The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and Labour Party (LP), have tackled the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as costs of food items, others pushed inflation to an 18-year high of 26.72 per cent in September. The Presidency and APC kept sealed lips on the attacks with the National Bureau of Statistics, […]
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The presidential candidates of both of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have rejected Wednesday’s tribunal judgement declaring Bola Tinubu as duly elected president of Nigeria. The Labour Party similarly criticised the judgement on Wednesday, stating that the verdict did not reflect the “desires of the people”. They have […]
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President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the judgement handed down by the presidential election petition tribunal, stating that it has renewed his goal of building, unifying Nigeria. The president was quoted as speaking in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesperson. After months of legal fireworks at the tribunal, Tinubu was returned on Wednesday by […]
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YBNL signee, Asake, won the ‘Next Rated’ award at the 2023 Headies. The 16th edition of the biggest award ceremony that celebrates Afrobeats and African culture took place on Sunday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. The show, themed ‘Celebrating African Renaissance,’ saw artistes from across the continent of Africa converge to […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has accused the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa of serving as a minister while undertaking the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme. In a statement on Thursday, HURIWA alleged that years back, Musawa abandoned her NYSC in Ebonyi state but later showed interest […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, says Philip Shaibu, his deputy, manipulated the election of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in the state to further his governorship ambition. Speaking during the celebration of the International Youth Day in Benin city, Obaseki said Shaibu influenced the election to install the executive council (EXCO). The […]
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The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to a fake recruitment advert currently circulating on various social media platforms inviting applications from unsuspecting members of the public with the intent to defraud them. The NAF therefore wishes to state that it is not currently conducting any recruitment exercise. It would be […]
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Bismarck Rewane, chief executive officer of Financial Derivatives, says Nigeria’s economy is expected to experience growth in the first quarter of 2024. Rewane, who was a guest on Arise News on Saturday, said Nigerians will have to endure “more pain” before next year. “The bad news is that there is pain and they will be […]
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The Lagos state government has said the bodies of 103 victims of #EndSARS protest in 2020 prepared for mass burial were not from the Lekki tollgate. In a statement released the state government on Sunday, it said no dead body was retrieved from the Lekki toll gate as a result of the protest. The statement […]
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The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned against the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such an action would sink Nigeria. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued the stern warning in response to a call by the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, urging President Bola Tinubu not to release Kanu. Mr. […]
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