President Bola Tinubu departed Abuja for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday to participate in the 19th G20 Leaders Summit slated for November 18 and 19.The summit, at the instance of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will bring together leaders from the world’s largest economies to discuss critical
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the re-election of incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, describing the victory by the All Progressives Congress candidate in Saturday’s governorship election as a sham.The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on
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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday conferred the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Nigeria at the weekend.Speaking at the opening of bilateral and political talks between the two leaders, President Tinubu described the honour as a
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the appointment of a credible leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission at all levels for electoral integrity.He made the call at the weekend via a recorded video address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.He
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has stopped the National Broadcasting Commission from using the NBC Act and the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to fine, harass, or intimidate broadcast stations and other independent media houses.The judgment was delivered by Justice Nicholas Oweibo in June following a lawsuit brought by the
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reached a significant agreement with the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to supply 60 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, each week.This arrangement, set to be rolled out in the coming weeks, will provide IPMAN with up to
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Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has dismissed as false the alleged misunderstanding between him and his godfather, Kwankwaso, even as he described it as the height of insult on his personality, the campaign linking him with Abba Tsaya da KafarKa.Yusuf said he had initially taken the entire drama and those
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