Month: April 2021

  • BREAKING: I stand by my claim on printing of N60bn, Obaseki replies FG

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      Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he won’t join issues with the Federal Government over his claim that N60 billion was printed in March to support allocation to states. Obaseki had lamented the fiscal state of the nation, stating Nigeria is in financial trouble. While speaking at the Edo state transition committee stakeholders engagement…

  • A lot of things the public didn’t know, Olafeso speaks on PDP Southwest Congress

    A lot of things the public didn’t know, Olafeso speaks on PDP Southwest Congress

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    * I only conceded defeat to give peace a chance in PDP Southwest, he says Dr Eddy Olafeso, a Chairmanship candidate of the South West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday gave some insights over the conduct of the Southwest zonal congress held in Osogbo on Monday. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily,…

  • Release of remaining abducted Chibok girls still work in progress ― Presidency

    Release of remaining abducted Chibok girls still work in progress ― Presidency

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      Seven years after Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents, the Presidency last night said that the release of the remaining girls still with their abductors is a work in progress. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu reassured…

  • Ondo govt to embark on tuberculosis awareness campaign

    Ondo govt to embark on tuberculosis awareness campaign

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      Ondo government says it will soon embark on sensitisation of community and religious leaders on the dangers of tuberculosis. The Coordinator, Ondo State Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer & Leprosy Control Programme (OD-STBLCP), Dr Oluwafemi Aina, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Akure during a sensitisation workshop. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…

  • Fayose alleges over-voting at Southwest PDP congress

    Fayose alleges over-voting at Southwest PDP congress

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    Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has alleged that there was over-voting at the Southwest zonal congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday. He, however, said his camp decided to overlook the over-voting in the interest of the party. Amb. Taofeek Arapaja, the candidate backed by…

  • S-West PDP congress: No winner, no vanquished — Bode George

    S-West PDP congress: No winner, no vanquished — Bode George

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      FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, yesterday, hailed the outcome of the party’s South-West congress, saying there was ‘no winner, no vanquished’. George, in a statement, commended those who participated in the congress, saying the victory belongs to all party members. The statement reads: “The South-West Congress held…

  • Ondo reports ex-deputy governor to police over unreturned vehicles

    Ondo reports ex-deputy governor to police over unreturned vehicles

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    Ondo State Government has petitioned the Nigeria Police over the refusal by ex-Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi to return official vehicles. The vehicles are Land Cruiser SUV, New Toyota Hilux, New Toyota Hilux and Toyota Hilux. The government said Ajayi was unlawfully in possession of the vehicles. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on…

  • Governors kick against Buhari’s Executive Order

    Governors kick against Buhari’s Executive Order

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    Governors on Tuesday rejected the Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari for the implementation of financial autonomy for state Legislature and Judiciary. They clarified that while the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is not against the implementation of the law on financial autonomy, they would not be stampeded by the Order. According to the governors, the…

  • Bauchi to repatriate commercial sex workers to states of origin

    Bauchi to repatriate commercial sex workers to states of origin

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      Bauchi State Government said it will repatriate all commercial sex workers operating in the state back to their various state of origin. The Permanent Commissioner in charge of Hisbah in the Shariah Commission, Bauchi State, Barr. Aminu Balarae Isah, disclosed this at a pre-Ramadan sensitization workshop held at Bayan Gari Area, a suburb of…

  • BREAKING: Adeboye, El-Rufai meet in Kaduna

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      General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has met with Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The meeting is coming days after eight members of RCCG kidnapped in Kaduna were released. It held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna. Members of RCCG, Region 30, Trinity Sanctuary, Kaduna,…

  • Senate suspends plenary over death of NASS members

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      The Senate, on Tuesday, upon resumption from its two weeks recess, adjourned plenary till Wednesday over the recent death of two members of the National Assembly. The upper chamber also held a minute silence in honour of both lawmakers who are members of the House of Representatives. The decision to suspend plenary was carried…

  • Fayemi Urges Reversal Of $14bn Investment Drop

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      Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has advised the federal and state governments to reverse the $14 billion drop in capital importation this year. Speaking at the launch of ‘The Book of States’ published by the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) held in Abuja on Monday,…