State Government, said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode announced this on Wednesday. The state government …
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The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that Nigeria cannot afford to disintegrate. He said the diversity of the country was the reason why other countries have respect for Nigeria. Osinbajo, who was on a two-day official visit to Cross River State, said this on Thursday during a …
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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians to ignore the media reports on Coup plot, saying it should not be stretched beyond what the military authorities had said. Mr. Adesina stated this at a media chat with State House correspondents to mark …
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