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PDP’s Jerry Alagboso wins Imo supplementary election
Following last Saturday’s supplementary election to determine the eventual winner of the Orlu/Orsu/Oru East federal constituency of Imo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday declared Jerry Alagboso of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the poll. In a tensed atmosphere following the invasion of the INEC collation centre by
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How “yahoo boys” brought Suleiman and Jeanine together (video)
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IPPIS: You’ll be held responsible for looming industrial crisis, ASUU tells FG
Following the recent directive by Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to stop the January salary of university lectures who failed to enroll into the Integrated Personal Payroll Institution System (IPPIS), the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said the Federal Government should be ready to take full responsibility for the
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5th ECOWAS Parliament vows to actualize Eco currency for region
ECOWAS Parliamentarians have pledged their commitment to ensure the actualization of Single Currency for the region. A Member of Parliament from Liberia, Mr. Clarence Massaquoi, stated this in an interview with journalists at the Extraordinary Session of the outgoing Fourth Legislature of ECOWAS Parliament held in Banjul, The Gambia. He said the parliamentarians, in the
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Surge in insecurity baffles me – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed surprise at the current surge in insecurity across the country. President Buhari spoke at the State House, Abuja, while receiving a delegation of eminent and respected citizens of Niger state led by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello. The President said “harder times” await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow
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Military reopens Maiduguri highway to Damboa after 13-month closure
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Air Force to send more fighter jets, Special Forces to North West
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has said it would soon deploy more fighter jets, NAF Regiment and Special Forces personnel to troubled areas in the Northwestern States to tackle armed banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other related crimes. The spokesman of the Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement on Tuesday said the
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My re-election, a challenge to do more – Doguwa
A former Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has said his re-election was a challenge for him to do more. He disclosed this in Abuja while speaking to journalists after presenting his Certificate of Return to the Clerk of the National Assembly on Tuesday. He said his constituents and all Nigerians
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BREAKING: Confusion as Police invade INEC collation centre in Imo
There was confusion at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, Imo state as a detachment of police team led by the state Police Commissioner, Bolaji Fafowora, invaded the INEC collation centre, and asked the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof Francis Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, to stop announcing the results of last
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NECO says Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s certificate is genuine
The National Examination Council (NECO) has said the certificate Ifeanyi Ubah, senator representing Anambra south, presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is genuine. A federal capital territory (FCT) high court had sacked Ubah, a member of Young Progressive Party (YPP), as senator for allegedlly submitting a forged NECO certificate to INEC. The court
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Afenifere kicks against community policing, warns over forceful reinstatement of Oyo LG Chairmen
The Pan Yoruba Sociopolitical group, Afenifere on Tuesday, frowned on the order of the federal government for the recruitment of constables for community policing. According to the group during its meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the move was an attempt to subsume Operation Amotekun under the Community Policing scheme of the Nigeria Police.
Afenifere kicks against community policing, warns over forceful reinstatement of Oyo LG Chairmen
Details of meeting between Buhari, MTN emerge
The Federal Government is committed to providing an enabling environment for businesses to succeed, as partnerships between the public and private sectors remain the most viable means of bringing prosperity to the masses. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the assurance Tuesday as he received the Chairman, MTN Group, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, at State House, Abuja, according
Details of meeting between Buhari, MTN emerge
Boko Haram: Insurgency made 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows in Borno – Gov. Zulum
Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, said the Boko Haram has caused the emergence of 59, 311 orphans whose fathers were killed and 59, 213 widows that lost husbands to the insurgency in different parts of the state. Governor Zulum, who was guest lecturer at the National Defence College, in Abuja, delivered a paper
Boko Haram: Insurgency made 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows in Borno – Gov. Zulum
Alleged N25bn fraud: Judge to review EFCC, CBN out-of-court deal for ex-Skye Bank chairman Ayeni, Oguntayo
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of former chairman, board of directors, Skye Bank Plc; (now Polaris Bank), Tunde Ayeni and the former managing director of the bank, Timothy Oguntayo until April 7, 2020 and April 21, 2020 for appraisal of the out of court settlement and trial
Alleged N25bn fraud: Judge to review EFCC, CBN out-of-court deal for ex-Skye Bank chairman Ayeni, Oguntayo
NLC, TUC shut Treasury building in Bayelsa over non payment salaries
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) with other sister Unions in Bayelsa State, on Tuesday shut the Bayelsa State Treasury building over non payment of salaries, arrears and non-implementation of the new salary structure. The state workers, who were led by their different chapter Chairmen and Secretaries arrived
NLC, TUC shut Treasury building in Bayelsa over non payment salaries
Internet fraudster jailed in Ilorin
An internet fraudster, Agwu Goodness, Tuesday, bagged six months jail over alleged roles in offences bordering on internet fraud and other fraud related matters. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye convicted and sentenced Goodness to six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to a one count charge levelled against him by the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and
Internet fraudster jailed in Ilorin
Emmanuel Onwubiko: Releasing terrorists is evil and wicked
“Government is not a trade which any man or body of men have right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in the right of those by whom that trust is delegated and by it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.”
Emmanuel Onwubiko: Releasing terrorists is evil and wicked
Buhari blows hot over Boko Haram, bandit attacks, says ‘we’ll be harder on them’
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, vowed that “harder times’’ await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow to Nigerians, kept many away from their means of livelihood, and heightened insecurity in parts of the country. Buhari spoke while receiving a delegation of Eminent and Respected Citizens of Niger State led by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello
Buhari blows hot over Boko Haram, bandit attacks, says ‘we’ll be harder on them’
Philip Agbese: Between CAN and Adesina; who is really wrong
Let me begin with self-introduction. I am a Christian and a communicant of the Roman Catholic sect. In life, change is inevitable. So, at some point in my undergraduate days, my faith dragged me to the Pentecostal ministry on campus. I rose to the rank of an Assistant Pastor with a campus Pentecostal ministry. I
Philip Agbese: Between CAN and Adesina; who is really wrong
Nigeria Senate set rule on ‘oversight’ legislative debate
Nigeria Senate would henceforth subject reports of oversight functions, which were carried out by the Chairmen of Committees to legislative debate on the floor of Senate Chambers. Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, disclosed this in his address after the session resumed from annual recess on Tuesday. This is first time in the nation’s democratic
Nigeria Senate set rule on ‘oversight’ legislative debate
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