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APC Primary: Tinubu, four others inch closer to clinching Presidential Ticket
Vanguard There were strong indications in the early hours of Tuesday that critical stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC may have shortlisted five of the party’s presidential aspirants for consideration by President Muhammadu Buhari. Governors of the party had on Monday engaged in series of horse-trading, separately holding meetings along their regional composition…
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Strike: Varsity Unions, FG Renogotiation Committee Sitting Ends Today
Punch Newspaper The university unions’ and Federal Government renegotiation committee sitting will end today. The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government on March 7, 2022, inaugurated a seven-person committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the other three unions including, The Joint Action Committee…
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Ife Leaders React To Alleged Planned Protest Against Inauguration of Bamire as OAU VC
Leaders of Ile-Ife, on Monday,have reacted to the alleged plan protest against the inauguration of Professor Simeon Bamire as the 12th substantive Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University. Recall that some aggrieved indigenes had after the announcement of the Vice Chancellor in March protested against the decision on the ground that qualified Ife Indigenes were…
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Owo Attack: Police Release Preliminary Findings
The Police High Command on Monday released outcome of its pleminary findings on the gruesome murder of innocent Nigerians by gunmen in an attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa in Owo, Ondo State on Sunday during which several lives were lost and several other sustained various degree of injuries. This was contained in a…
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Northern Governors Insist on Backing Southern Presidential Candidate After Meeting Buhari, Debunk Consensus Report
Vanguard As the Nation awaits the nomination of the APC Presidential Flagbearer, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, met with some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the north at the Presidential Villa Abuja and among other things, debunked the rumours which gained traction earlier in the day that the ruling party had…
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Govs, NWC Kick as APC Chair Announces Lawan as Consensus Candidate
The Nation Newspaper Crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the announcement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as consensus presidential aspirant by the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja. Other aspirants including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi…
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#APCPresidentialPrimaries: Tinubu Tipped To Win
The Nation Newspaper Frontline presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is projected to be ahead in the party’s presidential primaries slated for today and tomorrow in Abuja. A number of factors make Tinubu the candidate to beat. The factors are: nationwide recognition, reach, structure, support, endorsements, mass appeal, track…
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Two UNIABUJA Professors Dismissed Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers sexually harassing students, as two professors had been dismissed for the offence. Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on sex abuse on campus, which had…
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Blackouts To Worsen, as 20 Power Plants Suffer Major Problems
Punch Newspaper Following the perennial power outages currently being experienced across the country; findings have shown that 20 gas power plants are currently under-performing, leading to power generation dropping below 2000MW. Nigeria has 23 power generating plants with 11, 165MW capacity connected to the national grid. These plants are managed by generation companies (GenCos), independent…
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Just In: Suspected Bandits Invade Abuja Estate, Abduct Residents in ‘3-hour Operation’
Suspected bandits in the early hours of Monday attacked Gwarinpa Estate in the Federal Capital Territory. According to Daily Trust, the gunmen operated on the estate between 1am and 4am, abducting a yet-to-be-identified number of residents. Although details remain sketchy, a resident, who simply identified himself as Mohammed said the gunmen gained access to Genuine…
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