Umahi: INEC to decide on court ruling next week

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole 17 March 2022 Kindly share this story: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it would meet next week to deliberate on the Federal High Court’s sack of Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi and come up with an appropriate position on the matter. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and […]

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Reps grill Amaechi, BPE officials over $214m Deep Blue contract

Leke Baiyewu16 March 2022THE Bureau of Public Procurement has told the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy that it does not possess the documents presented by the HSL International Limited, which the Federal Government awarded the ‘Deep Blue Project’ contract, before the firm was issued a Certificate of No Objection. According to the BPP, the […]

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Doyin Okupe to Kemi Afolabi: Don’t give up… I know people living with lupus for 10 years

 BY IDRIS SHEHU  MARCH 14, 2022 Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has offered words of hope to Kemi Afolabi, the Nollywood actress, who is diagnosed with lupus. Afolabi recently left many social media users shocked and concerned after she said her doctor told her in 2021 that she has five years to live. […]

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Inquest: Sylvester died of pneumonia leading to sepsis, says doctor

Mathew Agbaje15 March 2022A Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the initial autopsy on late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, who died in controversial circumstances, on Monday, told a coroner that the pupil died of pneumonia leading to sepsis. The news of […]

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ASUU extends strike to May, parents beg, FG says demands met

Grace Edema, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Bola Bamigbola15 March 2022The Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to as a matter of urgency resolve the issues leading to ASUU’s strike so that students can go back to school. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, the […]

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Wike, Obaseki continue verbal war, govs allege betrayal, unguarded comments

Dennis Naku15 March 2022Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, as a politician who is given to serial betrayal of those who helped to advance his political aspiration. Wike spoke at the inauguration of Community Secondary School, Omuanwa, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state on Monday. He […]

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12 days to convention, APC holds forms, governors divided

Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Dogara Bitrus15 March 2022Twelve days to the national convention of the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party has failed to sell forms to aspirants while all the committees set up by the APC to ensure that the convention moves smoothly have failed to begin sitting. This is just […]

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General Overseer heading for Kenyan crusade arrested with cannabis in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. A statement on Sunday by the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect was apprehended on his way to a three-week crusade in […]

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Russia-Ukraine war: 13 latest updates to know as Turkey seeks Russia’s help

Russia said Sunday that negotiators were making headway at talks to resolve war in Ukraine, more than two weeks after President Vladimir Putin ordered his army over the borders of its pro-Western neighbour. This is as Turkey sought Russia’s help to evacuate its citizens stranded in Mariupol Here are the latest developments in Russia’s war […]

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We won’t make gunpoint negotiations with ASUU, says FG

THE Federal Ministry of Education has said it will not enter into agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities under duress. The ministry called on ASUU to call off its strike “so that we will not have gunpoint negotiations and make promises that we will not be able to fulfil.” The ministry’s spokesman, Ben […]

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