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The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for wasting time on WAEC certificate when Nigeria is facing a fiscal emergency. She was reacting...

New minimum wage: Falana reveals why it’s illegal for Governors to determine amount

nze ihunanyaNovember 03, 2018jamb

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated that it will be illegal for states to determine what they can pay as minimum wage. According to him, the minimum wage was deliberately placed in the exclusive legislative list, to ensure uniformity in application. Falana stated this at a tweet conference/roundtable...

FRSC recruitment: JAMB conducts examination for 15,000 candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday said it has conducted recruitment examination for about 15,000 candidates of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) across the country. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen during the conduct of the exercise in...

Ekiti PDP stakeholders sack Fayose as leader, install Senator Olujimi

In what may be seen as a coup, some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday appointed the Senator representing Ekiti South, Mrs Biodun Olujimi, as the leader of the party in Ekiti State and the South-West. In the same manner, the stakeholders passed a vote of no-confidence on the Chief Gboyega...

Buhari orders arrest of elites making inciting utterances

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerian elites to stop misleading the people through their unguarded utterances. Buhari, who is the visitor to University of Uyo, gave this warning at the 24th convocation ceremony of the institution on Saturday. The President, who was represented by Mr Ibrahim Yakasai,...

Previous governments were corrupt – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday restated that the Federal Government had achieved a lot in all sectors of human development and democratic process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo spoke at the 2017/2018 Barewa Old Boys Association annual lecture in Sokoto. “There is...

FG Places 1.6m Nigerians with HIV/AIDS on Treatment

nze ihunanyaOctober 22, 2018

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has disclosed that the Federal Government has enrolled one million, sixty-six thousand, two hundred and twenty-three (1,066,223) people living with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)...

Uniport academic calendar

University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT academic calendar for the 2018/2019 academic session has been released by the management of the school. The calendar released is for UNIPORT Undergraduate students and it contains the schedule of academic events for 2018/19 session. It contains the 2018/2019 UNIPORT resumption date for freshers and returning students....

Bamigboye, Former Kwara Military Governor, Dies at 78

The first military governor of Kwara, retired Brig.-Gen. David Bamigboye, is dead. The younger brother to the deceased, retired Col. Theophilus Bamigboye, confirmed the death on Friday on the telephone. He said the late military governor died on Friday during a brief illness in Lagos. NAN reports that the...

Ambode’s fate sealed as all 337 Lagos ward chairmen endorse Sanwo-Olu

nze ihunanyaSeptember 23, 2018jubilation in osun over the lead of PDP over all other parties

337 ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State under the auspices of Conference of Ward Chairmen have endorsed Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as their governorship candidate ahead of Saturday’s primary election. The group is made of ward chairmen from all the 20 Local Government Areas and...

Osun Results: PDP Supporters Jubilate as Adeleke Leads Oyetola

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, is leading the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola in the total number of votes scored in the results announced so far. Out of the results of the 15 local government areas announced so far, Adeleke polled 126,475 votes while...

Osun decides: Shehu Sani reveals what election’s outcome means

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has described the outcome of the Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State as a ‘lesson and a warning.’ Sani made the statement on his Twitter page while reacting to the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission,...

“Anyone who mentions my name is fooling you, I don't have any anointed candidate'' - Bola Tinubu tells APC members

Former Lagos state governor and APC National leader, Bola Tinubu, has informed the state party members that he does not have any anointed candidate that will become governor of the state come 2019. Tinubu who has been alleged to have sworn that the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, will not...

Buhari reacts as Tanzania ferry disaster kills 126

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with President John Magufuli and the people of Tanzania on the ferry disaster in the south of Lake of Victoria. It was learnt that no fewer than 126 were killed and hundreds missing after a ferry capsized on Thursday on Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Reacting, Buhari...

Buhari’s minister, Shittu says he couldn’t afford N22.5m for APC forms, speaks on NYSC controversy

nze ihunanyaSeptember 22, 2018APC CAN'T SURVIVE ANOTHER FOUR YEAR

The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu on Saturday declared that contrary to insinuation that he was rich as a Minister under President Muhammadu Buhari, he could not afford to pay the N22.5m All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial forms. Shittu, who insisted that there was no way he...

2019: Nigeria can’t survive another four years under APC – Council boss

Council chairman of Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State, Barr. Clement Odoh at the weekend accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari of domesticating corruption in Nigeria. Odoh, who made this known while interacting with journalists in Abakaliki, the...

NASS crisis: Why less than 73 APC Senators can remove Saraki as Senate President – Senator Omo-Agege

The Senator representing Delta Central at the National Assembly, Ovie Omo-Agege, has revealed why the Senate President, Bukala Saraki could be removed by less than 73 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Senate. The lawmaker also said it was the position of the ruling party that Saraki should...

2019: David Mark can unite Nigeria – Jonathan