Month: August 2023
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Labour Party Reacts As Lamidi Apapa Faction Inaugurates 24-Member Lagos Exco
The Lamidi Apapa-led national leadership of the Labour Party (LP), on Saturday, inaugurated a 24-man new State Executive Committee of the party in Lagos State. The factional EXCO that was inaugurated is led by Olumide Adesoyin, a suspended member of the party. Other members of the EXCO include Omotayo Anjorin (Deputy Chairman), Olanrewaju Ibrahim (Deputy…
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El-Rufai’s Betrayal and Akpabio’s Buffoonery – Farooq A. Kperogi (Opinion)
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s rumored withdrawal from consideration as a minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government because high-tensile inter-elite intrigues torpedoed his senate confirmation and caused the president to sour on him is the bluntest, crudest, most double-dyed political treachery I’ve seen in a long time. Sure, El-Rufai is a detestable, self-important,…
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How Tinubu, El-Rufai ministerial deal crumbled
Punch Newspaper More facts have emerged on how the pact between President Bola Tinubu and a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for the latter to become a minister in the yet-to-be-formed Federal Executive Council crumbled. Saturday PUNCH investigation revealed that El-Rufai had been promised to man the proposed Ministry of Power and…
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Just In: Resident Doctors Suspend Nationwide Strike
President of the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Emeka Orji, said in a message after their emergency meeting that the doctors decided to suspend the strike and to meet again in two weeks to review progress made by the federal government to address their demands. Orji said, “We just suspended the strike. Work…
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Four Worshipers Died While Observing Prayer at Kaduna Central Mosque (Video)
Four Muslim worshippers died on Friday evening when the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna State on collapsed. The victims were observing the Asr (evening) prayer around 4pm when the incident occurred. Confirming the incident, the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said subsequent prayers will be held ourside the mosque until further notice. The…
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CBN Speaks On Amount Used For Printing New Naira Notes, Cost of Disposing Bad Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has provided a detailed breakdown of its financial performance and expenses for the 12-month period in 2022. Notably, an expenditure of over N29 billion was allocated to the printing and disposal of Nigerian currency notes. This sum covers the meticulous process of creating, processing, distributing, and retiring currency notes…
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Recently Inducted Nursing Graduate Grusomely Murdered in Ibadan (Graphic Video)
A lifeless body of a recently inducted young and promising nurse, Omoniyi Boluwatife, was found with her womb brutally removed by suspected ritualists. The devastating incident occurred just two days after she was officially inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. It’s gathered that Boluwatife, a graduate of Lead City University, had gone…
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Adamant Niger’s Military Junta Issues Fresh Threat
Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press. Representatives of the junta told U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the threat to Bazoum during her visit to the…
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Just In : ECOWAS Orders Immediate Standby Force Against Niger Junta
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in NIger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday. It also called on the African…
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Tribunal sacks Kano NNPP Lawmaker, Declares APC Candidate Rep-elect
Daily Trust The National and State House of Assembly elections petition tribunal in Kano has nullified the election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Yerima as winner of the House of Representatives election for Tarauni Federal Constituency. But the three-man panel of…