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South-West APC Presidency morally fair -Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, canvassed that the coveted presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress be zoned to South-West aspirants in the spirit of equity and fairness. Sanwo-Olu made the statement when he returned his nomination and expression of interest forms at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. The governor was…
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1,406 Kwara pilgrims slated for Hajj
The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Ahmed, has said that 1,406 pilgrims from the state will perform this year’s holy pilgrimage to Mecca. AbduGaniyu, while speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the intending pilgrims were selected from the 1,600 people who paid for Hajj in the…
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Military pays 90,000 ex-servicemen second tranche of owed allowances
The Military Pensions Board said it has paid over 90,000 retired military personnel the second tranche of the owed 24 months arrears of minimum wage. The PUNCH had reported that retired military personnel, on January 5, protested at the Ministry of Finance Headquarters and Ministry of Defence to demand the payment of the minimum wage…
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2023: We’re sure court’ll rule in Emefiele’s favour, says Northern group
A group, The Unified Northern Nigerian Youth Forum, on Tuesday, expressed optimism that the Federal High Court, Abuja will rule in favour of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, to contest the 2023 presidency. This is just as the group noted that the Court never threw out the suit brought…
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Barbaric killing of military couple is unacceptable
THE gruesome murder of a Nigerian Army Master Warrant Officer, Linus Audu, and his partner, an Army Private, Gloria Matthew, should mark a turning point in ongoing measures to combat the violent attacks on security personnel, public infrastructure and civilians in the South-East. The terrorists who perpetrated this atrocious act must be identified and arrested…
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Nigerian paper mills collapse, imports hit N297bn in six months
…country loses N180bn from collapse yearly Nigerian paper mills have collapsed years after privatisation, forcing the economy to depend on imported paper for its needs. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics data, Nigeria imported paper and its allied products worth N296.696bn between July and December 2021. While paper valued at N188.137bn was…
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Kano teenager to die by hanging for burying nephew alive
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Ibrahim Khalil, to death by hanging for killing his five-year-old nephew, Ahmad Ado. Khalil was convicted on two counts of kidnapping and culpable homicide. Justice Na’abba held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently sentenced…
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Chinese firm abandons Ogun supervisor as machine cuts fingers
Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Kayode is on the brink of losing his left hand after suffering an industrial accident at a Chinese company, Swiss Polo, Aseese, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Daniel, an assistant supervisor, was working when one of the machines cut part of his left wrist…
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SAN threatens 1,000 cases against Emefiele over APC form
More condemnations on Tuesday trailed the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to contest in the 2023 presidential election on the All Progressives Congress while presiding over the apex bank. A legal practitioner, Dr. Remi Olatubora (SAN), on Tuesday threatened to galvanise Nigerians and the civil society to institute not less…
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Ayade gives condition for accepting APC consensus candidate
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, on Tuesday, has said that he won’t accept to step down for any consensus candidate if the process of selection is unfair and unjust. He said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. According to the governor, the decision of the All Progressives Congress…
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