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An Abuja High Court has dismissed the suit filed by Ladi Adebutu challenging the nomination of Buruji Kashamu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. Adebutu had approached the court seeking a declaration of his candidature for the governorship election on the platform of the PDP. Ajoke Adepoju, the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday released the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of the general elections. The 33 pages document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said Smart Card Readers (SCRs) and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) would be used for the forthcoming elections. “Voting shall be in […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) which is a one year program for all eligible Nigerian university and polytechnic graduates is practically the beginning of job search for many Nigerians. The Place of Primary Assignment (PPA), where corps members are expected to render selfless service for a year introduces the fresh graduates into work environments, […]
The mood at the Force Headquarters was calm when the news of the replacement filtered in. It was also gathered that the outgoing IGP had been quietly removing his personal effects from the office since last Friday. There are indications at the Force Headqaurters in Abuja that a new Inspector General of Police (IGP), AIG […]
The Federal government promises to pay ASUU N15.4b, but the union says the ongoing strike won’t be suspended except FG pays N220bn. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the Federal Government money offer to end the ongoing strike saying it is far from its demands. ASUU is demanding a sum of N220 […]
Navy Captain Felix Esekhile, Commander of the NNS Soroh, confirmed the development, stating that: “They only came to protest, like it happened with Shell and other oil companies on issues of MoU with Conoil”. A group of militants have taken over ‘Auntie Julie’ ConOil production platform offshore in Sangana community in Southern Ijaw Local Government […]
I was privileged to spend a day with Mr Ahmadu in his palatial 5th floor office, located at their Fleet Street, London building. His day was a combination of several private meetings as well as a board meeting lasting over 10 hours with some American partners who flew in for a very important project. As […]
I wonder why you would not tell Nigerians that loan negotiations with China Eximbank have stalled since 2017 because of your attempt to divert about $600 million from the 3050MW hydropower project to a pet project not hitherto considered by the FEC, and the Chinese Contractors, and Eximbank are insisting on full compliance with the […]
Following the agreement between Federal Government and lecturers, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend the ongoing strike. On Monday, January 7, 2019, the Federal Government reached an agreement with the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a meeting between […]
Speaking during an extensive inspection tour of ongoing projects across the state, which lasted from morning till late in the night, Ambode said the initiative was basically designed to inject 5,000 buses, modern terminals, facilitate ease of mobility for residents and also rev up the Lagos economy, among others. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on […]