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Worried by the constant whipping of the nation’s fault lines of religion and ethnicity by the political class and others for selfish ends, the National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisations for Peace (NIFROP) is beginning an aggressive campaign against what it ...
Read More »Senate approves FG’s mid-term expenditure framework, police fund bill
The Senate yesterday passed the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) of the Federal Government prior to the passage of the N8.83 trillion 2019 budget. Adopting the report of its Finance Committee during plenary, the upper ...
Read More »Ogun tribunal grants Labour Party access to election materials
The Ogun Election Petitions Tribunal yesterday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Labour Party (LP) access the materials it used to conduct the March 9 governorship and house of assembly polls in the state. The Justice ...
Read More »DPR to shut stations increasing petrol price in Bayelsa State
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa State has vowed to sanction marketers selling the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) above 145 per litre. It was irked by the sudden hike in the price of PMS (petrol) to N160 per ...
Read More »We’ve resolved farmers, herders crisis, says Anambra State government
Anambra State government has declared the crisis between farmers and herders in the state resolved. Suspected herdsmen attacked some communities in Anam, Anambra West Council, at the weekend, which left about six people dead, some of them beheaded. The Commissioner ...
Read More »Rights group condemns killings by suspected herders in Anambra, Enugu
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the armed attacks by suspected Fulani men in Enugu and Anambra states. It urged South East governors and lawmakers to pass laws in their respective states for armed vigilance groups and ...
Read More »Ondo PDP standard-bearer vows to retrieve mandate, Airhiavbere declares for Edo guber, pledges loyalty
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 9, 2019 House of Assembly election for Ondo West Constituency II, Abiola Oladapo, has expressed hope that he would retrieve his mandate from APC. Oladapo, who said this while speaking with journalists ...
Read More »Ogun APM candidate seeks nullification of Temitope’s electoral victory
Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Ogun State House of Assembly, Sotayo Johnson, has challenged the election of Adejojo Temitope for Abeokuta South I state constituency in the March 9, 2019 election. Johnson, who was arrested for alleged vote buying ...
Read More »Aviation unions picket Caverton Helicopters over unpaid benefits
AVIATION workers’ unions yesterday protested against alleged anti-labour activities and unpaid benefits at Caverton Helicopters in Lagos. The protesters, drawn from the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), expressed ...
Read More »Lagos lawmakers flay gaps in power sector, urge passage of electricity Act
The Lagos State House of Assembly has lamented palpable irregularities in the power sector, urging the National Assembly to expedite action on passage of Electricity Reform Act 2018. Speaking at plenary yesterday, the lawmakers bemoaned the Electricity Power Reform Act ...
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