Following on the heels of back to back stays of execution recently granted the APC in Rivers state and the wild jubilations that erupted across the state, the APC Director of Strategic Communications for the Tonye Cole Campaign, Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill has laughed at the possibility of elections holding in Rivers state without the […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to appear in court at the next adjourned date or he would be arrested. Senator Obanikoro who is testifying as the fifth prosecution witness in the trial of the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayo […]
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The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says total pension fund assets have grown to N8.63 trillion as at December 2018. Ms Aisha Dahir-Umar, its Acting Director-General, disclosed this at the public hearing of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee in Abuja on Thursday. The committee is mandated to investigate activities of PenCom and alleged violation of […]
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Sani Usman, the spokesman of the Nigerian army, has retired from the service after 36 years of active service. In a farewell message on Thursday, the brigadier general who has served at different times as the image maker of the army said he was leaving highly fulfilled. “With utmost gratitude to God, I wish to […]
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its consensus candidate for the February 16 presidential election. The party made the decision on Thursday during its national executive council meeting in Abuja. Buhari is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). SDP NEC, however, explained that the adoption does not herald a […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy, sunny and hazy weather conditions with prospect of localised thunderstorms over most parts of the country on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Monday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy conditions over the central states with chances of thundery activities over Mambilla axis, during the morning hours. It […]
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The Naira on Monday appreciated further at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N358 to the dollar, stronger than N359 it traded on Friday. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N472 and N411, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar, while the […]
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The Ogun State police command has arrested a 35-year-old Islamic cleric, Jamiu Olasheu, and three others for being in possession of a human skull. The public relations officer of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known to journalists on Monday. He said a police patrol team from Agbara division, who were on routine patrol, accosted […]
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A group of retired Army Generals, Admirals, Marshals and former Military Governors/Administrators have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office. The ex-officers made their declaration in support for Buhari’s re-election when they paid a visit to the President in Abuja on Monday. The leader of the delegation, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, who was military governor in […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 400,000 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected out of the 3,215, 273 registered in the state. Mr Enabor Edwin, the Head of INEC Voter Education and Publicity Department in Rivers, Said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in […]
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