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At town hall meeting, Kwara Govt reels out strides, pledges improved welfare

• You’re an achiever, say Olofa, Senator Ashiru, prominent citizens * You are truly a kind man: Chief Imam of Offa Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has begun a new round of direct interface with the people of the state, with the Governor and top administration’s officials speaking to the specific strides of the government, explaining its various programmes, projects ... Read More »

Lawyer mocks Oyetola for promising Tinubu one million Osun votes

An Abuja-based lawyer and grassroot politician and youth mobiliser in Osun State Pelumi Olajengbesi has described as laughable, the pledge of Osun State outgoing governor Gboyega Oyetola to deliver one million Osun votes for All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. Olajengbesi said it is an irony that Oyetola made such a tall promise when ... Read More »

Abiodun: Work will begin soon on Itele, Ota-Idiroko roads

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, disclosed that work would begin soon on the reconstruction of Itele and Ota-Idiroko Road. This is just as people that the Atan- Lusada-Agbara, the Tollgate-Singer, Ota-Idiroko and Ijoko-Ota-Alagbole roads would soon be completed. Abiodun gave this disclosure in Ota at a combined ward meeting of the 16 wards in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local ... Read More »

Attorney General 0ffice reacts to Appeal Court Judgement on Kanu

The Attorney General Released this statement Thursday night The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the Court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted. Consequently, the ... Read More »

BREAKING: ASUU suspends strike after eight months

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight month old strike, The PUNCH can authoritatively confirm. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly ... Read More »

BREAKING: Court frees Nnamdi Kanu

File photo: Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, with his lawyers and others during his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Photo: Olatunji Obasa 13th October 2022 The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. ... Read More »

Dangote’s 650,000bpd Refinery 97% Completed, says NMDPR

A …Naira will become stronger once Refinery starts production The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has disclosed that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, upon which the hope of the nation rests for fuel sufficiency is now 97 percent completed. The agency has also commended the work done in the project. The refinery, with 650,000 barrels per-day installed capacity ... Read More »

GUARANTY TRUST’S YOU READ INITIATIVE HOSTS DAMILARE KUKU AT ITS BOOK READING EVENT

Lagos, Nigeria – October 12, 2022: Booklovers in Lagos were treated to an afternoon of uplifting creative interactions at a book reading event organized by Guaranty Trust Bank (Guaranty Trust) on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the Herbert Macauley Library, Yaba. The event is an offshoot of Guaranty Trust’s You Read initiative which aims to champion continuous learning and promote ... Read More »

For the Records!NIGERIA 2023: ENSURING CREDIBLE, PEACEFUL, AND INCLUSIVE ELECTIONS Prof Yakubu

Full text of a keynote address delivered by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at an event organized by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) at the NED Headquarters, Washington DC, United States of America, on Tuesday 11th October 2022. It’s exactly 136 days to the 2023 General ... Read More »

OPinion!Illegal ‘Oil Theft’ Pipeline And Tompolo/NNPC’s Mele Kyari’s Perverse Stories By: Ifeanyi Izeze

It just cannot be overemphasized that Nigeria has become a theatre of the absurd. If this country were to be in a saner clime, there is no way Mele Kyari would still be sitting there as the chief executive officer of the nation’s apex oil concern with all the scandals of malfeasance upstream, downstream, and everywhere you look in anything ... Read More »