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… Boycott of rally, a validation of our thesis that Agballah is a clergy without congregation. The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the APC presidential rally held Wednesday in Enugu as a “monumental flop which starkly underlines an outright rejection of the party by the Enugu State people”. A … [Read more…]
… Labour Party describes Okupe’s arrest as an attempt to embarrass him The former Director-General (DG) of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Doyin Okupe, on Thursday said he has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos. One of Okupe’s lawyers, Tolu Babaleye who spoke to Vanguard on the … [Read more…]
The Labour Party chieftain was intercepted at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the secret police said. The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday morning arrested a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Okupe was billed to fly to London via … [Read more…]
…Importers abandon Nigerian ports for neighbouring countries Against the backdrop of rising exchange rate and other exogenous factors, importation into the nation’s seaports dropped by 40 per cent, even as importers are abandoning Nigerian ports for neigbouring countries over high cost of doing business Stakeholders who spoke with Daily Sun yesterday, said that incessant increases … [Read more…]
The naira on Wednesday exchanged at 461.90 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent, compared with the 461.50 it exchanged on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N460.25 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the … [Read more…]
…North-West, South-West top zones A breakdown of the 93.469 million voters shows that the 20 states of the North have 50,161,722 voters while the South has 43,305,286 votes Among the six geo-political zones, the North-West has the highest number of voters with 22,255,562 voters. It is followed by South-West which has 17,958,966 and North-Central including … [Read more…]
The meeting which is coming about five weeks before the presidential election is to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. Less than two months to the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday held a strategic meeting with the British government. Atiku, … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that he will reposition the nation’s economy as well as improve on security across the nation before the end of his eight-year tenure. According to him, the gains recorded in security will be further consolidated, and more attention will be given to the economy, before handing over on … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, FG, has proposed to spend over N30 billion on the installation of Acoustal Sensing Security surveillance system for the Abuja (IDU)-Kaduna railway, including other items in the 2023 budget. Other items include: completion of the Abuja-Kaduna railway; completion of the Lagos-Ibadan and its associated additional works; rehabilitation of Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail line and … [Read more…]
THE Federal Ministry of Water Resources to spend N12, 905, 656 on implementation of Water Resource Master Plan out of N179,873,461,012 allocated to the Ministry’s headquarters from the 2023 budgetary allocation of N242, 221, 862, 674 for the entire Ministry, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. Also the Ministry is to spend N15 million for identification of … [Read more…]
The Nigerian passport has fallen by 38 places in a global passport ranking in the last 17 years. This is according to the Henley Passport Index reports between 2006 and 2022 collated by The reporters The Henley Passport Index ranks passports according to the number of countries their holders can access visa-free or with a … [Read more…]
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that to address the brain drain in the sector, the federal government is setting up a mechanism to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses in the diaspora and connect them with universities and hospitals in the country. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the … [Read more…]