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Zamfara State lawmakers on Wednesday impeached the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Mahdi Gusau. Gusau was impeached during plenary after the House received the report of the committee. The committee was set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to investigate the allegations against him. The lawmakers unanimously voted for…
In what seem like a late hour face saving measure, the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) announced this afternoon that they have agreed on a simple and equitable zoning formula for all geopolitical zones. The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, said this on Tuesday after the governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Following the implementation of the new e-valuation policy at the Ports and the subsequent rejection of the new system by the Association of Clearing Agents, Ports operations at both Tin-Can Island and the Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited may have been grounded on Monday, following the commencement of the withdrawal of services by agents and…
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The Federal Government has said it will meet today with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) over the one-month warning strike embarked by its members. The Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Charles Akpan, announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja….
By NAN Following the commencement of a four-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it will block federal roads nationwide. The National President of NANS, Mr Sunday Asefon, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Asefon said…
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The presidency today broke the silence on the long awaited presidential assent to the reworked electoral bill. In a statement put out and sighted by Rextun City Updates on the social media handles of the special Assistant to the president on media, the presidency stated that there was no cause for anxiety as there was…
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Unknown gunmen have killed the best graduating student of Communication from Bayero University Kano, Sule Mathew, a week before he was to begin his national youth service. Mr Mathew was a former intern with PRNigeria, an online news platform which reported that he was killed while travelling to Anambra State alongside other passengers. It said…
A group of Rivers State indigenes from the 17 communities of the Oyigbo constituency under the aegis of “Oyigbo G17” has called upon the Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike to step out to save Nigeria by contesting the position of President in the 2023 general elections Convener and main driving force of the G17,…
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has won the governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The governor secured 221,169 votes to defeat a former Secretary to the Government of the State (SSG), Moshood Adeoti, and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff, according to the vote tally…
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The management of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC has directed as a condition for admittance into the forth coming orientation camps that all the prospective corps members and other camp participants for the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Exercise will undergo compulsory COVID-19 RDT Test. The agency said only those that test negative would be…