Category: Politics
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Despite the atmosphere of political chaos, Rivers State Executive Council has deliberated and approved an estimated budget of N800 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. At the meeting, which was presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, the Council also approved that the budget…
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ABULE ADO ESTATE DEMOLITION, SENATORS IFEANYI UBAH, AND UCHE EKWUNIFE MEET GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU, CALL FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION. Following the recent demolition of some houses in Abule Ado area of Lagos State by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, CON and the Director-General of South-East…
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The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said the National Working Committee under his leadership will not suspend or dismiss any ‘disloyal’ member. This is coming on the heels of the recent admonition by some stakeholders within the PDP, asking Damagum to sanction former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and…
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Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 per cent of the citizens were living below the poverty level. Olanipekun spoke in Ikere Ekiti, his country home. The legal icon pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain,…
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained that he did his best in the eight years that he governed Nigeria. Buhari made the disclosure in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA). Daily Trust reports that this is his first interview since leaving office on May 29, 2023. He said Nigerians are a difficult bunch…
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As part of its ongoing initiatives to tackle noise pollution and other environmental violations, yesterday, LASEPA sealed several establishments, including a mosque, a company, and hotels in the Oshodi/Isolo area of the state for various environmental infractions. The facilities affected are Adura Agba Ratibi Mosque, Stag Engineering Nig Ltd, Green Point Hotel, 4 Season Hotel…
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President Goodluck Jonathan @66 years. May I, on behalf of my family heartily congratulate Your Excellency, Dr Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan as you mark your 66th birthday anniversary today. I thank God for what he has used you to do for our country, Africa, and global democracies as President and former President who continues to be…
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Electricity workers have shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organized labour unions. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria, confirmed this to DAILY POST exclusively on Tuesday. According to her, electricity workers, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), followed directives of the Nigeria Labour Congress…
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President Bola Tinubu recently stopped the implementation of a hike in electricity tariff and insisted that subsidy be paid on power consumed nationwide, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed on Wednesday. Adelabu also stated that the Federal Government would investigate the legality of the five-year licence extension given to privatised power distribution and generation…