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….Advises public against impostors  BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has disclosed that it has opened a (Situation Room) to handle  the 2024 governorship poll reports in Edo State, other applicable states and national issues.  The Chairman of the NUJ, Edo state Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe disclosed this today at the union secretariat in Benin …

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers who had been sitting in stunned silence gasped at the declaration: The office of speaker “is hereby declared vacant.” For the first time ever, a House speaker had been voted out of the position, plunging Congress into a new degree of turmoil. “Now what?” someone in the chamber yelled out. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who has survived decades …

The Lagos State Police Command, on Wednesday, declared Owodunni Ibrahim aka Primeboy wanted, following his failure to honour police invitation successfully sent to him since the commencement of the investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on his X handle, described Ibrahim to …

The Kaduna State ministerial nominee, Abbas Balarabe, collapsed during his screening before the Senate. Balarabe had just finished his presentation to the lawmakers and collapsed while one of the Kaduna senators was praising him. Following his collapse, the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, started to scream, “Bring water and sugar. Call Dr Musa.” Akpabio then immediately called for a closed-door session. …

• CSO asks Yari, others to challenge amendment in court Barely two weeks after the 10th Senate faced an impeachment scare, the chamber, yesterday, amended its standing rule, barring first-term lawmakers from seeking election as Senate President or Deputy Senate President. Adopting a motion sponsored by Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate amended Section Three of its standing rule, stating, specifically, …

The Senate, on Tuesday, warned President Bola Tinubu against illegal spending and advised him to seek a supplementary budget for its Compressed Natural Gas initiative. The Senate through its Committee on Gas, led by Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe, urged the executive arm of government to expeditiously present a 2023 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly to kick start the Compressed Natural …

•Atiku’s journey to Chicago varsity, a fruitless exercise, ex-VP a loser, says APC •President’s documents released by varsity have vindicated us, PDP insists The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday chastised the Peoples Democratic Party presidential standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, over his quest to obtain President Bola Tinubu’s academic records from the Chicago State University. The National Publicity Director of the …

• Rising unfunded fiscal deficit threatens 2023 budget implementation• Ministries directed to streamline operation• MDAs freeze new hiring, consider revenue-generating measures• Liquidity crisis worsened as CBN pulls the plug on cheap money• Over N5b monthly wage top-up pushes up payroll burden  Ahead of the 2024 budget presentation, President Bola Tinubu’s administration may be putting finishing touches to a plan to pivot …

Pope Francis has suggested he would be open to having the Catholic Church bless same-sex unions. In 2021, the Vatican decreed that the Catholic Church would not bless gay marriages because God “cannot bless sin”. But late Monday, the Vatican published a letter by Pope Francis addressed to a group of cardinals who asked him for clarity on the issue. …

• Falade: Politicians using security report to settle scores• People under EFCC investigation part of Tinubu’s cabinet, Chidoka alleges President Bola Tinubu yesterday, named Balarabe Abbas Lawal from Kaduna State as minister-nominee to replace former governor Nasir el-Rufai, who was earlier rejected by the Senate in August. The one-time minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was one of the 48 persons …