Category: News
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Lagos Assembly: How Akande-led panel forced Meranda out, reinstated Obasa
Punch Newspaper The 49-day reign of Mojisola Meranda as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly ended on Monday, when the lawmakers re-elected Mudashiru Obasa to lead them. The move is not unconnected to the resolutions of the mediating panel led by Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governors of Osun and…
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NYSC Gives Reason Behind Delay in Paying N77,000 To Corps Members
The National Youth Service Corps has attributed the delay in paying corps members the new N77,000 minimum wage to a lack of “cash backing.” NYSC spokesperson, Caroline Embu, confirmed this on Monday in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH. “The cash backing is still being awaited,” she stated in a brief response. Her comment…
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BREAKING: Obasa returns as Lagos Assembly Speaker
The Nation Newspaper Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa has returned as the speaker as Lagos State House of Assembly. The plenary is currently ongoing at the assembly chmabers. Hon. Noheem Adams of Eti Osa Constituency 1 nominated Obasa. His nomination was seconded by Hon. Nureni Akinsaya of Mushin constituency. Recall the Lagos Assembly crisis began after…
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Just in: Meranda Resigns as Speaker of Lagos Assembly
Mojisola Meranda has stepped down amid the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State Assembly, the Speaker. But the crisis remain unresolved as Obasa’s removal divided the Assembly, and party’s leadership in the state. Meranda said she resigned to protect the state assembly, adding that she is not a quitter. “I take a bow as you…
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Just In: NYSC Gets New Director General
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointed of Brigadier General Kunle Nafiu as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bri. Gen. Nafiu, until his appointment, was the Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, having also served in the same capacity with the late…
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Ritual Killing: Ilorin Emirate Union launches databank initiative to combat rogue clerics
Vanguard News Worried by the need to rid Ilorin of crooked clerics, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has expressed commitment to partner with the state branch of the Council of Ulama to provide a Data Bank of Islamic clerics and Scholars in the state. IEDPU made the commitment on Saturday during a meeting…
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Recently Released Female Corps Member Narrates Ordeals in The Hand of Kidnappers
Punch Newspaper A National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was abducted along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Tuesday, has disclosed that her abductors threatened to force her into marriage and take her to Sokoto if her family refused to pay a ransom. This is just as she narrated that one of the abductors, who…
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Rivers: Anxiety as Fubara, Loyalists Weigh Options
Vanguard News It is exactly 16 months since the political crisis broke out in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. For one year and four months, Rivers, prided as the hub of West African oil and gas, has been embroiled in a war of attrition over the control of…
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Corps Members knock FG over unpaid N77k allowance
Punch Newspaper Members of the National Youth Service Corps have expressed their disapproval of the Federal Government’s persistent failure to implement the payment of the N77,000 allowance. The Federal Government had approved an increase in the corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. In the same year, the Director-General of the…
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Why Supreme Court Sacked Rivers LG Chairmen, Restored Pro-Wike Lawmakers
Vanguard News The Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as it reinstated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation, from releasing statutory monthly allocations to the state. The apex court, in another judgement, equally nullified the…