PDP expresses concern over $1.2b loan from Brazil

November 4, 2020 Agency ReporterThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over fresh plans by the Federal Government to secure an additional US$1.2 billion loan from the Brazilian Government.The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday, said it was worrisome that government had such a […]

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Army battling insecurity in 33 states, says Ndume

November 6, 2020 Our ReporterChairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, said on Thursday that the Army is tackling security challenges in 33 states.Ndume spoke in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, during a visit to Governor Atiku Bagudu on the sideline of the committee’s oversight function to the state.“The Army has some […]

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Second term: Akeredolu’s political enforcers

Hon.Temitayo Oluwatuyi (TUKANA)- Rugged, Loyal and articulate, the Akure born and bred grassroots politician and mobiliser came in at a time when his expertise was most needed. While he has been a part of the success story of the Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led administration in Ondo State having served as the Commissioner for Natural Resources, […]

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Damaged facilities: S’West ministers ask FG to assist Lagos

MINISTERS from the South – West have called on the Federal Government to assist the Lagos State Government in restoring some of the public facilities destroyed in the aftermath of the recent # EndSARS protests in the state .They identified 15 police stations , state High Court building and others as some of facilities destroyed […]

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INEC tackling 1,700 suits over 2019 elections – Yakubu

Sunday Aborisade and Leke BaiyewuThe Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof . Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission was battling with over 1 ,700 cases in various courts 20 months after the 2019 general elections.Yakubu said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on INEC , during the 2021 budget defence […]

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DSS shuts school, sacks 140 teachers over request for better welfare

Adelani Adepegba and Ade AdesomojuFor demanding better conditions of service and regularisation of their appointment , the Department of State Services has sacked 140 teachers and other staff members of its Community Staff Schools , Asokoro , Abuja.The service also shut down the institution and directed the 1 ,800 pupils in the nursery / primary […]

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Group Asks Buhari To Intervene, Save Suffering NDDC Scholars

The Act for Positive Transformation Initiative has raised an alarm on the plight of Nigerian youths sent abroad on scholarship by the Niger Delta Devepment Commission (NDDC), calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene to save them. The group in a statement signed by itsHead, Directorate of Research, Strategy & Programme, Kolawole Johnson, and […]

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Hon Adedayo Omolafe Donates Transformer to Adejubu Community in Ondo State

The Adejubu community in Akure, Ondo State, heaved a sigh of relief, as the member representingAkure North/South Federal Constituency, Hon. Omolafe Adedayo donated a transformer to boost public power to the area. This he said was done as part of his community development project in his constituency. He also added that, he has embarked on […]

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Highest-ever voter turnout elects United States president

November 4, 2020 •Voters wait to cast their ballots on Election Day at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Our Reporter AMERICANS cast their votes on Tuesday in a bitterly contested presidential race between incumbent President Donald Trump and challenger former Vice President Joe Biden after a tumultuous four years under the Republican businessman-turned […]

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‘Why Lekki tollgate surveillance camera stopped working’

November 4, 2020 Robert Egbe THE surveillance camera at the Lekki toll gate stopped working at about 8 pm because it was tampered with, Lekki Concession Company Managing Director, Mr Abayomi Omomuwa, said on Tuesday.He said the audio recorder on the camera was not activated throughout the recording or before because it was only used […]

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