The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replaced Senator Clifford Odia (PDP, Edo Central) with Senator Sahabi Yau (PDP, Zamfara North) as Deputy Minority Whip following its resolve to embark on a major reshuffle of its leadership in the Senate. It ...
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N10 MILLION FINANCIAL GRANT FOR ACCESS BANK WOMENPRENEUR PITCH-A-TON 2019.
The Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry. As part of efforts to provide financial and business skills to female entrepreneurs, Access Bank Plc has announced the launch of its Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton 2019, ...
Read More »University teacher, activist, others canvass support for albinos
A Lecturer in the department of Political Science, University of Benin (UNIBEN), Dr. Osaretin Idahosa; and founder, Advocate for Good Governance, Austin Osakwe, have appealed to governments to pay more attention to the needs of albinos to give them a ...
Read More »Show sincerity by prosecuting indicted corrupt APC members, Falana tells FG
For the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show sincerity in its anti-graft war, all alleged corrupt members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be tried to pass the simple test of sincerity, a senior lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has ...
Read More »Aspirants reject indirect primaries for Kogi gubernatorial election in November
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State, key stakeholders of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have frowned at the purported endorsement of indirect primaries for candidates jostling for the governorship ticket of the party. ...
Read More »Governors’ forum to decide on state police soon
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has said the forum will soon make its decision on state police known to the public. Fayemi, who gave the assurance after the monthly meeting of the forum, disclosed that it ...
Read More »Court rejects governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s new emirate councils in Kano
A Kano High Court yesterday affirmed the validity of an ex parte order restraining the state government from taking further action on appointment and inauguration of four new emirate councils in the state. Justice Nasiru Saminu had earlier dismissed the oral application ...
Read More »Ogun State monarchs seek FAAC allocation, quality RAAMP projects
Traditional rulers in Ogun State have enjoined the Federal Government to allocate funds to them through the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) to enable them meet their peoples basic needs. The Alawowo of Awowoland, Oba Olasunkanmi Tijani, said this yesterday ...
Read More »Fuel scarcity hits Calabar as IPMAN’s crisis deepens
Fuel scarcity has returned to Calabar, the Cross River State capital as factional crisis in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) deepens. The latest crisis resulted from a June 19, 2019 Federal High Court, Calabar judgement, which ordered ...
Read More »PDP resolves feud over National Assembly minority leadership positions
Intrigues over minority leadership positions in the National Assembly may have been resolved following the intervention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) governors and its national leadership. Senate PDP Caucus had at a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) last ...
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