A former federal lawmaker and former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that showing respect for President Bola Tinubu wouldn’t deter him from referring to the former Lagos State governor as a drug dealer.Datti Baba-Ahmed spoke during an interview
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The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports claiming that Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State “blocked” President Bola Tinubu from releasing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the reports as fake news.In a statement he released, Onanuga explained
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Spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, said President Bola Tinubu could face bigger problems managing the supporters of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), popularly known as Obidients, than the challenges of managing the country’s economy.Bwala stated this in reaction to the statement
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President Bola Tinubu will, this week, depart Abuja for Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the Saudi-Africa summit and the Arab African summit, both scheduled to take place on November 10 and 11, 2023, respectively.The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized over 14, 481, 519 pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over N13 billion in street value in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed
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Ahead of the Saturday, November 11, off-season elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has promised to redeploy the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, over alleged partisanship.He spoke days after the Nigerian Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, the Labour Party, and civil society organizations called for Barde’s
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A non-governmental organization, the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, calling for the investigation of the executive director, Procurement of the Federal Capital
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel President Bola Tinubu to probe the allegations that $15 billion of oil revenue and N200 billion budgeted to repair and maintain the refineries in Nigeria are missing and unaccounted for.SERAP is specifically seeking an
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Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State government has approved the disbursement of bursary to indigenous students in tertiary institutions of learning. Eno said the payment would be digitally processed. He urged the beneficiaries to key in digitally for easy access.The governor who addressed the management team of the
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Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated a N250 million aquaculture training centre at Umunto autonomous community in Umuahia South local government area of Abia State.At the ceremony, the NDDC’s managing director and chief executive officer, Samuel Ogbuku said, the facility was designed to promote youth entrepreneurial skills in the
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