Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, says contrary to earlier reports, there will be no presidential broadcast today May 18. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 was on Channels TV on Sunday May 17 where he disclosed that the President will hold a nationwide broadcast...
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UNEASE IN PDP AS ONDO GUBER POLLS BECKONS
The political theatrics ahead of Ondo State governorship election, slated for October 10, 2020, have become intense within the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as it shops for a consensus candidate. Many of are the belief that if PDP can put its house together and harness its strength it can reap from the...
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WE DIDN’T SNEAK INTO ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TO BEG – IHEDIOHA
The immediate past deputy speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has debunked the speculation that he led the former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, to the Assembly to plead for pardon over the ongoing probe into the alleged missing N19.68b local government funds. The ex-deputy speaker said this in an...
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DILEMMA IN APC EDO/ONDO POLLS OVER MODE OF PRIMARIES
The governing All Progressives Congress is in a dilemma over which mode of primaries to adopt for the forth coming governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states, The PUNCH has learnt. Findings by our correspondent, in Abuja, on Sunday, indicated that party stalwarts especially in the two affected states had yet to agree on the issue. The...
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TROUBLE IN ONDO APC AS FACTION ENDORSES EX-DEPUTY CLERK
A former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Chief Olayide Adelami, has been endorsed to run for the position of governor by the Akoko Progressives Forum, a group within the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. The group said it was supporting the Owo-born politician as governorship candidate of the party because of...
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VIRTUAL MEETING EXPOSE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS TO ATTACKS AND FRAUD
Concerns over national security are growing as federal and state governments turn to virtual space for meetings. The worries stem from the porous state of the Nigerian space, which unless it is adequately protected could be breached by cybercriminals desperate to explore loopholes and wreak havoc on unsuspecting individuals. Governments, business organisations, religious bodies and...
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JUST IN: COURT DID NOT STOP THE CONSIDERATION ON CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BILL – REPS
The House of Representatives has said the consideration of the contentious Control of Infectious Diseases Bill has not been stopped by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, said in a statement on Sunday, that a section of the media had erroneously reported that...
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KILLINGS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA TURNING TO GENOCIDE – UMAR BARDE
Worried by the incessant kidnappings and killings by herders in his locality, Umar Barde representing Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency of Kaduna State has described the killings as a bloody genocide. Barde, who was also the minority whip in the 8th National Assembly, further expressed worry over how the criminals carried out their inhuman acts despite the...
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COVID-19 patient gives birth in Lagos, 67 others recover
A pregnant coronavirus patient has given birth to a baby boy in Lagos State. A press statement from the state government noted that the baby was delivered through a caesarean section at the Gbagada isolation centre on Saturday. The statement quoted Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as saying that the feat was another validation of the government’s...
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Pension Fraud: Borno Saves N400m After Verification, 552 Pensioners Cleared
The verification follows a petition over unpaid stipends submitted by 387 pensioners through the Borno State chapter of their union.Governor Babagana Zulum personally received the petition during a publichearing organized in March this year, to sort the problem which has lingered since 2016. The State Head of Service, Barrister Simon Malgwi said in a news...