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Edo: PDP names Makinde, four others as electoral committee members
Sodiq Oyeleke The Peoples Democratic Party has named a five-member electoral committee to conduct the June 25 Edo State Governorship primary. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, is to serve as Chairman, while lawmaker representing Mangu/Bukkos Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Solomon Bulus Maren, was named as the Secretary. Other members …
Insurgents kill 291 Afghan security personnel in one week
The Taliban, Sunni fundamentalist movement, killed at least 291 Afghan security personnel over the past week, a top government official said Monday, accusing the insurgents of unleashing a wave of violence ahead of potential talks. The past week was the “deadliest” in the country’s 19 years of conflict, said Javid Faisal, spokesman for the National Security …
BREAKING: Fire guts Oba market in Benin
Sodiq Oyeleke There was a fire outbreak at the popular Oba Market in Benin, Edo State. The PUNCH gathered that the fire started midnight and efforts to put it out are ongoing as of 09.00am on Monday. READ ALSO: APC, Edo set for showdown as gov primary holds today The cause of the fire was …
Trump planned stopping $1.5bn aid to Nigeria –Ex-NSA
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former United States National Security Adviser says President Donald Trump once argued that the $1.5bn aid given to Nigeria annually should be stopped, while funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Syria should be cut. The former NSA, John Bolton, stated this in his highly anticipated book titled, ‘In the Room …
Sit up or be fired, Lawan tells service chiefs
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the increasing security challenges in the country. Lawan told State House correspondents after the meeting that he believed in providing more resources for the nation’s security agents and the need for the heads …
We’ll review suspended strike in July – Resident doctors
Olalekan Adetayo and Friday Olokor The National Association of Resident Doctors has announced the suspension of its strike with effect from Monday (today). The association however said its national officers would continue negotiations with stakeholders and the progress made would be reviewed in four weeks’ time during its next National Executive Council meeting. NARD said …
Lagos ministry queried me, stopped my salary for shooting video on street sweepers’ suffering — Asthmatic LAWMA supervisor
A supervisor with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Olamide Suleiman, recently made a video on the plight of Lagos street sweepers, who were not paid salaries for two months. He tells SAMSON FOLARIN how his life came under threat after the video went viral Can you share with us a little about your background? …
Seven Nigerian journalists die within seven days
Dayo Ojerinde No fewer than seven journalists have died of various ailments over the last seven days in the country. The death of one of them, Dan Foster, was announced on June 17 via different social media platforms. His wife, Lovina, confirmed to Channels Television that he was tested for the COVID-19 and the result …
London City Airport reopens as UK restarts economy
London City Airport received its first commercial flight in nearly three months Sunday as Britain moved another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on July 4. The gateway to the once-bustling Canary Warf and City financial districts welcomed a short flight from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The small …
ICC appeals acquittal of Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor will try Monday to overturn last year’s shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity. Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude were in January 2019 cleared of allegations of post-electoral violence in the restive West African nation in 2010-11 in which …
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