The Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, has today declared his intention to run for president on the platform of the Labour party in 2019. Mimiko made the declaration at exactly 12:15pm, at an event held at the National Secretariat of the Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam-led LP, in Abuja. He said there comes a time…
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Rotimi Amaechi who is the Minister of Transportation, disclosed that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has done so much in all aspects of the economy, beyond the transportation sector. Mr. Amaechi said this yesterday at Abuja during an interactive session with the media on the ministry’s achievement. According to reports, he said the Buhari-led administration has…
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The Federal High Court Abuja division has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered government to pay N10 million in damages to Mr Abiri. It is to be recalled that Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human…
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The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) Amina Mohammed, has disclosed that when she was appointed minister of environment in Nigeria, she was seen as the dustbin lady. According to her, people did not see the real value of her office. She said this on Wednesday while speaking at the International Monetary (IMF) and…
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Nigeria’s current president, Muhammadu Buhari and All progressive Congress has been warned by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to ditch the thoughts of staying in power a day beyond May 29, 2019. PDP issued the warning in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan. The opposition party also cautioned the, “Chairman of the Independent…
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This morning, many air travelers were stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after an aircraft overshot the runway of the NAIA and disrupted flight operations on the facility. It was gathered that the aircraft, a Gulfstream 4 belonging to Skybird, overshot the runway on Wednesday night and got stuck on the runway. According to Punch,…
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Chief Sunny Ofehe who is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State has recently filed a suit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, asking for an order perpetually restraining the party from continuing with the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has encouraged Nigerians not to return members of the Peoples Democratic Party. He described them as “those who brought Nigeria to its knees from 1999-2015” back to power. President Buhari said this while submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress at the National…
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Today, the Nigerian Presidency has reassured workers of the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to increase the minimum wage. This assurance was given by Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) According to reports, Enang spoke in response to alleged lack of commitment by the Federal…
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The Governor of Lagos State Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday totally played down speculation of rift with the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying reports to such effect were untrue. Both the social and traditional media have been flooded with news of a major rift between Tinubu and Governor Ambode…
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