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LAWAL said WIKE must choose where his political allegiance lies, stressing that APC state governors would not change their position, regardless of the FCT Minister’s comments on the issue.
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PETER OBI challenged the “Anambra State Government to clarify how a state whose recorded external debt was about US$30 million in March 2014 and US$45.15 million in December 2014 could supposedly have inherited US$123.77 million from Peter Obi, who left office in March of that same year.”
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NDC scribe, IKENNA ENEKWEIZU, said the delay in the composition of the NDC campaign council had been partly due to the frequent overseas travels of the party’s leaders, including the presidential candidate, PETER OBI.
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President BOLA AHMED TINUBU approved the composition of the probe committee from Paris, France where he is currently enjoying his annual vacation.
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Confirming the extended vacation in a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA noted that since he began the vacation, President TINUBU has continued to keep in touch with home, directing the affairs of the nation.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico claim the government action, if left unchallenged, threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.
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Governor UMARU BAGO also imposed a twenty-four-hour curfew across the state capital, effective after the Friday Muslim prayers.
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The latest victim was found half-naked and wrapped in a sheet on the side of a road in Dawn Park on Thursday morning.
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I worry that he is taking a costly risk by venturing into places without knowing what danger or enmity lurks along the way. It is one thing to show solidarity with victims of insecurity; it is another to put oneself unnecessarily in harm’s way.
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PETER OBI and his team arrived at the airport in Makurdi, the state capital, at about 9am, but their motorcade was prevented from entering the town, en route an Internally Displaced People camp for victims of the recent Yelwata massacre.
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CHIBIKE IKENGA, who is the spokesman for a faction of the APC in Rivers, denied claims that the road leading to Ubima was deliberately blocked for the WIKE event, in order to obstruct the burial of AMAECHI’s mother.
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ATIKU ABUBAKAR’s Media Adviser, PAUL IBE, criticized Presidency for answering questions nobody asked, while avoiding the questions Nigerians are actually asking.
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A high-ranking chieftain of the NDC who spoke with this medium in confidence, described INEC’s explanation on the matter as balderdash, adding that the matter may ultimately end up in court. He said INEC created a complex situation during the upload of candidates on the nomination portal.
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CAPPA says it seeks to verify the legislative history of the bill, promote transparency in the lawmaking process, and clarify how provisions that are considered dangerous to public health were introduced into the legislation.
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"The reasonable response is neither to pronounce EMEAKAYI guilty nor to simply dismiss the allegations. The government can - and should - investigate. If the evidence does not support prosecution, let that be established transparently."
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Chairman of the Northern Christian Association, Reverend JOHN JOSEPH HAYAB, who spoke in a separate interview, said those who accuse Cardinal ONAIYEKAN of partisanship are either out of their mind or simply ignorant.
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Speaking in a video on his social media handles, the former governor of Abia State said the Catholic bishops represent the conscience of the nation, and their advice to the President was offered in the national interest.
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"It was inappropriate for one of the participants to emerge almost immediately on national television to provide his own version of what was essentially a private conversation with the president".
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ADC National Legal Adviser, Professor OSERHEIMEN OSUNBOR, who confirmed the development in an interview on television, alleged that Justice LIFU was liable for a serious breach of judicial hierarchy.
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The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP ABIODUN OJELABI, disclosed in a statement that IGBALAYE was arrested alongside five others at a property in Osogbo.
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INFANTINO said critics should meditate, pray or watch a football match, instead of spreading hate and false rumours about his leadership.
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The leadership of the NNPP aligned with the founder and Board of Trustees Chairman, BONIFACE ANIEBONAM, announced the development during a media briefing on Tuesday, following its long-running legal battle with the KWANKWASO group and INEC.
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The declaration of the NBA election results is being overshadowed by complaints of delays in the online voting process and outright disenfranchisement of several lawyers, which have been attributed to technical glitches due to attempted hacking.
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A government’s first duty is the protection of life. Where a life is lost in circumstances touching a high official of state, the burden on government to act transparently is at its heaviest.
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According to the lead judgment delivered by Justice OKON ABANG, the appellate court agreed with Justice JOYCE ABDULMALIK that the responsibility for conducting state congresses of political parties rests with elected state executive committees.
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ADEYEMI said his fear is not unfounded, considering the events surrounding the death of one DOLAPO BABATUNDE TANIMOLA, who served as an intermediary in his purported appointment as Director General of the PFIPC.
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The Media Office of former Vice President of Nigeria, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, has criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over claims by NAFIU BALA GOMBE over claims that he has been granted access code to upload rival candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on the commis
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In a statement by its media officers confirming the development, the ICPC alleged that EL RUFAI and the medical doctor abused their privilege and violate the order of court regarding the hospital visit.
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The President directed that the investigation be concluded and a comprehensive report submitted to him within 30 days.
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Deputy Senate President JIBRIN BARAU, said the Committee on Foreign Affairs should investigate first, stressing that Nigeria should lead Africa by example and act based on well-informed facts.
