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President Muhammadu has called for fairness and transparency in Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections, both of which are due to hold this Saturday, November 16. In a statement released by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, the President said citizens and law enforcement should behave in an orderly manner while the contestants follow due process […]
The Senate has called on the Federal Government to partner with States, Local Governments and the Private Sector in infrastructure development to promote private investments in Nigeria. The upper chamber also advocated tax holidays for investors in the solid minerals sector while it urged the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to formalize the […]
The wife of the President of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, has told Kogi residents to forgive and forget all that their governor Yahaya Bello has done to them. Mrs. Buhari made the appeal on Thursday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally held in the state, ahead of the governorship election slated to hold on November […]
A former Minister of Information, Alex Akinyele is dead. A son of the deceased, Constantine Akinyele, said the former minister died on Thursday night after a brief illness. Akinyele who died at the age of 81 served as a Minister of Information under Ibrahim Babangida, military regime between 1985 and 1993. Akinyele later became Chairman […]
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has dismissed the suit filed by photographer, Busola Dakolo, against the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. The court also ordered Busola to pay N1million for wasting the court’s time. According to the PUNCH, Justice Oathman Musa, in his ruling […]
Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Ilorin,MOHAMMED TUNDE- JIMOH says the board has begun arrangements for a hitchfree 2020 pilgrimage to Suadi Arabia. TUNDE-JIMOH, disclosed this in Ilorin shortly after a meeting he held with Hajj coordinators and hajj registration officers from the 16 local government areas of the state. […]
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger returned to football on Wednesday after being named FIFA’s chief of global football development, ending any chance of a move to managerless Bayern Munich. FIFA said the former Arsenal and Monaco coach would be responsible for the growth of the game “for both men and women around the world”, and […]
South East Development Commission bill was re- introduced in the Senate, the Bill is being sponsored by Senator STELLA ODUAH The bill titled, South East Development Commission Bill, 2019 (SB. 161) seeks the establishment of a governing board for the commission which shall include one person for the other geopolitical zones in the country. It […]
Three people have been feared killed in the violence that rocked the Peoples Democratic Party rally at Okolomabiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday. It was gathered that gunmen stormed the venue of the rally and began shooting indiscriminately. A driver of an OB van attached to the Bayelsa State-owned radio […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has insisted that it is ready to release the convener of RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, but the appropriate persons have not turned up to get him. “For emphasis, the Service reiterates its avowed readiness to release SOWORE once the processes are concluded. It maintains that the appropriate persons have […]
