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2024

2027 Presidency: ‘You Can’t Decide For Us’, PDP Fires Atiku, Speaks On Preferred Candidate

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2027 Presidency: PDP Fires Atiku, Speaks on Preferred Candidate, "You Can't Decide For Us" Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria, has been told to drop his presidential ambition ahead of the 2027 electionPDP deputy national publicity secretary Ibrahim Abdullahi said Atiku cannot dictate the direction of the party while endorsing the call for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 raceAccording to Abdullahi, the PDP is a national party and Atiku cannot tell the party who to field in the 2027 presidential election The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that former vice president Atiku Abubakar has contested…

Aug

2024

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How Tinubu Transformed My Life Within 24 Hours After I Met Him – IGP Egbetokun

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Personality

How Tinubu Transformed My Life Within 24 Hours After I Met Him In 1998 – IGP Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police, Dr. Kayode Egbetokun has said that President Bola Tinubu transformed his life in 1998 within 24 hours when he first met him as a young officer noting that President Bola Tinubu made a significant impact on his life and career. Egbetokun who made the revelations at the unveiling of a book in his honour titled, “Readings in Policing, Peace, and Security” at the Police Conference Centre, Abuja said, “I thank the Almighty God by whose grace I’m alive…

Aug

2024

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NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown If Ajaero Is Arrested, Detained

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown If Ajaero Is Arrested, Detained The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to down tools nationwide in the event that the Nigeria Police detains its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The union handed down the threat on Tuesday morning at its headquarters, shortly after holding an emergency National Executive Council meeting to discuss the invitation of the NLC President by the police over allegations of terrorism financing. The NEC resolved that Ajaero should honor the police invitation but noted that their legal adviser should seek more time for the NLC President to appear before…

Aug

2024

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N29 Million Running Cost Not Enough For A Senator – Abbo

Columns/Opinions/Letters, National Assembly, News Flash

N29 Million Running Cost Not Enough For A Senator – Abbo Elisha Abbo, a former senator representing Adamawa north, says the over N20 million running cost for senators is not enough. Abbo said this on Sunday when he appeared on Arise Television. The former lawmaker said while he was at the senate, his salaries, allowances and running cost put together was N14.4 million. He said the sum was not enough to address the challenges being faced by his constituents in the north-eastern state of Nigeria. “Cumulatively, when I was in the senate, all the allowances put together was N14.4 million…

Aug

2024

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Israeli Police Say Sunday Blast In Tel Aviv Was ‘Terror Attack’

Columns/Opinions/Letters, International, News Flash, World News

Israel Police Say Sunday Blast In Tel Aviv Was ‘Terror Attack’ Israeli police said Monday that a “powerful” explosion the night before in Tel Aviv was a “terror attack” that wounded one person and prompted heightened alert. “This was a terror attack involving the explosion of a powerful explosive,” the force said in a statement. On Sunday authorities reported that the blast in the commercial hub of Tel Aviv had killed one person, who Israeli media said was the suspected assailant. “As a result of the explosion, a passerby was moderately injured,” the police said, adding that authorities had ordered…

Aug

2024

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What Reputation Or Goodwill Has APC To Think Of Occupying ABIA State Government House In 2027? – UAAP President Amb. Dr. Osita Offor (Ultimate Commander) Replies Hon. Benjamin Kalu

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics

The President of United ABIA Artists and Patriots Forum UAAP Amb. Dr. Osita Offor (Ultimate Commander), challenge Hon. Benjamin Kalu over his recent interview that APC will win next ABIA State election in 2027. Asking what Reputation or Goodwill they have on ground at the centre where they are presiding. He said listing Gov. Otti administration’s achievements across various sectors over the past 14 months would be an enormous task, it is crucial to highlight that the administration recently disbursed N1 billion to small-scale business owners to boost their enterprises and stimulate the state’s economy. One aspect that has been…

Aug

2024

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Ganduje Disowns 2027 Presidential Campaign Posters, Says It’s Work Of Mischief Makers

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‘Work Of Mischief Makers’ — Ganduje Disowns 2027 Presidential Campaign Posters Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has disassociated himself from campaign posters on social media, claiming he would be contesting for the presidency in 2027. In a statement on Sunday by Edwin Olofu, chief press secretary (CPS), to the APC national chairman, Ganduje said the campaign posters are “malicious pieces of fake news”. The campaign poster featured Ganduje as a presidential candidate in 2027, with Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, as his running mate. The poster also showed the two politicians will contest the…

Aug

2024

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I Ventured Into Politics To End The Mockery Of ABIA State In The Comity Of States

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash

The Week In Retrospect….. I Ventured Into Politics to End the Mockery of Abia State in the Comity of States. The Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr Alex Otti earlier in the week said that his major reason for venturing into politics was to erase the name of Abia state from regional, national and international mockery occasioned by years of leadership failure. Governor Otti made this disclosure when he received the National Leadership of Assemblies of God Church Nigeria at the Presidential Lodge, Government House Umuahia. Welcoming his guests led by the General Superintendent, Rev. Dr.Abel Ukachi Amadi and…

Aug

2024

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Think-Home Campaign: Eminent Igbos Setup Group To Encourage Investment At Home – By Chimaobi Nwaiwu

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, South East

Think-Home Campaing: Eminent Igbos setup group to encourage investment at home.----- says threats of having Igbos big investment outside Igbo land inform the birth of the group. By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI———- Determined to encourage Ndigbo to invest at home to avoid threats that comes with having their big investment outside Igbo land, and to encourage politicians of Igbo extraction to give their best to Ndigbo through the offices they occupy, notable Igbo’s of diverse profession have set up “The Great Igbo Achievers” organization, also known as (Akurulu Uzo N’ Alaigbo Amaka) to encourage think home investment and service to the…

Aug

2024

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Wage Award Not Part Of N70,000 Minimum Wage – NLC

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Wage Award Not Part Of of N70,000 Minimum Wage – NLC Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLC Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in Lagos on Friday. The congress expressed concern about a statement from a certain commission that the state was already paying more than N70,000 prescribed minimum wage to its employees. It called for a new wage structure starting from the approved N70,000…