The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has finally dragged before an Abuja Federal High court, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and four others seeking enforcement of his right to contest the 2023 Presidential election without resigning from his current position. Emefiele’s suit with No FHC/ABJ/CS/610/2022 instituted on his behalf by […]
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Senator Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All progressive Congress (APC), has assured that the ruling party would provide a level playing ground for all aspirants contesting in the primaries. Adamu had spoken on Sunday, at a valedictory session held in his honour by APC stakeholders in Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone. The APC chairman, speaking […]
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The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has said it has suspended the earlier decision to shut down flights beginning from Monday, May 9. Kokomansion could recall that the AON had in a statement vowed to shut down operations following the high cost of aviation fuel. But the president of the AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, […]
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No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead following an explosion that occured at an illegal oil refinery located at Uzuaku Community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. While three persons reportedly died at the scene of the incident which reportedly occured on Friday evening, seven others later died in the hospital […]
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As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, wraps up on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. Also […]
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The National leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he remains unshaken and very confident of winning the presidential ticket of the APC. The presidential aspirant who is in the race with over 20 other aspirants under the platform of the APC spoke weekend in Jalingo, Taraba state capital […]
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The President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to […]
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A member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, says resignation of its Campaign Director General (DG) Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin from membership of the APC, has nothing to do with Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party. The Source who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on grounds of anonimity, said the […]
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The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has requested that Godwin Emefiele resign as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Akeredolu made this statement while describing the news of Emefiele’s purchase of Declaration of Intent and Nomination Forms to contest for the office of the President as shocking. He asked that President […]
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The United Kingdom has made clarification that it did not designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The clarification comes after it emerged that the UK sought to exclude IPOB members who have committed human rights abuses from its asylum program. A statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, had stated […]
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