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2023: Group begins to mobilise business communities for Atiku/Okowa

A political support group, Nigerian Business Communities (NBC) for PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has pledged it would begin to mobilise voters for the former vice president in the South West.   The group made the pledge after its zonal meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The convener […]

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General National Politics

Tinubu pledges to break shackle of poverty, destitution in Nigeria

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that his administration would break the shackle of poverty and destitution in Nigeria if elected in the 2023 general elections. Tinubu made the pledge during the inauguration of the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team at the State House Banquet […]

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National Politics

PDP Govs’ Forum congratulates Okowa, others on national honours award

The PDP Governors’ Forum has congratulated its members who were conferred with the prestigious National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a statement by the forum’s Director–General, CID Maduabum, in Abuja on Tuesday. Maduabum named the members to include Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of […]

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Complete 2023 Budget speech by President Muhammadu Buhari

Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja. Friday, 7TH October 2022 PROTOCOLS: I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This […]

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Foreign News Politics

Palestinian PM urges Britain to recognise state of Palestine

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has called on Britain to recognise the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital and take serious measures against settlements. Ishtaye made the remarks during a meeting held in the West Bank city of Ramallah with Stephen Hickey, Director for the Middle East and North […]

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National Politics

2023 Election: report, experts find early campaign stage less issue-focused

The Centre for Research on Development of African Media, Governance and Society (CEREDEMS-Africa) and Positive Agenda Nigeria (PAN) report on the 2023 presidential election campaign monitoring has indicated that the talking points of political actors are still largely not issue-based. The organisations presented the summary of their findings at the weekly report discussion held online […]

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National Politics

2023: 394 candidates jostling for 40 Lagos Assembly seats in Lagos -INEC

By Our Correspondent Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says 394 candidates of different political parties are jostling for the 40 seats in the state’s House of Assembly. Recalls that governorship and houses of assembly elections were scheduled to hold across the country on March 11, […]

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Education National Politics

FG Registers 2 new university-based unions

By Our Correspondent in Abuja The Federal Government has formally registered two new university-based unions – Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, announced this while presenting certificates of registration to the two new unions on Tuesday in Abuja. […]

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National Politics

Mamora seeks implementation of Executive Order 5 for economic turnaround

By Our Correspondent Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Mamora, (STI), on Tuesday, called for the sustainable implementation of Executive Order 5 with a view to fast-tracking the nation’s economic development. Mamora made the call at the inauguration of the National Dialogue on the Establishment and Implementation of the Technology and Innovation Centres […]

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General National Politics

Lawyer urges overhaul of Nation’s justice system

By Our Correspondent On Tuesday, a Lagos-based human rights campaigner, Mr Spurgeon Atatene described the Nigerian justice system as being faced with a myriad of problems, and consequently, called for an overhaul. Ataene told newsmen in Lagos that impunity and disrespect for the rule of law were primarily responsible for the decadence in the justice […]

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