Month: April 2023
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Why Election Tribunal Should Dismiss Labour Party’s Petitions Against Tinubu – APC Tells Court
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect in the 25 February election. The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to…
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Suspected Yahoo Boy Crushed 4 To Death in Ondo
Four persons were today, Monday, crushed to death in an accident, which occurred in ljoka area, in Akure, the Ondo state capital. An eyewitness said that the victims were crushed to death by a yet-to-be-identified ‘yahoo boy’ According to him “The Yahoo boy was driving a Toyota car along the road and suddenly skidded off…
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Tinubu’s Emergence Sanctions by God – Cleric
Prophet Wale Ojo of the Harvest Centre Mission, Ikorodu Lagos, says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect after the Feb. 25 polls have been sanctioned by God. Mr Ojo, the Presiding Shepherd of the Mission, gave the message at a news conference on Monday at Alausa Ikeja. It was to douse tension, confer legitimacy and…
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Strike: FG Yet To Address Our Demands – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the Federal Government is yet to address most of the issues for the union’s recent strike. ASUU had late last year called off an eight-month strike after a series of negotiations with the Federal Government. Part of the lecturers’ demands is the release of revitalisation funds for…
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American Diplomat Who Monitored 2023 General Elections Attributes Tinubu’s Victory To 3 Factors
An American diplomat and a foreign observer in the 2023 general elections, Johnnie Carson, says three factors were responsible for the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Mr Carson, an Executive Officer of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), spoke in Washington DC when the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, paid an…
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ASUU President Questions Distribution of N320 Billion Released by FG
Channels TV The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has questioned the distribution of the N320.3 billion just released by the Federal Government for tertiary institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, on Wednesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320.3 billion for the 2023…
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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…