•Advises them to tackle poverty, stop building airports, flyovers The federal government, yesterday, reviewed the high poverty level in the country, and said the 36 governors of the federation were to blame for not getting their priorities right in their respective states. But rather than fight poverty headlong by improving the lives of their citizens, the governors, the federal […]
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The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has made clarification on its alleged padding of the 2023 appropriation bill, particularly the sum of N206 billion it reportedly inserted into the proposed budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq was alleged to have inserted N206,242,395,000 billion into its […]
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• Respect the Constitution, candidates must attend town hall meeting, Arise TV insists • No manifesto, no debate, Tinubu tells Obi • Agbakoba: Presidential candidates must address illegitimacy of 1999 Constitution • Level of vote buying alarming, INEC Chairman laments • UK committed to transparent, credible electoral process in Nigeria • APC targets N5b donation with presidential crowdfunding app • […]
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* Freezes all government accounts *Promises to correct past injustices, corrupt acts, bad policies*PDP governors congratulate new Osun helmsman, welcome him to forum *Ex-governor explains how he sustained state without borrowing *Pays N97bn out of inherited debt, leaves over N14bn in cash * PDP governors congratulate Adeleke, welcome him to forum Senator Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, took the oath of […]
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Arise Television Channel will on Sunday December 4 hold the third in the series of its presidential town halls, this time focusing on the candidates’ plans to revamp education and healthcare, alleviate poverty as well as the development of human capital. The programme is expected to host the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the […]
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Thirteen years after it was abolished, Federal Government, yesterday, formally announced the return of history as a stand-alone subject in the country’s basic education curriculum. Also, 3,700 history teachers have been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking at the reintroduction ceremony, lamented that national cohesion was threatened, […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday, met at Awka, the Anambra State capital. The two men met at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church during the thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor in celebration of his 70th birthday and were seen embracing each other while exchanging pleasantries. […]
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Former Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has upbraided the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, over his alleged indifference to the security situation in Abia North, the zone he (Kalu) represents in the Senate. Ohuabunwa berated the former Abia State governor yesterday during a media interaction with the state Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union […]
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…Queues resurface in Lagos Apparently preparing Nigerians for a full deregulation regime, depot owners and some petrol marketers have again put the nation in another panic mode by hoarding available products in a push to ensure prices are adjusted to meet their operating expenses. With products hoarded, fuel queues have emerged, forcing many motorists to engage in panic-buying, just as […]
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• Threatens Visa sanctions against promoters of violence • INEC: We’re tracking campaign finances, illicit financial flow • Reiterates use of BVAS, IReV for 2023 elections • APC expresses reservation over BVAS, electronic transmission of results With 92 days to the first round of 2023 general elections, the international community is stepping up its observatory role of the exercise. Days […]
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