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Hours after, The All Progressives Congress Chairman in Abia State, Donatus Nwankpa, says the party is still studying the outcome of Saturday’s bye-election in Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency. Nwankpa, who acknowledged INEC’s credibility during the election. He noted that PDP manipulated the election in some areas. Nwankpa said election went on well without any cause for alarm, adding “but ...
March, 2021
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28 March
‘Nigerians will reject APC in 2023, if we do not perform’
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy President of the Senate, has cautioned the All Progressives Congress against past mistakes of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party. Omo-Agege gave the charge in an address at the APC South-South Town Hall Meeting for Constitution Review in Asaba. He said Nigerians won’t vote for APC candidates if those in power fail to deliver. “History beckons on ...
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26 March
Petrol price hike looms, as NNPC list reasons for increase
The Group General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, on Thursday said the Federal Government subsidises Premium Motor Spirit with about N120bn ($263.25m) monthly. He said while the actual cost of importation and handling charges amounts to N234 per litre the government had been selling at N162 per litre therefore bearing the difference. Kyari spoke at the weekly ministerial ...
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26 March
E-registration is mandatory to be vaccinated in Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Thursday, urged residents of the state, who were qualified for the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, to register at registration portal before visiting any of the 88 vaccination sites. He stated, “We encourage all Lagosians hoping to be vaccinated according to the qualification criteria for phase one to strictly ...
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26 March
Lagos debunks vaccine sales at centres
Some Twitter users on Thursday alleged that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was being sold in Lagos. A twitter user, @irizzzy alleged that the vaccine was being sold for N100,000, while @ulxma said she witnessed the vaccine being sold at Ikate Primary Health Centre. @irizzzy wrote, “100k for vaccine? Nigeria is gone.” Also, @ulxma, wrote, “I think the people who dragged ...
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26 March
Obafemi Awolowo Vasity guard commits suicide, dropped message of frustration
A guard in the security department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, has reportedly committed suicide. The deceased hanged himself in his house located along Ifewara Road, Ile-Ife. His dangling body was later discovered by other tenants in the house. Sources in his department said he did not show any sign of depression. The deceased ...
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26 March
Sokoto Police Confirm Killing of Village Head, Two Others By Bandits
Sokoto State Police Command yesterday confirmed that gunmen attacked a community in Illela Local Government Area of the state. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sanusi, the gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked a community in Sokoto killing the village head of Tunga and two others in Illela LGA of the state on Wednesday. He said ...
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26 March
FG faults ASUU plan for fresh strike
FG faults ASUU planThe Federal Government has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities has no justifiable ground for another strike. But ASUU accused the government of evolving tactics to divide its ranks instead of addressing its grievances. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; and ASUU Chairman (Bauchi Zone), Prof. Lawan Abubakar, said these in separate interviews with ...
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26 March
Senator Bode Olowoporoku is Dead 1945-2021
We regret to announce the passage to eternity of our dear husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, Dr Olabode Olowoporoku, who peacefully passed away at his residence on March 24, 2021 after a brief illness. Dr. Olowoporoku was born in Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State in 1945 to the family of Mr Josiah Olowoporoku and Mrs Otutu Jolade of Irorin quarters.He attended ...
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26 March
Plane hijacker arrested !
An intruder tried to seize a plane at the airport in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott Thursday before being arrested, the country’s official press agency and a security source said. The AMI press agency reported that the man was an “American claiming to have problems with the Mauritanian government”. A security source said that the individual “sneaked aboard a Mauritanian plane” that ...
