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PDP crisis: Edo chapter rejects campaign council list
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party worsened on Tuesday with the Edo State chapter of the party rejecting the campaign council list in the state. The Edo State chapter of the PDP said it was rejecting the list because the proposed visit of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, “is shrouded in secrecy.” The statement
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Nigeria’s debt risky, unsustainable –Report
An Abuja-based policy think tank, Agora Policy, has said Nigeria’s debt is unsustainable and puts the country in a perilous situation due to the high cost of debt servicing. In a report on Monday titled, ‘Options for Revamping Nigeria’s Economy’, the group noted that debt service has become one of the biggest elements of the
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Rico Swavey for burial Thursday – Family
The family of late Big Brother Naija star, Rico Swavey, has announced the arrangements for his burial. Born Patrick Adebowale Fakoya, Rico was involved in a car crash which led to him being placed on life support. He died two days after the accident on Thursday, October 13, 2022. In a statement signed by his
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Speakers’ forum consoles Kogi Assembly over fire incident
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has commiserated with the Kogi State House of Assembly over the unfortunate fire incident that engulfed its complex last week. This was contained in a media statement signed and made available to journalists in Bauchi late Monday night by Abdul Burra, the spokesperson of the chairman
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Gunmen kidnap Anambra Catholic priest
A priest with the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, has been kidnapped in Anambra State. It was gathered that Igweagu, a parish priest in charge of St Joseph’s Parish, Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state, has been missing since October 12. He was said to be abducted while
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APC gov candidate woos investors for Kaduna
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has assured the people of state, investors and development partners, that the legacy of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai will not just be sustained in the coming years but will be bolstered to continue to meet the citizens’ collective needs, adding that the state is
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APGA alleges plot to arrest Ebonyi candidates
The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has raised the alarm over a plot to arrest and prosecute its deputy governorship candidate, Nkata Chukwu; senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, Ifeanyi Eleje; and others candidates. APGA observed that it was not oblivious of the intimidation of its candidates in the 2023 general election
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Gazette fats, oils regulations, groups tell FG
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa and other Civil Society Organisations have called on the Federal Government to gazette the Fats and Oils Regulations of 2021. The organisations, at a press briefing to commemorate the 2022 World Food Day in Abuja, called the government to put in place an effective implementation framework of the
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Kogi assembly summons BUA over unpaid 50,000-hectare land
Kogi House of Assembly on Monday, summoned cement manufacturing firm, BUA Group, over a 50,000-hectare land it acquired 10 years ago but had yet to pay for it. The lawmakers gave the summon at a public hearing of one of its ad-hoc committees held at a hotel in Lokoja since its complex was gutted by
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Flood: NNPP candidate donates relief materials in Delta
Delta South senatorial candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (retd.), on Monday visited flood victims at Igbide and Ofagbe communities in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of the state and donated some relief materials to cushion the effects on them. Items donated to the victims by the visiting
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