Day: September 19, 2021
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President Buhari Appoints Araraume, Okadigbo, Kyari Into NNPC Board
President Buhari Appoints Araraume, Okadigbo, Kyari Into NNPC Board Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 9 people into the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. It can be recalled that the President ordered on Sunday, that the NNPC should be fully incorporated in line with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry…
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Atiku Abubakar, Seyi Makinde, back Jegede in PDP chairmanship race
Former govs, ex-ministers back Oyinlola As Wike throws weight behind Dan Orbih Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, are set to clash in a battle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the race for the chairmanship…
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Heaven Won’t Fall If Another Northerner Is Elected President – NEF Spokesman
Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said heaven will not fall if a northerner is elected the next Nigerian President. Baba-Ahmed who said northerners are not second-class citizens of Nigeria, said that the north will not accept to serve as a second fiddle in 2023, when the region has the population…
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No space for Governor Seyi Makinde in our party — Oyo APC
The All Progressives Congress in Oyo state has said that there is no space for the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to join the party. Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, the interim Publicity Secretary of the party, stated this while speaking to our correspondent in Ibadan on Sunday. He said while reacting to the statement made by…
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How e-voting machine works in Kaduna LG poll
After much anticipation, the Kaduna State Local Government election eventually held in 19 out of 23 local government areas on Saturday, September 4, though not without some of the usual controversies that surround elections in Nigeria. TA day before the poll, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, chaired by Dr Saratu Dikko-Audu, announced the suspension…
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Buhari Appoints Akinyelure, Kyari, others Into new incorporated NNPC Board
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 9 people into the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. It can be recalled that the President ordered on Sunday, that the NNPC should be fully incorporated in line with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause…
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Lawyer drags NDDC to court, seeks exclusion of 16 LGs of Ondo State from NDDC’s projects
Asks court to void all NDDC’s projects outside Ilaje and Ese Odo LGs in the YEAR 2021 BUDGET Raises four issues for determination, seeks five prayers from the court An Ondo State-based Lawyer, Barr OMOTOLA ODUSOLA of Omolegbon Odusola & Co in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has dragged the Niger Delta Development…
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Bandits are sophisticated money launderers, use drones, CCTV for surveillance – Sokoto varsity don, Dr Rufa’i
A lecturer in the Department of History, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Dr Murtala Rufa’i, whose decade-long researches in rural economy brought him in contacts with bandits, speaks about their mode of operations, in this interview with ADENIYI OLUGBEMI You recently delivered a seminar paper titled ‘I am a bandit,’on campus. Why did you choose…
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Naira crisis: Pursuing Aboki FX, a waste of efforts, Utomi tells CBN
Some financial experts however disagreed with the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to prosecute the owner of AbokiFX, describing it as a waste of efforts and a deviation from the major problems of the foreign exchange market. The PUNCH had reported how CBN vowed to clamp down on abokiFX website, its owner…
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I didn’t pay for chieftaincy title –Vector
Popular rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known as Vector, recently bagged a chieftaincy title, Amuludun, in the Lafiaji community of Lagos Island. The Early Momo rapper in an interview with Sunday Scoop maintained that he didn’t pay to be given the chieftaincy title. He said, “Among other things, it feels good that I am appreciated for…
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Igboho: Yoruba group to sue FG for disrupting Lagos rally.
REACTIONS have continued to trail Friday’s judgment of Oyo State High Court which declared self-determination agitation as legal and resistance to it by agents of government as “crude and most unprofessional.” Leader of the Yoruba Nation group and Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor of History, Professor Banji Akintoye, told Sunday Tribune that the verdict has…
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Nigerian govt must respect human rights to attain national unity – Gbajabiamila
Nigerian govt must respect human rights to attain national unity – Gbajabiamila. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given three conditions for a united Nigeria. Gbajabiamila said the federal government must be willing to guarantee and respect the fundamental rights of all citizens. He also said Nigerians must be free from want…