Author: SGTV
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No One Can Force Ayu To Resign- Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, said no party member can force the PDP’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign. This is following the crisis rocking the PDP deepened on Wednesday as Governor Nyesom Wike’s team pulled out of Atiku’s campaign council. The members announced their decision to pull out of…
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Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the…
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NGF To Wedge Tax Leakages And Enhance IGR Generation
The 36 state governors in Nigeria, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, have initiated a workshop on wedging tax leakages and improving their internally generated revenue. The announcement came during the governors’ meeting yesterday, tagged, “the 8th IGR Peer Learning Event and Launch of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Public Finance Database,” by the…
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EFCC Intercepts Guns And Cartridges in Kogi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, intercepted a J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested,…
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Avoid Vote Trading – Peter Obi Support Group To Nigerians
The group said it is firmly backing the aspiration of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, because it believes he has the capacity to lead the country in the right direction. It said if electorates resist every form of inducement, vote-buying/manipulation, and electoral insincerity, they will be able to hold their ground effectively while…
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Court Orders OSIEC To Stop Planned LG Elections
Federal High Court in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the State Independent Electoral Commission to stop its preparations for the conduct of local government elections. This followed the commencement of training for the commission’s ad hoc staff for the October 15 election across local governments in the state. The Peoples Democratic Party, Osun…
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Ukraine President, Volodmyr Zelensky, Involved In Car Crash
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, was reportedly involved in a car crash early Thursday after a visit to a battlefield but has emerged with no serious injuries. According to a statement from the president’s press secretary, “a car collided with the motorcade of the President of Ukraine.” Medics accompanying Zelensky gave emergency aid to the car’s…
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FG Disbands Taskforce On Prohibition Of Ilegal Smuggling Of Arms
The National Security Council, on Thursday, declared the National Task Force on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical and Pipeline Vandalism illegal. The council, therefore, asked the body to disband itself or face the wrath of the Federal Government. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this after Thursday’s National…
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NCAA Suspends Azman Operations
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, on Thursday, has suspended Azman Air over the airline’s inability to renew its Air Operator Certificate. checking on the website of the airline currently revealed that all flights to and from different routes have been cancelled. This is coming few months after the NCAA suspended the AOC of Dana Air…
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PDP National Chairman Should Step Down – Seyi Makinde
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, for the people of the South to feel a sense of belonging in the party. Makinde made this call at the South-West PDP stakeholders meeting with the presidential candidate of the party,…