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Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Toluwani Eniola The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to sack the executive secretaries appointed to head the local government areas of the state. The PDP said using executive secretaries to head the councils was contrary to Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution which made provision for only […]
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Governors, Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Presidency on Friday, explained that top political office holders in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government from the Niger Delta region, have started peaceful dialogue with their kith and kins who are involved in the spate of ongoing bombings of oil facilities in the area. The Senior Special Assistant to the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju and Femi Asu Some legal practitioners and economists have expressed support for the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to unveil the names of looters and the amount of looted assets so far recovered. The President, had, in an interview in London, while attending the anti-corruption summit organised by British […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah Tony Okafor, Awka Oil magnate, Ifeanyi Ubah, has said he will contest the Anambra State governorship election next year. “I still want to be Anambra State governor,” Ubah said while interacting with journalists in his Nnewi hometown, on Friday. The Peoples Democratic Party member, who contested the Anambra State governorship election on […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Federal Government has directed banks in the country to halt the ongoing retrenchment of workers in the banking sector. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, directed that all ongoing retrenchment exercises should be put on hold to await the outcome of conciliatory meetings in the industry, being held […]
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Legislature, Senate
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, hinted on Friday that the upper chamber would soon come up with a bill that would prescribe life imprisonment for individuals who engages in the production and sale of counterfeit and fake drugs, and foods upon conviction. Saraki stated this at the public hearing on […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The National Judicial Council said on Friday that it had compulsorily retired a judge of the Cross River State High Court, Justice B.T. Ebuta. The NJC’s Acting Director (Information), Mr. Soji Oye, said in a statement that the sanction was imposed on Ebuta partly because he made an order based on ex-parte application […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday admitted that some fraudsters had been demanding for money from the Federal Government for the purpose of negotiating the release of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. He however promised not to fall for the antics of the […]
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Bayelsa, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Chukwudi Akasike and Ovie Okpare PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to perform the commencement of the clean-up of Ogoniland and other impacted communities in the Niger Delta region in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. This was against the popular expectation that the President would personally perform the ceremony […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
Niyi Odebode and Ifeanyi Onuba Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday returned to Nigeria after a month’s trip to the United Kingdom and Côte d’Ivoire. It was gathered that the former President arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Wednesday before heading for his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. It was gathered that […]
