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Wike, Four Others Serving PDP Governors Boycott Atiku’s Campaign Inauguration
Five Governors serving under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including Governor Wike on Wednesday boycotted the official inauguration of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. The Governors include Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Wike. Some other stakeholders…
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BREAKING: Court declares Machina APC Yobe north senatorial candidate
The Nation Newspaper The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Bashir Machina as the candidate for Yobe North senatorial candidate. Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu ordered the APC to forward the name of Machina to INEC as the authentic winner…
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APC, PDP Yet To Submit 2019 Election Expenses Report – INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) were yet to submit the report of the expenses they incurred during the 2019 general elections. The major political parties reportedly spent N4.6billion, N3.3billion on billboards, print media advertisements, electronic media advertisements, and…
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ASUU Strike Delaying Payment Of N75,000 Stipends To Education Students – FG
Federal government has said the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was responsible for the delay in the commencement of payment of bursary allowance to students studying education courses in tertiary institutions. The permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, David Gende, who represented the minister, Malam Adamu Adamu at the…
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EndSARS: Abuja panel okays 28 police officers for trial
Vanguard News The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, has found 72 police officers culpable, even as it okayed 28 of them for prosecution. While the panel, which was led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman…
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Electricity: National grid begins slow recovery after 7th collapse in 2022
Vanguard News MOST businesses and homes were again left without power supply for several hours yesterday after Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again, the 7th time this year. The last national system collapse was recorded on the 13th of June 2022 but the system was deliberately shut down last month by protesting electricity workers. Checks by…
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JAMB sets new guidelines for UTME, other operations
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has come out with new guidelines to ensure seamless conduct of future operational processes, including the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. The board said the development was…
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ASUU Strike: FG Issues Fresh Order To Vice-Chancellors
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. The letter which…
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Endorsement: Northern Elders’ Forum gives Tinubu, Atiku conditions
Punch Newspaper The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday night says it will subject candidates of various political parties seeking the votes of the north to a rigorous interrogation exercise until they are convinced about who has the capacity to fix the country. This clarification was made by NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, when he appeared…
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PDP crisis: Atiku moves to break Wike’s ranks, reaches out to allies
Vanguard News Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his team have perfected plans to break the ranks of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Also, strong indications emerged that Governor Wike and those sympathetic to his cause may be settling for former Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, as…
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