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Labour Party Gets ‘Acting National Chairman’ Following Abure Suspension
Some members of the National Working Committee of the Labour Party (LP) led by the Deputy National Chairman of the party (South) Lamidi Apapa have taken over the affairs of the party following a court judgment restraining Julius Abure and three others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. The development took place…
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Flash: Thugs Attack Labour Party Headquarters
Suspected political thugs have allegedly the national headquarters of the Labour Party, LP in Abuja. The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure disclosed this on Thursday. According to Abure, the suspected political thugs have broken into the national headquarters of the party. The LP national secretariat is located in Utako district near…
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Subsidy Removal: 50 Million Nigerians To Benefit From World Bank $800 Million
The federal government says it has secured the sum of $800 million from the World Bank, as part of its post-subsidy palliative plans. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, disclosed this to state house journalists, after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday. Last year,…
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JUST IN: FG to splash over N320bn on tertiary institutions
Punch Newspaper The regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the sum of N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country, The PUNCH reports. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, during the annual strategic…
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JUST IN: FG Declares Holidays For Easter Celebrations
The Federal Government has declared Friday 7th and Monday 10th April 2023, which are Good Friday and Easter Monday, to be public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Shuaib Belgore, on Wednesday in Abuja.…
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What I told Peter Obi About ‘Obedients’ – Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on excesses of the his supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients.’ Soyinka, stated this in a statement titled, “Media responsibility,’’ on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the elder statesman said his recent interview with Channels Television was misrepresented, with his remarks…
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leaked Audio: Peter Obi Breaks Silence
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has broken his silence on the leaked audio of his conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide. The audio clip released by online newspaper, Peoples Gazzete, has set social media on fire since Saturday. In the audio, Obi was heard begging Oyedepo to help…
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JAMB Breaks Silence Over Delay of Hijab-wearing Candidates at Covenant Varsity
Daily Trust The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday apologised to the hijab-wearing candidates barred on Thursday by the Covenant University, owned by Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, from sitting for the Mock-UTME at its campus in Otta, Ogun State. This was amidst the condemnations that trailed the action of…
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UniBen Final Year Student Shot Dead in Hostel
A final-year student of University of Benin simply known as Desmond was on Monday shot dead in his room at the Hall 3 Hostel by unknown gunmen in what appeared like a cult-related incident. The late student popularly known as ‘Mayor’ was said to be in the Department of Public Administration and was shot at…
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WAEC Releases 2023-First Series Results, Withholds 413 Results
The West African Examinations Council WAEC has announced the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for Private Candidates, 2023–First Series. According to the Head of the National Office WAEC, Nigeria Patrick E. Areghan, of the total number of Eight Thousand, Three Hundred And Forty-Eight, 8,348 candidates that sat the examination, Four…
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