The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said reports of a rift between him and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, were untrue. Mr Ambode made the clarification in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Habib Aruna, in Lagos. Both the social and traditional media have been awash with […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said on Wednesday that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has done so much in all aspects of the economy, beyond the transportation sector. Amaechi said this in Abuja during an interactive session with the media on the ministry’s achievement. He said the Buhari-led administration has achieved a lot in security, […]
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) has arrested 22 suspects for various crimes. The suspects are: Michael Okafor, 27, Ogbonnaya Nwosu, 28, Julius Uche, 38, Ike Ugwuke, 36, Christain Nwite,28, Lucky Nwakona,22, Joy Hagba,34, Aliyu Ahmed, 20, Bala Mohammed , 19, among others. The DCP in charge of Criminal Intelligence and […]
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A People’s Democratic Party (PDP), presidential aspirant, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has described the method of choosing a political party candidate in any election by consensus arrangement as illegal and anti-democracy and must be condemned. Bafarawa who who made this assertion on Wednesday during a consultation with the Edo State chapter of the party in Benin-City, […]
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The Federal Government has concluded plans to commence the cleanup of Ogoni impacted communities on or before end of last quarter of 2018. Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, made this known at a Pre-contract Award meeting organised by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Jibril, who was represented by Dr […]
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There are indications that students of public schools in Edo State who just resumed after the long vacation, would begin another indefinite vacation, following the notification of an indefinite strike served on the state government, over its failure to meet up with the demands of the State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). […]
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The participants and judges for the first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship have all arrived in Lagos for the continental competition billed to start On Thursday, this week. Judges that have arrived in Lagos for the epoch competition are Tobias Brandal Busaet from Norway, Gautier Fayolle from France and Szymon Maciej Skalski. They were joined by […]
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Just 11 days to the governorship election in Osun state, the incumbent has released N19.8 billion for the payment of salaries of workers and pensioners. In statement on Tuesday, Bola Oyebamiji, Osun state commissioner of finance, said Rauf Aregbesola, governor of the state, directed the payment of the arrears to demonstrate his commitment to his […]
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The federal government has approved the immediate deportation of 36 Indians and two Democratic People’s Republic of Korea nationals. Mohammed Umar, permanent secretary of the ministry of interior, disclosed this in a statement. Umar said Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of interior, signed the deportation order in his office in Abuja on Tuesday. He said it was […]
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has reassured the Nigerians that there is no risk of default on the 500 million US dollars loan expected from China. The department gave the reassurance in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. DMO’s statement is in reaction to public concern following the announcement at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation […]
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