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ONDO ASSEMBLY BEGINS IMPEACHMENT PROCESS OF AIYEDATIWA FOR ALLEGED GROSS MISCONDUCT

The Ondo State House of Assembly has directed the Clerk of the House, Jaiyeola Benjamin to write the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa over an allegation of gross misconduct leveled against him. The petition which has been signed by nine out of the 26 members of the House was read during the plenary presided over by …

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TENSION IN ANAMBRA COMMUNITY AS YOUTHS PROTEST INSECURITY

Youths, including aged men and women of Isuaniocha community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, protested over alleged land grabbing, imposition of traditional ruler, hoodlums invasion and other issues fuelling disunity, crisis and insecurity in the community. The protesters blocked the gate of the Anambra State Government House, chanting songs of solidarity …

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TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS BAUCHI GOVERNOR’S ELECTION

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Bauchi State has affirmed the declaration of Senator Bala Mohammed as the duly elected governor of the state. The judgement was delivered by the three man panel headed by P.T Kwahar. The panel dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Sadique Abubakar, a …

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LAGOS STATE DOCTORS THREATEN STRIKE

Umoh Michael, a medical house officer serving at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has died. Reporters gathered that the overworked medical doctor died after he collapsed during church service. The deceased was said to have worked at a three-day stretch performing operations at the Neurosurgery unit of the federal government-owned health facility before …

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155 STRANDED NIGERIANS RETURN FROM LIBYA

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Federal Government, repatriated 155 Nigerian irregular migrants stranded across various parts of Libya. The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos. It added that of 155 returnees that arrived, 125 were females, 22 males and eight infants. IOM said that …

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NIGERIAN POLICE CONFIRM DEADLY CULT CLASH IN OGUN STATE, ARREST SEVEN SUSPECTS, RECOVER FIREARMS

The Nigerian Police Force has said that its operatives attached to Ogun State Command in collaboration with the vigilante group have arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered firearms in the Sagamu area of the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who made this known in a statement today said that the suspected …

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS MEETING DEADLOCKED, WORKERS INSIST ON DEMANDS

In a race to beat the deadline for the planned commencement of an indefinite strike that may lead to the shutdown of the economy, the Federal Government held a meeting with organised labour on post-subsidy removal palliatives for workers. The parley, hosted by the Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong, in Abuja, however, failed to reach …

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ZAMFARA TRIBUNAL DISMISSES MATAWALLE’S PETITION AGAINST GOV. LAWAL

The Zamfara governorship election petition tribunal today dismissed the petition filed against the state governor, Dauda Lawal, by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle. The tribunal chairperson, Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who led two other members, dismissed the petition for lack of merit and inability of the petitioners to prove their …

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TINUBU APPOINTS HAKEEM BABA-AHMED AS SPECIAL ADVISER

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as the Special Adviser On Political issues in the office of Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Baba-Ahmed, who is the elder brother of the running mate to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, disclosed this today in …

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DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF EDO STATE, PHILIP SHAIBU BARRED FROM ENTERING GOVERNMENT HOUSE

The crisis between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his estranged deputy, Philip Shaibu has assumed a new dimension as the deputy governor was barred from entering the Government House. Shaibu, was said to have gotten the shock of his life when he got to his office today and found that the gate to the …

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