PDP SCREENING: WHAT WERE THE PRECEPTS?

By Enenche James No doubt, 2023 general election game is fully on. Politicians, undeterred by the outrageous price tags are flooding the terrain. As usual, to be genuinely considered for election, candidate must identify with a political party. Such party, in strict adherence to the constitution, scrutinises and presents the candidate for election or appointment into public offices. Therefore, the just concluded PDP screening was an exercise of power so conferred. However, events trailing aftermath of the exercise is seemingly posing a dark spot on white apparel. With the latest…

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TAMBUWAL DECLARES 24-HR CURFEW AS PROTESTERS DEMAND RELEASE OF DEBORAH’S KILLERS

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Saturday afternoon, declared a 24-hour curfew in Sokoto metropolis after protest had rocked the city. According to a post on the verified Facebook page of the Sokoto State governor, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor, Muhammad Bello, said the decision was “in pursuance of peace and order in Sokoto metropolis and the entire state.” This newspaper earlier reported that there was pandemonium and palpable fear in Sokoto metropolis as protesters in their hundreds trooped into streets to express…

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2023 ADO ODO/OTA REPS: WHY TUNJI AKINOSI WILL DEFEAT JIMOH OJUGBELE AT APC PRIMARIES

More facts have emerged to indicate that the current Commissioner for Forestry in Ogun State, Hon. Tunji Akinosi is the preferred aspirant to represent Ado-Odo/Ota Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives from 2023. It was revealed that placed side by side the incumbent member of the Federal House of Representatives from the area, Hon. Jimoh Ojugbele, Akinosi is a better choice and the man that can take much development to the highly industrialised community. Sources within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said that the delegates from the…

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UAE PRESIDENT SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN DIES AT 73

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, Emirati state news agency WAM reported. He was 73. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced that there will be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half mast and three days closure of ministries and official entities at the federal and local levels and the private sector,” the agency wrote on Twitter on Friday. Sheikh Khalifa had rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2014, with his brother, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

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END IN SIGHT FOR STRIKE AS FG, ASUU REACH AGREEMENT

The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the decisions reached in its three-part meeting with university-based unions would yield fruits next week. The Head, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun, in a statement on Friday, said some agreements had been reached between the government and the unions. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union, and the Association of Academic Technologists are currently on strike. The unions embarked on strike actions while demanding…

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