New 111 lawmakers may cost tax payers N1.2bn monthly

Leke Baiyewu 4 May 2021 Kindly share this story: NIGERIAN tax payers will spend an average of N1.2bn monthly to maintain additional lawmakers, if a bill seeking to increase legislative seats which is currently being considered by the House of Representatives, scales through. The bill titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Alter the Provision […]

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Our membership now over 40 million, says APC scribe

John Alechenu 4 May 2021 Kindly share this story: THE Secretary, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, on Monday, said the party now has over 40 million registered members. Akpanudoedehe said this when the party’s National Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, received some non-career ambassadors designate at the […]

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Obasanjo pushes for an Adesina presidency in 2023 with either Tambuwal or Kwankwaso as a running mate –

If we are really serious about moving this nation forward, the 2023 presidency should be off limits to conventional Nigerian politicians. Enough of the stomach infrastructure politics and buying of delegates that has characterised the APC and PDP with no ideological content or policies. We should be looking at people like Adesina and Okonjo-Iweala who […]

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Betty, BEMORE and the task of building barrier- breakers

By Debo Akinbami In another letter titled ‘A woman’s worth in Betty’s words’, there was the delibrate underlining of the concrete feminine concern of the wife of Ondo State governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, so that her zealous attention to matters of women should be well countenanced and her pace taken seriously by many. This is because […]

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Buhari: Doyin Okupe seeks audience with Presidency to discuss students kidnap in Nigeria

The PresidentGen Mohammed BuhariThru:The office of the chief of staffPresidential VillaAso RockAbuja. Yr Excellency, Re: Request for an appointment to discuss my proposition on Kidnapping of School children. The above subject matter refers.I will greatly appreciate an appointment to meet with the President to discuss a proposition that I believe will help toend the incessant […]

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Protest as A’Ibom fake recruiter arrested for raping, killing job seeker

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Godfrey George 3 May 2021 Kindly share this story: The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake recruiter, Uduak Akpan, for allegedly raping and killing a jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren, in the Airport Road area of Uyo. It was gathered that Umoren had on Thursday gone for a job interview […]

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FG vaccine fund runs into crisis, AstraZeneca scarcity hits India

Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu, Sunday Aborisade, Friday Olokor, Okechukwu Nnodim, Dayo Ojerinde, Armstrong Bakam, Adeniyi Olugbemi, Matthew Ochei, Bola Bamigbola, Patrick Odey and Tukur Muntari 3 May 2021 Kindly share this story: Nigeria may go for Pfizer which costs $20 per dose; AstraZeneca, $4 WHO may review usage of expired COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria, others […]

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Afenifere was right by refusing to support Buhari – Fasoranti

Peter Dada 3 May 2021 Kindly share this story: The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere,  on Sunday said corruption and nepotism were the hallmarks of the administration of the President, Major-General Muhammadu (retd.), for the past six years. The group also said the development had justified that the stance of the group not to support  the […]

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Oni unveiled his campaign team ahead of the state’s 2022 governorship election.

Oni, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, said his mission was to rescue the state from its current handlers and secure its future.  “This is largely about deploying the resources of Ekiti State to develop the land and its people. This is not about personal enrichment or personalising governance for […]

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