Politics

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has thrown his weight behind the candidature of Otunba Gbenga Daniel as the next National Chairman of the party. Known for his blunt posture on issues affecting the party, Tukur stated that Daniel possesses the qualities of the kind of leadership the party requires at this material …

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Barring any last minute change, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning said its in the process of finalizing the 2018 Budget proposals preparatory to submission to the National Assembly in October 2017 as earlier indicated. The Budget ministry said that the impression that the 2018 Budget proposals will now be submitted to the National Assembly in January 2018 as …

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, on Tuesday stressed the need for new generation of Nigerian leaders to embrace the ideals and principle of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Ambode made the remark while unveiling the new statue of the late sage in Ikeja. The event was attended by prominent members of the Awolowo family including the wife of the Vice …

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The Kano State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shandong Ruyi Technology Group of China for the establishment of a $600 million Textile Industrial Park in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, and the company’s Chairman, Mr. Yafu Qiu, signed the agreement at the company’s headquarters in Jining, Shandong, China, according to …

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The former National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has been advised to step down his ambition to become the National Chairman of the party in the overall interest of the party. The Northern Youth for Real Change (NYRC) made this call in a statement signed by its Director of Publicity, Abdullahi Tafida, in Abuja on …

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Experts have said that getting regular good nights of sleep is far higher, better and capable of making us happy than if employers give a 50 percent pay raise! Apparently, a good night’s sleep makes us happier than a 50 percent pay raise, the researchers conclude. Getting decent rest was found to be the strongest indicator of well-being, followed by …

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President Muhammadu Buhari will spend four days in London, Femi Adesina, his spokesman, has told BBC. Buhari returned to London on Thursday after attending the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) in New York. “He will be in the UK until Monday next week,” Adesina told BBC Hausa. “He will be in the UK until Monday next week,” Adesina told BBC …

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With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday were to sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers. The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted by 122 countries at the United Nations in July following negotiations led by Austria, Brazil, Mexico, …

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The Group for Good Governance and Democracy has called on the Federal Government to consider the plight of food suppliers to the Nigerian Prisons Service by clearing the N5.6 billion owed them. The group, in a statement by its National Coordinator and National Secretary,  Shadrack Nwokolo and Jimi Sanwo respectively, said over 75,000 inmates across the nation’s prisons face a hard time ahead …

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Senate President Bukola Saraki says the categorisation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the defence headquarters and proscription of the group by south-east governors did not follow due process. The military and governors from the south-east moved against IPOB on Friday. In a statement on Monday, Saraki said due processes must be followed in …

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