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Observer Groups Give Assessment of Ekiti Governorship Election
The Coalition of Observer groups that monitored the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State has certified the process to be free, fair and credible, urging other disgruntled contenders to accept the outcome. The Coalition specifically appealed to the candidates of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Segun Oni, who had threatened a lawsuit against the…
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Senate President Participated in Yobe North Senatorial Primary Election – APC National Chairman, Adamu
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the President of the senate, Ahmad Lawan participated in the Yobe North senatorial primary election of the ruling party. Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, Adamu said Lawan participated in the in-house election. On how Lawan emerged…
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President Buhari Forwards Names Of Seven Minsterial Nominees To National Assembly (Full List)
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of seven nominees for appointment as ministers. The president’s request was contained in two letters read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio and Emeka Nwajiuba who all resigned to pursue presidential bids will…
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Sexual Misconduct: OAU, UNIABUJA Dismiss Four Professors, 14 Others
Punch Newspaper No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year, analysis of media reports by The PUNCH has revealed. The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in Nigerian institutions with a survey conducted in 2018 by the World Bank Group’s Women…
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Negotiation Committee Waiting for FG, say ASUU, SSANU
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and allied institutions have both said they have yet to receive any message after discussing the 2009 agreements with the Federal Government renegotiation committee. The Federal Government…
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Bank Staff, Five Others Arrested in Ibadan Over Attempt To Attack New Generation Bank
A staff of a new generation bank in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and five other criminal gang have been arrested by men of Oyo State Police Command. The officers of the command were able to foil the planned attack already hatched a day before the hoodlums struck. The Police Public Relations Officer for Oyo…
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Report Yourself To Nearest Police Station – Ogun Police Urge Singer Portable After Singer Orders His Boys To Beat Up Young Man (Video)
The Ogun State Police Command has urged fast rising hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, to report himself at the nearest police station, over a video clip circulating on social media, where he organised some youths to beat up a young man. The command spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Monday, said that the incident happened somewhere…
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APC Yobe North Senatorial Ticket: INEC Advises Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Machina On What To Do
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) , has advised the incumbent President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and his political rival, Bashir Machina on steps they need to take to have name of one them as the standard bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the next general election. The electoral body said…
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How Abducted Ogun Worshipers Regain Freedom After Abductors Demand For Money, Foodstuffs, Cigarettes, Gin
Punch Newspaper The two worshippers abducted last Monday by gunmen at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa, Wasimi, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been released. The founder of the church, Oluwatomisin Olugbebi, said the victims were released on Saturday. PUNCH Metro had reported that gunmen, who wore masks and fez…
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Renegotiation of 2009 Agreement at Advanced Stage, says ASUU President, Osodeke
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and the union has reached an advanced stage. The union encouraged its members to remain focused to the end “of the struggle.” The union made this known in a memo titled, “Strike bulletin number 6”,…
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