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As torrents of tributes continues to pour in for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as he clocked 59 today, the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the former President, saying President Muhammadu Buhari has done nothing better since he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The Spokesman of the PDP Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a congratulatory message to Jonathan, ‎said the electoral reforms for free, fair and credible elections for which the All Progressives Congress (APC ) rode to power has been…

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The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has donated N10 million to the family of the late Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu-Ali, who died fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the state on Nov. 4. Gov. Kashim Shettima made the donation when he visited the widow of the deceased in Kaduna. Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser to Shettima on Communication and Strategy, stated this in a statement in Maiduguri. According to the statement, the Borno State Governor presented a N10 million cheque to Samira, the widow of fallen soldier and one…

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Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, who spoke while delivering the 4th convocation lecture of  Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ile-Ife, titled,  ‘The blessings of natural resource endowments and the curse of corrupt leadership: Critical perspectives on Nigeria’s state  of  the Federal Government’s  move underdevelopment’, vehemently opposed  the efforts to obtain the loan, stressing  that, at the  end of the day, only 50% of the amount will arrive Nigeria while generations unborn will suffer  the repayment. According to him, he had  written a letter to that effect to the Minister…

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7 suspected pipeline vandals have been arrested in Lagos. A teenager, Adams Samson, who was one of the seven suspected pipeline vandals, caught with 113 jerry cans of petrol has said he went into bunkering to raise N4,100 for payment of his tax clearance, which he was asked to produce by his school’s management before the new session. The 18-year-old secondary school student said without the money, he won’t be allowed to further his education. Another claimed he is a school teacher and that he was a victim of mistaken…

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A police station in Nigeria gets N45,000 in three months as running cost. This was made known by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni on Thursdays. Owoseni said this while addressing members of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre, a civil society organisation, who protested to his office in Ikeja. The group urged the Federal Government to probe the embezzlement of funds meant for fuelling of patrol vehicles, stationeries, uniforms and allowance for the Nigerian Police Force. The group had placards with inscriptions such as ‘No…

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The management of the University of Abuja has suspended two senior staff for alleged whistle blowing. Recall that 23 SSANU members, including some present and former national officers of the union, were last week sacked by the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, for alleged indiscipline and whistle blowing. SSANU had in its recent National Executive Meeting, NEC, requested the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to speedily conclude its investigations and further demanded that “the Federal Government urgently intervenes by setting up Special Visitation/Investigation Panels…

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Tension arose yesterday at the Ogun State House of Assembly, as the deputy speaker of the House, Olakunle Oluomo and the Commissioner for Works and infrastructure, Lekan Adegbite engaged in shouting match at the Committee Room during a meeting with the commissioner on the situation of roads in the state. It was gathered that Adegbite and the deputy speaker, who presided over the meeting engaged in altercation, which nearly turned into fisticuffs during the meeting when Adegbite asked the deputy speaker, to apologise for keeping him waiting for hours. The…

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Indeed, it was a hero’s welcome for Dr. Jonathan Goodluck as Sokoto residents who came to welcome former President Goodluck on Thursday, when he visited the Sultan of Sokoto and the family of his National Security Advisers, Dasuki Sambo over the death of late Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki a former Sultan who died at the age of 93 on Monday in Sokoto carried placards some with the inscription ‘Come back Baba Jonathan’. Share on:

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In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Government and people of Lagos State on the passing on of former Minister of National Planning, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi. Buhari also extended his condolences to all family members, friends and professional colleagues of the late acclaimed economist, eminent industrialist, playwright and promoter of arts and culture. He urged them to be consoled by the fact that Gbadamosi’s contributions in these diverse fields of life…

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