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Edo gov-elect Okpebholo denies planning $45m Chinese loan

28.10.2024
Edo State Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, has dismissed rumours that he intends to secure a $45m loan from a Chinese agency to fund the construction of three flyovers in Benin City, following Governor Godwin Obaseki’s handover. The rebuttal was articulated in a statement released to journalists in Abuja on Sunday by Okpebholo’s media aide, Godspower Inegbe....
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LP, ADC gov candidates woo voters with free education, others

28.10.2024
The candidate of the Labour Party for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has promised to implement a free and compulsory education policy if elected. Ebiseni also promised to execute programmes and projects that would positively impact the people. The candidate stated this during his campaign in the Akure South...
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Over 1,000 militias in Benue forest – LG chair

28.10.2024
No fewer than 1,000  militias are currently occupying forests in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Chairman of Ukum LGA, Jonathan Modi, disclosed this to journalists in Makurdi, on Saturday. Ukum LGA is one of the notorious local government areas in the Sankera axis (the axis comprising Ukum, Logo and Katana Ala LGAs),...
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Shehu Dikko and the task to reform sports

28.10.2024
From the performances of our national teams in international competitions, especially in the past four Olympic Games, to all the shenanigans that marked various ministerial engagements of sports from 2015 into 2024, it was obvious that the Nigerian sports establishment needed a rejig. Perhaps, the abysmally poor and shameful outing of Team Nigeria at the...
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Palton Morgan to bridge housing gap

28.10.2024
A real estate firm, Palton Morgan, has pledged to address the housing shortage in the country. The firm, in a statement, said in line with its standing as a real estate development brand, it was offering investors and home buyers enhanced value propositions at its new development. It stated, “The new mixed-use development which comes...
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How Tinubu’s tax reforms will ease citizens burdens

28.10.2024
The transmission of four bills that aim to overhaul Nigeria’s tax system to the National Assembly two weeks ago by President Bola Tinubu has sparked debates in the polity about the purpose of the bills. Some have expressed fears that the bills may encapsulate proposals calling for a raise in tax rates in a way...
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Gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway as vehicles break down

28.10.2024
Motorists and commuters were on Sunday trapped in the traffic on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway which lasted for hours. PUNCH Metro learnt that the gridlock stretches along the section of the road inbound Lagos State. Checks also revealed that this was caused by multiple breakdowns of vehicles along the axis. According to some transport workers...
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Tinubu briefed ministers before firing them – Onanuga

28.10.2024
The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday disclosed that the affected ministers in the recent cabinet shake-up were politely addressed by President Bola Tinubu at a private meeting before their dismissal. Onanuga disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Tinubu had on Wednesday discharged five ministers and changed the designations of 10 other ministers. The...
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NiDCOM rescues 17 Nigerian girls tafficked to Ghana

28.10.2024
Seventeen Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and returned to Nigeria, with five of their traffickers arrested. According to a statement from the NiDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Sunday, the rescued women, aged 18 to 29, came from various Nigerian states, including Anambra, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Imo,...
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Tinubu not T-pain, working to ease Nigerians’ pain– Onanuga

28.10.2024
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu is deeply aware of the struggles Nigerians face, countering accusations that the President is indifferent to citizens’ hardships. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday, Onanuga dismissed social media nicknames labelling Tinubu as “T-pain” as mischievous, reiterating that the President is committed to turning...
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