Politics

The consultations by the Presidency with various segments of the Nigerian society will continue, the Spokesman of the Acting President, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Tuesday. He stated this in a release while emphasizing the import of the dialogue the Acting President had with leaders from the North, Southeast and the media over the last two weeks. “While this set …

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NASS Expenditure On Travels, Meals, Generators A Call For Restructuring-Analysts    Having remained a one-liner document shrouded in secrecy for many years, details of the Budget of Nigerian National Assembly goes into public domains this year and while many feel the expenses are outrageous, others see it as a call for political restructuring, writes TAYO OLANIPEKUN.    Some of the …

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NASS Expenditure On Travels, Meals, Generators A Call For Restructuring-Analysts    Having remained a one-liner document shrouded in secrecy for many years, details of the Budget of Nigerian National Assembly goes into public domains this year and while many feel the expenses are outrageous, others see it as a call for political restructuring, writes TAYO OLANIPEKUN.    Some of the …

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Folake Sokoya To genuinely achieve a revival of Ogun State, the mission requires a grand coalition of elements from PDP, APC and other parties. Therefore it is imperative to build this coalition by embracing all people of like minds.” These were the words of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, Member, House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Rural Development while reacting …

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A whooping $2 billion investment by the terminal operators has massively turned around operations at Nigerian seaports since the commencement of the concessioning programme about 11 years ago. The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup, who disclosed this recently, commended the Federal Government for its foresight in instituting the programme. Before terminal operations were concessioned …

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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has warned that the APC-led Federal Government cannot fix the current economic and other challenges confronting Nigerians in eight years. Speaking recently at the headquarters of the party, in Abuja, he said it would be extremely difficult to fix the level of rot in the country. He said: “We …

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Nigerians are honourable and hard working people who are making remarkable contributions all over the world, the Federal Government said on Monday in New York. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, said that only a handful of the citizens were deviants. Enikanolaiye lauded the giant strides Nigerians have made in all walks of life, commending their ingenuity, …

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The Aniochaoshimili people of Delta state are set to draw up their own economic blueprint for the development of the area.  To achieve this, a non-partisan and non-profit making socio–cultural organisation known as Njiko Aniochaoshimili has been convened to organize an economic summit to draw up the area’s economic recovery roadmap.  According to the convener of the organization, Prof. Epiphany …

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Dayo Emmanuel Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Monday Igbuya has been impeached Thursday morning. The impeachment took place when 22 of 29 members of the state House of Assembly signed the impeachment notice. Hon Sherriff Oborevwori has been elected as the new speaker of the House. Hon. Igbuya was accused of incompetence and high handedness …

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Olabode Adaramola   Media is critical to world peace – Gov. Sani Bello Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello yesterday said that the media remain critical stakeholder in ensuring global peace, especially at this time of heightened crises between nations of the world.  This was contained in his goodwill message to mark this year’s World Press Freedom day signed …

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