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LAGOS – A legal practitioner and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Jesutega Onokpasa, has come out strong against the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) with a list of constitution – backed reasons why the Nigerian Anti-graft agency can not prosecute Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the vibrant former governor of Kogi State ..read more
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2h ago
LAGOS – Hearing of the ex-parte motion for stay of proceedings filed by EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukayode, against contempt charge instituted by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was on Monday stalled at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. The case could not proceed due to a workshop organised by the appellate court. The ..read more
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2h ago
KANO — Members of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Monday, visited the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, at his palace. The visit, was part of activities lined up for the Second Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, holding in Kano, North West ..read more
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4h ago
LAGOS – The African Action Congress (AAC), Abia State chapter, has condemned the recent announcement by the Abia State government under Dr. Alex Otti, to charge N50,000 per title document by land owners. The party, in a statement jointly signed by the AAC State Chairman, Comrade Ezumaibe Kelechiukwu and Publicity Secretary, Ijeoma Ogbonnaya, said the ..read more
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1d ago
EJ IKEME OMENAZU Come May 29, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will have spent one year since he became the nation’s President and Commander-in-Chief. One major decision he announced at the Eagle Square was the stoppage of fuel subsidies. Although the issue had been on the front burner, Nigerians did not expect the president to ..read more
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1d ago
EJIKEME OMENAZU Following the escalation of the crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the governor has said he would institute an investigative panel to look into the governance of the state in the last eight years before he came in. Since he made the announcement, the two camps ..read more
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1d ago
AUSTIN OBOH The angst over the recent hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers in Nigeria was articulated and championed by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday through a peaceful protest across the country with a decisive rejection which the Federal Government has promised to consider. However, it ..read more
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1d ago
UMUAHIA – As part of a comprehensive economic package aimed at putting Ohafia LGA in the world map of economic development, Ohafia monarchs under the aegis of Ohafia Traditional Rulers Council have established a microfinance bank to offer low interest rates for residents of the sprawling city. The royal fathers also designed and churned a ..read more
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1d ago
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D., has urged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to establish reconciliation committees to foster unity among party members nationwide. In a statement by Musa Abdullahi Krishi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Abbas ..read more
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1d ago
Chief Fidelis Tilije, the Delta State Commissioner for Finance has promised to partner Community Newspaper Publishers in the state. The Commissioner made this promise when members of Community Newspaper Publishers under the aegis of Association Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN), Delta State Council led by its Chairman, Comr. Jude Obiemenyego paid him a courtesy ..read more