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Ministry of transportation and aviation has been rechristened

2 years ago10241 min

The Ministry of Aviation was renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace by the Federal Government on Wednesday. Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, claimed that aerospace and aviation were intertwined and that Nigeria needed to make proactive policy changes to better prepare for the future. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Federal Executive Council meeting was taking place in Abuja when the Minister made the announcement. According to Sirika, the change was necessary because it was on...

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Tension as APC Opens Up Race for Leadership of the NASS

2 years ago10218 min

The All Progressives Congress’s (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) is going to open up the race for the leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly, which means that anyone can run for those positions. You may recall that the party had announced that Senator Godswill Akpabio (South-South) would be its consensus candidate for the presidency of the Senate in the 10th Assembly, and that Senator Jibrin Barau (North West) would be the party’s preferred candidate...

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APC gave Gbajabiamila, deputy senate president, North-West speaker money to make up for zone

2 years ago100215 min

On Wednesday night, the departing Speaker of the House of Representatives provided insight into the APC’s selection of Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker and Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker of the upcoming 10th National Assembly. Gbajabiamila gave a speech on Wednesday night in Abuja at a gathering of the Joint Task – 10th Assembly, a grouping of APC and opposition party representatives in the upcoming 10th National Assembly. Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, the APC’s...

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Obi explains to tribunal how INEC prevented him from accessing materials in Rivers, Sokoto, other places

2 years ago4845 min

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for president, informed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declined to provide 70% of the electoral documents he requested to help the petition’s prosecution. The conduct and results of the poll are being contested by Obi, who finished third in the presidential election on February 25. During yesterday’s pre-hearing session, Obi insisted that Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

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FG: Second Niger Bridge is almost ready for its official commissioning

2 years ago1282 min

On Wednesday, the Federal Government announced that all of the work on the Second Niger Bridge has been finished and that it is now ready to be commissioned. Following the conclusion of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that the handover of the project to...

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Breaking: Doguwa, Makki, Raheem withdraw from speakership race, endorse Abbas

2 years ago4931 min

Breaking: Doguwa, Makki, Raheem withdraw from speakership race, endorse Abbas

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Peter Obi, LP Not Willing To Pay Fees For Certification Of Exhibits, INEC Informs Tribunal

2 years ago5054 min

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the opposition party of refusing to pay the required fees for the certification of the election documents they requested in order to prosecute their petition before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. According to INEC’s lead lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), the head of the Labour Party’s legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), stated in a letter that his clients...

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Lagos police detain officers seen in viral video brutalising Okada man

2 years ago842 min

Three police officers were reportedly seen brutalizing the Okada man, known as Al-Hassan Usman, in the Abule Egba neighborhood of Lagos State, according to reports. One of the officers was seen striking the man with his baton while another kept pushing him away adamantly. The man, who attempted to wrestle his bike from the policemen, was seen clutching his severely injured forehead as blood was seen oozing out of it. The two other officers left...

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Atiku kicks, as US Secretary of State Blinken calls Tinubu

2 years ago762 min

Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, responded to information about a phone call between Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. We had previously reported that Blinken had given the Nigerian President-elect assurances regarding the U.S. commitment to further solidifying the U.S.-Nigeria relationship during a call with Tinubu on Wednesday. The Secretary emphasized that the partnership between the United States and Nigeria was established on the basis of common interests and...

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I regret backing Tambuwal for Speaker: Gbajabiamila

2 years ago722 min

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, expressed regret for organizing a forum that supported Aminu Tambuwal’s election as Speaker of the House in the 7th National Assembly. As of right now, Tambuwal is the departing two-term governor of Sokoto State. Gbajabiamila said, remembering previous attempts by speakership candidates to oppose selected candidates of their respective parties, “I regret it. On Wednesday evening in Abuja, the Speaker addressed the Joint Task – 10th...

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