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LG Crisis: Clerics Urge Political Gladiators In Osun To Embrace Peace

21.02.2025

Worried by the current political imbroglio between members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, the Ecumenical Conference of Bishops of the Catholic, Anglican, African and Methodist Dioceses in Osogbo and President of the Baptist Conference, Osun State, have called on political gladiators in the state to avoid...

President Assents To Bills On Federal Varsities In Ekiti, Osun

21.02.2025

The National Assembly has secured the assent of President Bola Tinubu to Bills establishing the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State and Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies in Iragbiji, Osun State. Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele revealed the decision of the President yesterday after the...

Zulum, Sanwo-Olu, Aliyu, Oborevwori, Others To Receive New Telegraph Awards

21.02.2025

In line with its decision to recognize excellence through a highly competitive and prestigious annual award, Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of the New Telegraph Newspapers, has unveiled recipients of its 2024 Awards. The newspaper uses the award to recognize individuals and businesses that have distinguished themselves by their remarkable contributions to the country’s...

Senate: Drama As Natasha Tackles Akapbio Over Seat

21.02.2025

There was a mild drama in the Senate, yesterday, following a disagreement over a new sitting arrangement in which Sen Natasha AkpotiUduaghan (PDP/Kogi Central) was allocated a seat different from her previous position in the red chamber. Enraged by the development, Akpoti-Uduaghan raised a point of order, seeking the attention of the Senate President, Godswill...

LG Crisis: PDP Govs Back Adeleke, Urge Tinubu To Restore Calm In Osun

21.02.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) yesterday condemned the bloodshed in Osun State over the control of local government areas between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The governors, who commended Governor Ademola Adeleke for his efforts at containing situation, and appealed to President Bola Tinubu...

Methodological Rebasing Of CPI Won’t Bring Down Inflation, Adebayo Tells FG

21.02.2025

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Adewole Adebayo, yesterday told the Federal Government that methodological rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) won’t bring down inflation in the country. He dismissed the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s idea that methodological rebasing of the CPI would magically bring down...

Sokoto Releases N30m To Strengthen Family Planning

21.02.2025

The Sokoto State Government has released N30 million as part of its commitment to sustain the provision of family planning commodities. The Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Executive Secretary Larai Tambuwal confirmed this on Thursday in Sokoto. Tambuwal commended all stakeholders for the achievement, stressing that the release of funding was a sequel to...

32 Years After, Babangida Admits Abiola Won June 12 Poll

21.02.2025

Thirty-two years after annulling the June 12, 1993 presidential election former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has acknowledged that MKO Abiola won the poll. IBB’s revelation came at the launch of his autobiography: ‘A Journey In Service’, in Abuja yesterday. Babangida annulled the election, sparking widespread protests and unrest in the country. In the...

…Abacha Plotted To Remove Me As President Violently

21.02.2025

Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida has revealed that his longtime friend and colleague, Gen Sani Abacha, had planned a violent coup against him. Babangida revealed this in his book: ‘A Journey in Service’, launched at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja yesterday. The event attracted former presidents, military leaders, and statesmen, captains of industry and diplomats...

Anambra 2025: APC To Settle For Ozigbo As Fresh Crisis Looms

21.02.2025

Twenty-four hours after the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the last gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr Valentine Ozigbo dumped the Labour Party for the All Progressives Congress (APC), there are strong indications that none of the six aspirants seeking the ticket of the party may get the nod. Before Ozigbo defected to...