The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the senate president. He defeated Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara Central, to win the election on Tuesday. Akpabio polled 63 votes, while Yari scored 46 votes. Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, was the preferred candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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Below is a full text of President Bola Tinubu’s democracy day broadcast on Monday morning. In the speech, he addressed various issues affecting the country and also extolled the legacy of late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their […]
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Following the suspension of Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, questions of legality have been raised by some. While the provisions of the constitution may appear vague, there is however, a precedent. Recall that on February 20, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the governor […]
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Tasked with an immediate need to reform the financial sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday suspended Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN from office with immediate effect. The suspension of the CBN Governor was announced in a statement by signd by Willie Bassey, Director of Information, for the Secretary to […]
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has said the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, denied the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the presidency. Omokri said Atiku would have been president, but Obi played the role of Judas. He insisted that President Bola Tinubu came third and […]
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The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has denied the allegation of demistic violence, which claimed that he was fond of beating up his wife, Mrs Oluwaseun. A group, under the auspices of the Society for Women Empowerment, alleged that Ayedatiwa had physically assaulted his wife twice in four months which, according to […]
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The meeting on subsidy removal between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the federal government of Nigeria has ended without an agreement. The meeting called by the federal government, was intended to reach an agreement with organised labour after President Bola Tinubu’s announcement that petrol subsidy would cease to be in […]
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The president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country on Monday evening after about a month trip to Paris, France. He was received by a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where his plane touched down. […]
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The governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, says he contested the gubernatorial election in the state against “enemies of democracy”. Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television after his victory, Fintiri said those against his reelection wanted a woman to become governor without considering his performance. Earlier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]
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Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has been named in Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2023. Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world accords recognition to people “for changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions”. “Influence is hard to measure, and what we look […]
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