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Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), namely, Suleiman Usman, Muhammed Shehu, Samaila Isahaka, Idris Isah and Audu Emmanuel have filed a suit against Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party over plans to hold a national convention in February. By the suit instituted at the Federal…
Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed yesterday said the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch has no plan to retrench workers. The minister’s position negated what she said while giving a breakdown on the 2022 Appropriation Act on Wednesday. Mrs. Ahmed had said the government was working out a severance package…
The winners of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations will receive €4.5m, the Confederation of African Football has announced. The 2021 AFCON holds in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6. For the second consecutive time, 24 countries will participate in the biennial tournament, after a successful run in Egypt in 2019. CAF boss, Patrice…
Four persons, including a mechanic, his pregnant wife and a twin apprentice were on Thursday abducted by suspected gunmen along Obo Ayegunle/Osi road in Ekiti Local Government area of Kwara State. Relatives gave the names of the victims as Sunday Balogun, a mechanic, his pregnant wife, Mary, his apprentice Taiye and his twin brother, Kehinde….
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Members of the Parliament Staff Association of Nigeria have threatened to start a strike action from Monday, January 10, 2022 over the failure of the National Assembly management to pay their allowance arrears. The National Assembly workers on Thursday staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands, requesting in particular the payment of eight…
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On October 26, 2021, former Senate President Bukola Saraki was on a national television to attempt a rebrand of himself ahead of the 2023 election. In what many have called his signature conceit and the groupthink into which his beleaguered camp has sunk, the politician said the people of Kwara had misjudged his dynasty. He…
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Hoodlums have broken into a cell of the Okrika Police Division, in Okirika, Rivers State, freeing all inmates, it was gathered on Wednesday. The incident was said to have occurred at about 2am on Tuesday. A police source, who spoke in confidence, said the incident had been reported to the Police Headquarters, Abuja and the…
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Kingmakers of Ibadan known as the Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed the nomination of a former senator, Lekan Balogun, as the next Olubadan of Ibadan land. However, only 10 out of the 11 members of the council appointed Balogun. The council has also denied that a legal tussle could scuttle the succession to the Olubadan throne. The…
A Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP) has been appointed. He is Dr Doyin Salami, up till now Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). A 1989 doctorate degree graduate in Economics of Queen Mary College, University of London, Doyin Salami, 59, is Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting…
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An Assistant Superintendent of Police on Tuesday refused to obey Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s order to evacuate police officers who had laid a siege at the Magodo Phase 2 Estate in Lagos. Sources reported that the governor, during his visit to intervene in the lingering land crisis, met with the police team leader and instructed him…
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