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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says the kidnappers of nine children in Kano, will face death penalty.Earlier in the month, the police arrested some suspects in connection with the kidnap of some Kano-born children who were sold off in Onitsha, Anambra state.On Thursday, Ganduje inaugurated a 16-man panel to probe the abduction and directed the ministry of justice to immediately [...]
Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, says there would have been jubilation across the country if the supreme court upturned Buhari's victory in the election.The apex court had dismissed an appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Buhari's main challenger in the election.Atiku had filed a petition against Buhari at the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to accept his loss in the 2019 election.Atiku had challenged the victory of Buhari in the election but lost at the tribunal and the supreme court.Earlier on Wednesday, the apex court had dismissed Atiku's appeal against Buhari's victory at the tribunal.Reacting in a statement Garba [...]
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it stepped up work on the N6 billion 132KV transmission line and 132/33KV sub-station, which it is constructing at Okitipupa in Ondo state, to cover about 2,000 communities.According to a statement issued by Charles Odili, corporate affairs director of the NDDC, Akwagaga Enyia, acting managing director of the commission, said this when she [...]
Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom state, has identified building of a viral economy through multilevel industrialisation for wealth creation and stemming youth unemployment as panacea to insecurity in the country.The governor said this when a delegation of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps visited him at government house, Uyo recently.He thanked the armed forces for the peace enjoyed in the [...]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) says the agreement between the federal government and organised labour on the new minimum wage is not binding on state governments.Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state who is chairman of the forum, said this on Monday while briefing reporters at the end of a meeting of the 36 governors in Abuja.After a series of meetings [...]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, attended the annual meeting of the international advisory board of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK, on October 22.Other key personalities attended the event.They are Thomas Svanikier, leading Ghanaian entrepreneur; Ibrahim Gambari, chairman of the board; Linda Mabhena-Olagunju, managing director of DLO Energy Resources; Ivor Agyeman-Duah, a former aide of ex-President John [...]
There has been a fire incident at the headquarters of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja.According to a statement issued by Wahab Gbadamosi, spokesman of the agency, on Monday, the fire outbreak happened on Saturday.It was said to have affected the store, where old files are kept, located at the annex building of the service.''There was a fire [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London at the end of his trip to Saudi Arabia on Saturday.Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, who disclosed this in a statement, said the president will spend two weeks in London on a private visit.''President Muhammadu Buhari leaves the country today on an official trip to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend Economic Forum of [...]
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