The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has dumped his deputy, Placid Njoku, for a female running mate.Uzodimma settled for Nnedinma Ekomaru, a female lawyer, as his running mate for the upcoming 2023 governorship election in the state.Ekomaru, a legal luminary who has been practicing law for over two decades, is
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A coalition of Nigerian students has expressed their displeasure over the failure of the National Assembly to pass the ‘Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Educational Institutions Bill, 2019’, describing it as the epic of injustice.While describing sexual harassment in schools as “a core problem and setback
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The meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday was deadlocked as the unions insisted on reversion to status quo on the petroleum subsidy issue.While the spokesperson on the government side, Dele Alake, told correspondents after
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaDr Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State is among the governors that was sworn into office on May 29, 2023. Elected under the platform of the Labour Party (LP) and one of the governors that was truly elected by their people in Nigeria and not rigged
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday met with the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Wilson Uwujaren, the Commission’s Spokesperson, in a statement said the meeting was the
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday said it has adjusted pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel or petrol, across their retail outlets, in line with current market realities.The corporation made this known in a press statement signed by the Chief Corporate Communications
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Imo State governor Hope Uzodimma, has emerged the new chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).This is just as the governors met with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s national secretariat
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As the race for the 10th Senate Presidency hots up, the senate chief whip, Orji Uzor Kalu has revealed that himself and Abdulazeez Yari have formed an alliance.The All Progressives Congress (APC) had endorsed Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin as Senate President and deputy Senate President, respectively.But when journalists asked
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The Upper Sharia Court of Appeal No 1 sitting in Bauchi has issued a bench warrant on Dutsen-Tanshi Jumma'at Mosque Imam, Dr Idris Abdul'aziz following his failure to appear before the court.Abdul'aziz is standing trial before the court bordering on an alleged incitement of public disturbance of peace and blasphemy
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has blamed food and nutrition insecurity affecting many parts of Africa on increasing tobacco cultivation.In a message shared on WHO's website yesterday to commemorate World’s No Tobacco Day, the regional director for Africa, WHO, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, lamented that more lands that should be used
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