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2023: I’ll fix Nigeria using my seven years’ experience – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, said that his seven years of experience in governance as Vice President would help him fix the problem of Nigeria. Osinbajo stated this when he visited the Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, at the palace, and delegates of the All Progressives Congress, to canvass for their votes. He…
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Dozens injured in clashes at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Dozens of people have been injured in fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, referred to by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. The violence on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan left about 42 people wounded, Palestinian news agency reported. The report…
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Osun 2022: Group to deploy 562 observers, technology for vote tabulation
For the July 16 Osun governorship poll, a group of election monitors, Yiaga Africa, has said it would deploy up to 562 observers across the state. The group disclosed this in Osogbo on Thursday during ‘Watch The Vote Media Dialogue Roundtable Discussion,’ organised for print and broadcast journalists in Osun state. Addressing participants, a member…
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NSCDC arrests six railway line vandals in Enugu
The Enugu Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, said it had arrested a six-man gang specialising in the vandalisation of railway lines in the state. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Denny Manuel, said the suspects were arrested at Ubahu Community in Enugu East local government area of…
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44,000 persons benefit from CBN intervention scheme in Anambra
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that no fewer than 43,000 persons in Anambra State have so far benefited in the intervention empowerment scheme of the bank. This is just as the apex bank said, inspite of the figure, the state is still lagging behind in the area of financial literacy and low response…
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23 Anambra corps members to repeat service year
The National Youth Service Corps has said about 23 corps members deployed in Anambra State will repeat their service year. The State NYSC Coordinator, Blessing Iruma, stated this on Thursday, during the passing out ceremony of the 2021 Batch ‘A’ (stream11), corps members held at the Washington Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Anambra State. Iruma, while congratulating the outgoing…
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2023: APC leaders tip Borno Rep for Speaker
Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Borno State have tipped Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Aliyu Betara, to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. A delegation of leaders and loyalists from Biu/Bayo/Kwaya Kusar/Shani Federal Constituency in Borno, led by a former Deputy Governor of Borno State, Adamu Shettima Yuguda,…
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Kaduna 2023: Senator Uba Sani picks APC nomination forms
The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District and an All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in the state, Uba Sani, has obtained the party’s N50m expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2023 governorship election in the state. The PUNCH had reported that the lawmaker on March 15, 2022, declared his intent to the…
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Police arrest suspected killers of NDLEA official in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested the suspected killers of an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Paul Okon Anwana. Our correspondent gathered that the late Anwana was killed on April 18, 2022, when the suspected criminals who claimed to be commercial motorcyclists stormed his residence in the Karu Local…
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Why Buhari didn’t abandon South-East despite poor records in 2019 polls -Aide
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has cleared the air on his performance recorded in the South-East during the 2019 presidential election. He claimed that the poor results did not affect his contribution to the development of the region. Buhari said his regime has built roads, and a second Niger bridge, and has continued…
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