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The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, among others, will on July 23 join federal legislators, capital market experts, bank chief executives and others at the second biennial stakeholders’...

  The Presidency on Monday released timeline on measures taken by the current administration to tackle insecurity in the country. This is according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina. He denied the allegations that the government was not doing enough against insecurity....

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  in the South West has rejected the outcome of the result of the governorship election held in Ekiti State on Saturday, saying the election was highly characterised with various electoral practices. The party also blamed the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly allowing the malpractices...

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A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Boripe Local Government area of Osun State, Alhaji Adeniyi Awolu, has assured that the people of the state would not regret electing Alhaji Fatai Akinbade as the governor of the state after Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola must have exited. Specifically, Awolu...

President Paul Biya of Cameroon will run for re-election in October, he said on Friday, aiming to extend his 36-year rule and maintain his place on a shortening roster of long-standing African leaders. Biya, who came to power in 1982 when his predecessor retired, is seeking a seventh term in...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is ready for Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdulganiy Raji, told newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti that all materials were already at the 16 local government areas of the state while the commission’s...

  ...Says presidential system a waste of resources   The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has picked holes on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria, describing it as threat to national security. According to him, Buhari’s comment that those pushing...

  Wife of Ondo State Governor and Initiator of Forum for Wives of Ondo State Officials (FOWOSO), Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has been commended for her relentless efforts in changing the lives of the less privileged women and youths in Ondo State through her ongoing FOWOSO empowerment Outreach. The traditional ruler...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that it realized a total of N2, 529,615,174,601.25 (Two trillion, five hundred and twenty-nine billion, six hundred and fifteen million, one hundred and seventy-four thousand, six hundred and one naira, twenty-five kobo) from various taxes from January to June 2018. The amount...