The President, Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in six national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Buhari did so shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Present at the inauguration of the Commissioners were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan; and […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. A source close to the Presidency told Channels Tv that Buhari will assent to the electoral bill on Friday. According to the source, Buhari will honour the new date. Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
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Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance building in Abuja’s Central Area went up in flames Tuesday morning. However, the exact section where the fire started is not known yet. Officers from the Fire Service are at the scene. The incident occurred barely two weeks after a similar one at the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) The […]
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The umbrella body for all Academic staffs of Universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has insisted to continue its strike unless the Federal Government meets all existing demands. But on its part, the Federal Government believes that the ongoing strike would be called off soon, saying it was taken aback by the renewed […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned its national chairmanship seat to the north ahead of the 2023 elections. Governors Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna and Atiku Bagudu Of Kebbi states, who disclosed the development on Tuesday at a media briefing, said the decision was part of an outcome of President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with […]
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Nigeria’s presidency has assured that in a matter of hours, President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity had disclosed this on Tuesday when he featured on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily. He said, “It could be signed today; […]
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It was thug of war at a beer parlour joint, in Irona area of Ado Ekiti, as a man known as Potable, suddenly broke a bottle and stabbed his best friend, Amos Ayoola Ajayi multiple times, leading to his death. According to report, Ajayi, who hailed from Itapa Ekiti and his killer, Potable, were best […]
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Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for postponing its scheduled 26th February national convention. Debo Ologunagba, the spokesman of the PDP, in a statement explained that the continued inability of the APC to conduct a routine national convention has further explained why all sectors […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some leaders and members of the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau and other States in the North Central zone of the country have condemned the statement which was two days ago credited to the National Leader of the party and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, that […]
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday extended the detention of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by 14 days. The court granted permission to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to hold the embattled Kyari for the period to enable the agency to complete its investigation into the hard drug trafficking allegations […]
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