The Senate yesterday described as a ruse the rumour making the rounds in a section of the media that some Senators were planning to impeach the Senate President Godswill Akpabio.The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja.Adaramodu’s clarification came hours
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The Vice President Kashim Shettima-led Nigerian delegation to the G77+China Summit, in Havana, Cuba, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba to strengthen collaboration on Innovation, Science and Technology. According to a statement issued Saturday evening by the Director of Information in the office of the Vice President, Mr
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of sixteen new aides, including the current Lagos State Head of Service (HoS), Hakeem Muri-Okunola, as his Principal Secretary.Muri-Okunola, a lawyer, was a former personal assistant to Tinubu.Also appointed by the President is Moremi Ojudu, the first daughter of Babafemi Ojudu, former Special
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Nobel Laurel, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, insisted that both Labour Party candidate in 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not win the election.In a doubling down on his earlier assertion made on Wednesday during an event titled, ‘The Lives of Wole
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The Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s directive that traditional rulers in Iseyin, Oyo State should stand up and greet him and Governor Seyi Makinde, as sacrilegious.This is as the former president yesterday described as fake, a purported video of him meeting with President Bola Tinubu
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The British High Commission has promised to explore partnerships with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.The Second Secretary (Political), British High Commission, Abuja, Mr. Hamish Tye, unveiled the plan when he led a delegation that visited the NDDC
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Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, on Saturday, emerged the new Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria.At the national meeting of the conference held in Abuja, Ogundoyin emerged following the withdrawal of the Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Taiwo Oluomo.Ogundoyin’s
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The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Sunday tendered an apology on the controversy which had trailed comments credited to her in a viral video concerning the sexual harassment scandal at the University of Calabar, saying she was committed to the justiceShe also reaffirmed her commitment to safeguarding and
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The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 25.80 percent in August 2023 — up from 24.08 percent in the previous month.In its CPI report for August 2023, released on Friday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the
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Air Peace says it has signed a deal to purchase 10 jets from Embraer Aerospace Corporation, as well as a maintenance agreement with the same company.This means that Embraer, which is an aircraft maker, will assist Air Peace in setting up the airline’s maintenance facility in the country for Nigerian
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