by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaBack in February, there was excitement in the air when the Senate Passed the Bill on the establishment of the South East Development Commission. The excitement was not restricted to the people of South East zone, who would be the direct beneficiaries of the bill when it
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New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) has said its only governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, is not suspended.The party said Yusuf is a confirmed member of the party, adding that no one has suspended him.At a press conference at the NNPP's national headquarters in Abuja yesterday, the party’s acting
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Some concerned Nigerians have asked chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to step aside in the interest of the party.The concerned citizens who stormed the APC National Secretariat in Abuja yesterday said their call was informed by the need to avoid the Zamfara State episode
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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has traced the foundation of banditry in Northern Nigeria to the British conquest of the Northern Protectorate in 1903 and the subsequent amalgamation with the Southern Protectorate in 1914.Ribadu, who delivered the combined convocation lecture of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, yesterday, chronicled
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF have welcomed the new oral cholera vaccine (OCV), Euvichol-S, as the vaccine received World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification and can be made available to countries around the world.The organisations said the prequalification of this new product will help EuBiologics, the manufacturer, produce more volumes
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The conservator-general (CG) of the National Park Service, Ibrahim Goni, has said the absence of a national park in the South East zone is worrisome considering the critical roles such parks play.Goni stated this during a courtesy visit to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, at Government House, Umuahia, the capital,
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, against the N4 billion security votes-related fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The court said the ex-governor cannot stop the EFCC
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