Category: National
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Convention: APC Stops Political Appointees From Voting
The All Progressives Congress has stopped political appointees from voting at its national convention holding on Saturday. This was made known by the party in a press statement on Thursday.The statement was titled, ‘Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates’. It read, “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of…
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Couple Take Pre-wedding Shoot In BRT Bus
A man on Twitter known as Lola Okunrin has shared some pre-wedding photoshoots he with his fiancee. They had organised it inside a popular Lagos state BRT bus. The lovers posed in the aisle and entrance of the mass transit. The man says the idea of the photoshoot was to show where their love first…
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FRSC Returns Cash Recovered from Crash
Mr Yildung Bitrus, the Assistant Corps Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Okigwe Unit Command, said that the corps had returned the cash recovered from an accident scene in Okigwe to the victims’ relatives. Bitrus disclosed this to Newsmen, on Thursday in Owerri, as part of the development after a fatal accident that occurred on…
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22 Ships Discharge Fuel, Other Products At Lagos Ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority on Thursday said that 22 ships at the Lagos Port Complex were discharging petrol and other products. NPA, had said that the ships were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, container, frozen fish, ethanol, automobile gasoline, base oil, butane gas, bulk urea, and petrol. The authority said that 26 other ships were…
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Kano Govt Conduct Headcount For Heardsmen
As part of measures in determining the total number of Fulani herdsmen in Kano, the state government has conducted the 2021 headcount of the herdsmen across the 44 local governments. In his address at the meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics (NCCS) in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said that the report…
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Electoral Act: Senate Conclude To Appeal Against Controversial Section
The Senate, on Wednesday, had concluded to appeal against the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abia State, which nullified Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The controversial section requires ministers, heads of agencies and other political appointees to resign before participating in primaries, conventions and other electoral activities. The court, had,…
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2023: PDP Conclude To Turnaround Leadership
Rising from their meeting in Umuobiakwa, Obingwa, Abia State, on Wednesday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum, concluded to change the leadership of the country. Describing the All Progressives Congress (APC) government as uncaring and insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, they said the ruling party has become a…
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EFCC Releases Willie Obiano
The former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after spending one week in custody. Obiano was arrested hours after handing over to his successor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on his way to the United States. On Wednesday,…
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Electoral Act : Senate Appeal Section 84 (12) Ruling
The Senate has resolved to appeal the judgement of Federal High Court, Umuahia, nullifying section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. The resolution was reached after a debate at today’s plenary. The resolution followed a motion titled: “Urgent need to appeal judgement of the Federal High Court Umuahia on suit no FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 on Section 84(12) of…
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Atiku Openly Declares To Run For President
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar declared his intention to run for the office of Nigeria president on Wednesday, promising to fix Nigeria’s economy, improve security and delegate more powers to states. This declaration is the sixth time Atiku will be campaigning for president. As he contested for the first time in 1993. Atiku, the presidential…