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There are strong indications that the Rivers State All Progressives Congress led by immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is angry about the romance between the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s men; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Wike has in recent times been meeting with some APC chieftains, including Tinubu’s allies. On Monday, the Lagos State Governor, …

• Lawyers: INEC duty bound to act in accordance with Constitution, Electoral Act• Foundation, Ozekhome seek election for vacant seats at NASS, state Assemblies The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, denied doctoring and backdating documents to accommodate nominations of Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio as senatorial candidates for the 2023 general elections. INEC also said it is yet to …

A group, Yoruba Muslim Youths Organisation (YMYO), has urged former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal;  former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), to stop stressing the nation’s fault lines, but promote good governance ahead of the 2023 general elections. Dogara and Lawal, who …

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has confirmed the arrest of the suspected attackers of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where 44 people were gruesomely murdered and several others badly injured during a Sunday service on June 5. The governor confirmed the arrest shortly after the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor made the announcement in Abuja. Governor Akeredolu …

The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed to make available before it all documents relating to subsidy claims from 2013 to date. Rep Ibrahim Aliyu, Chairman, Special ad hoc committee investigating Petroleum Subsidy regime said this when Mr Stephen Okon, Director Home Finance in the ministry appeared before it in …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has restated its commitment to partnering with financial institutions to provide start-up loans to corps members to become entrepreneurs. The Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Mohammad Fadah, reiterated this on Tuesday at the closing of the orientation course for 2022 Batch ‘B’, stream two, corps members, at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikot Itie Udung …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged global leaders and other development stakeholders to expand opportunities for women in rural areas to drive sustainable development in communities. Obaseki gave the charge in commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, celebrated by the United Nations and its partners, on August 9, each year. He said, “In commemoration of this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, there is the …

…Says Kizz snubbed show despite pleas, tears A concert promoter in Tanzania, Stephen Uwa, has narrated why Nigerian singer and songwriter, Oluwatobiloba Daniel, aka Kizz Daniel, refused to show up for a concert in Tanzania. The police on Monday arrested the singer in Tanzania for failure to show up for a paid concert, according to report by PUNCH. Speaking with …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari disclosed on Tuesday that the Federal Government has disbursed a total of N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital base and boost local production of medicines and medical consumables. Buhari made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday, while receiving the new Executive Members of the Nigerian Medical Association …

Against the backdrop of the prevailing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU strike, a report released by an advocacy group, Invictus Africa, on Tuesday, disclosed that the educational sector received its lowest budgetary allocation in 2022. . The report entitled, “Data and Analysis of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Budgetary Allocation to Education between 2015 and 2022,” pegged the federal …