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Governorship aspirants in Kogi and Bayelsa states under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Abubakar Audu and Preye Aganaba have asked the party to adopt direct primary to select candidates in the November 16 polls. The duo spoke separately to ...
Read More »Imo raises panel to probe contracts awarded by Okorocha, others
Governor Emeka Ihedioha has set up an eight-man panel, chaired by Justice B. C. Iheka, to investigate the contracts awarded by the administrations of Chiefs Achike Udenwa, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha in Imo State. A statement issued in Owerri ...
Read More »HURIWA flays alleged violation of Nigerians’ rights
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has deplored President Muhammadu Buhari’s continued deployment of the armed forces to allegedly emasculate the civil rights of Nigerians. The group stated this yesterday in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel ...
Read More »RUST recants as ASUU demands probe of FUOYE VC for alleged illegalities
The Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST), Port Harcourt, as the unions declined to join the warning strike yesterday. NASU chairman, Bari Jonah, said the decision was predicated on the fact that the executive did not receive any ...
Read More »SSANU, NASU warning strike paralyses activities in nation’s varsities
The five-day warning strike embarked upon by Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the None Academic Staff of Universities (NASU) paralysed major activities at the nation’s ivory towers. At Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), the workers complied with ...
Read More »Awori seek governorship slots, other positions in Lagos, Ogun states
The Awori have argued that it was high time they got the governorship positions in Lagos and Ogun states. Speaking at the celebration of Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, on her leadership position, they charged Lagos and Ogun ...
Read More »Oyo-Ita resigns as head of service, citing family pressure
Family pressure may have forced the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, to throw in the towel as she has allegedly offered to proceed on an immediate retirement. Sources disclosed that her decision to bow out of ...
Read More »Fowler replies query, blames low tax revenue on oil crisis, Presidency denies investigating FIRS chair
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler, has responded to the query issued him by Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, regarding the low tax collections in the last three years he has held sway. ...
Read More »17 feared killed in Katsinan State multiple attacks by bandits
No fewer than 17 persons have been feared killed in a series of attacks on communities by bandits in Katsina State. In the aggression on Dantakuri and Barza settlements of Danmusa council area, 13 lives were reportedly lost. While the ...
Read More »CBN to deny forex on more food items, says Emefiele, the solution to our problems lie with us, Buhari declares
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has disclosed that it will deny foreign exchange (Forex) for importation of more items at both commercial banks and the apex bank levels. Emefiele stated this in Abuja at the ...
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