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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday denied media reports that he had endorsed the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, for the 2023 presidential election. The reports followed Mr Tinubu’s out-of-the-blue call on the former president at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday. The two leaders did not disclose to journalists what they discussed during the …

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has knocked the dressing of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, at the Nigeria Bar Association Conference in Lagos State. (Shettima; at NBA Conference in Lagos on Monday) The event, held on Monday, was graced by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party, …

Former minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has confessed that the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, are everywhere. He stated that the ‘Obidients’ have ideas and vision. While cautioning the big political parties, (PDP, APC), Fani-Kayode advised them to play their cards very well. In his article titled ‘Who are these Obidients’?, …

• NCC issues UASL to Mafab as MTN begins with demo• Country to join South Africa and Kenya as leaders on the regional deployment list• Device availability, affordability pose a huge challenge Though MTN has expressed readiness to launch the Fifth-Generation (5G) network this month, at most this quarter, Mafab Communications has, however, got a five-month extension for the rollout …

…To approach National Industrial Court …Approves additional N100bn to varsities Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. . The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university …

The Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association is currently holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively are present at the event, the PUNCH reported on Monday. The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, is also …

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal Government’s poor treatment of its members which it said had forced many to venture into other sources of livelihood. The National President, ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke to …

Edo State is growing the largest oil palm project in Africa as part of efforts to tap from its natural endowments and decouple from the oil economy in its economic diversification drive, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. The governor made this disclosure today at the 2022 Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Conference, tagged ‘Bold Transitions,’ held in Lagos State. Obaseki made …

Over 50 persons, including street beggars, mentally challenged persons and other destitute persons have been evacuated from the GRA axis of Benin City, including Ihama, Boundary and Country Home Roads axis, as well as Sapele Road and Ring Road axis, all within the Benin metropolis by Edo State Government. The evacuation and rehabilitation exercise which began at the weekend is …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Investigators are now searching for evidence to end the controversies that have continued to trail the alleged discovery of a ritualist’s den with 20 mummified bodies along Asoro slope, Ekehuan road, Uzebu quarters, Benin City on August 17, 2022. It was scooped that the search team made several visits to the building with …