By Okoroafor UchechukwuIt is no longer news that against all odds, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had zoned the position of the Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives to South
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has alerted the public to fraudulent attempts by some individuals to dent his image.According to Obi, some people are duplicating his identity to cause mischief.The former Anambra State Governor, in a series of tweets on Thursday,
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THE Federal Executive Council (FEC), at it’s meeting on Wednesday, May 17, approved the reintroduction of the ‘Park and Pay’ policy in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The policy imposes fees on motorists for parking their vehicles in specific locations or streets within the FCT metropolis.Minister of Information and Culture Lai
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Christians community and all Methodists in Nigeria and the Diaspora on the passing of the Prelate Emeritus, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr Sunday Mbang.This is contained in a statement issued by the president’s Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja.Buhari also extended his
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu decided to choose the 10th Speakership and the Deputy Senate Presidency from the North West in order to compensate the region.Gbajabiamila stated this at a meeting of the Joint Task–10th Assembly held at the
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved port development projects worth $4,713,841,477 in Ondo, Lagos and Delta States.The council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday gave the go ahead for the development of Ondo Multi-Purpose Port, Ilaje, Snake Island in Lagos and
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Ado Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, and five other aspirants have stepped down from the speaker and deputy speakership race.The aspirants stepped down at a meeting of members-elect under the auspices of the ‘10th Joint Task’ on Wednesday night in Abuja.The speakership aspirants, Doguwa (APC-Kano), Abdulraheem
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The Federal Government has announced that the Federal Ministry of Aviation has been renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace of Nigeria.The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.Sirika said the change became
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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President-elect Bola Tinubu and his Party have asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss the motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential flagbearer in the February 25, general election, Atiku Abubakar, seeking live broadcast of the PEPC
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To strengthen activities and ensure integrated development, Niger Basin Authority (NBA) has set up an ad-hoc committee to discuss mechanisms for the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Fund and the Payment for Environmental Services (RCCF/PES).At its 11th Summit held in Cotonou in 2016, NBA had approved the establishment of a Regional
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