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Osun LG Election!My life in danger OSIEC Chair cries out as PDP Plans Boycott

The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, Barrister Segun Oladitan has disclosed that he has been receiving life threatening messages over the body’s plan to conduct local government election in the state. This is as he stated that the commission has fixed October 15 for the conduct of the exercise, assuring the public that it would not run foul ... Read More »

Huge Crowd Wellcome Atiku to Yola

A mammoth crowd has turned out in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, to welcome former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is returning to the state for the first time following his nomination as the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party for a second straight time. The arrival of the ex-VP was preceded by his running mate, Delta State Governor ... Read More »

PDP crisis: Party govs move to reconcile Atiku, Wike

Courtesy Vanguard Following the feud between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, governors elected on the platform of the party, yesterday, decided to intervene in the rift. It will be recalled that Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State visited Governor Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State last Thursday as ... Read More »

Sack NSA Before Wed or we Occupy Aso Rock by Wed Arewa Youth Assembly tells Buhari

A Northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, has given the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), an ultimatum of Wednesday to sack the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Mongonu (retd.), or face mass action. The group said the failure of the President to sack the NSA before Wednesday, they would occupy the Presidential Villa until Monguno was sacked. The group had ... Read More »

Buhari re-appoints Bashir Ahmad as media aide after failed reps bid

Buhari re-appoints Bashir Ahmad as media aide after failed reps bid Ahmad President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Bashir Ahmad as Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, confirmed the appointment in a letter of appointment addressed to Mr Ahmad, dated July 20, 2022. In the letter sighted by NAN ... Read More »

IYD: Kwara Govt supports 100 youths with N1m grant each

• Youth inclusion, engagement key to sustainable future: Gov • Kwara Gov a pride of young people, says APC Youth leader Israel Kwara State Government has supported businesses owned by 100 young people in the state with N1m grant each, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying youth inclusion and productive engagement are key to sustainable future. The N1m grant is funded ... Read More »

Lawyer slams Umahi, asks Dangote, Otedola, bank CEOs to pay off ASUU

An Abuja base lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has appealed to chief executive officers of banks and billionaire businessmen including Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga to pay off the N1.1 trillion demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The lawyer said the Federal Government has displayed irresponsibility and nonchalance to resolve the lingering strike by ASUU ... Read More »

No forest reserves were sold by Abiodun’s government – Odusile

…says reserves concessioned by last administration The Ogun State Government has refuted the rumours making the rounds that it has sold some forest reserves in the Ijebu axis of the state, to foreign investors. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on the protest by timber merchants made up of ... Read More »

Number of Kwara’s functional firms grew by 87.5% under us: Abdulrazaq

• MAN hails Gov for being pro-business, commissions secretariat Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said the local economy has recorded huge gains over the last three years of his administration, with the number of active companies in Kwara growing from just 41 in 2019 to 77 in 2022, representing an impressive 87.5 percent increase. Quoting a data from ... Read More »