The police Sunday said it has invited Senate President, Bukola Saraki over 5 April multiple bank robberies in Offa Kwara state, during which 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood also announced the arrest of Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab, the chief of staff to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Alabi Olalekan, his Personal…
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Last Tuesday, 29th May 2018, we kicked off our celebration of Democracy Day with a breakfast at Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos where we attended a meeting with the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo. At this interactive meeting with the media, Prof. Dokubo…
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Nigeria may not be favourites for the World Cup, but they seem to have won fans over with their new kit for Russia. Three million people pre-ordered replica shirts, according to the Nigeria Football Federation, and shoppers queued outside Nike’s flagship store in London on Friday to try to get their hands on the clothing.…
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The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has formally announced that he will not be seeking reelection when the party holds its elective congress later this month. “Even though, I had the desire to re-contest as National Chairman of the Party, I have decided that it is ultimately in…
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The lead physiotherapist and the equipment manager of Nigeria’s Super Eagles were both denied visa into Austria for the team’s pre-world cup final camping, Punch reports. In a statement released by the NFF, it was revealed that the lead physiotherapist, Nnaemeka Anozie, and equipment manager, Chidi Ngoka, were denied visa by the Austrian Embassy. Both Anozie and Ngoka are said…
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Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 Ekiti State governorship election, has picked 74-year-old Adebisi Egbeyemi, former Chairman of Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area, as his running mate. Fayemi made the announcement in a communiqué released by his campaign office on Thursday. “After a long search for the candidate, Egbeyemi…
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Adebayo Adelabu, deputy governor in charge of operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will be addressed as former deputy governor from July 15. According to a statement released by Isaac Okorafor, CBN spokesman, on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted his resignation. “While appreciating your services in the Central Bank of Nigeria since…
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The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Lawali Shuaibu has clarified that a purported demand to stop the trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) did not come up during Monday’s meeting between the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibajo SAN and former new…
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Dino Melaye, Senator representing Kogi West, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making derogatory statements about him and the National Assembly. According THEWILL Buhari, when he received a delegation of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) at the Presidential Villa on May 22, came down hard on the members of the National Assembly. “Let anybody come and…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for attempting to parade themselves as the architects of the ‘Not Too Young to Run Act’, which was sponsored and pursued by PDP members in the National Assembly and State assemblies. The main opposition party said in a statement…
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