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2023: Why Nigeria Must Avoid Fire Brigade Approach To Election – Obasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday urged Nigeria to avoid what he described as “fire brigade approach” to the 2023 elections. Dr. Obasa said this at the State’s 17th ...

  The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday banned Nigeria’s 2008 Olympic long jump silver medalist, Blessing Okagbare for 10 years over doping. “The Disciplinary Tribunal has banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare for a total of 10 years,” read an AIU statement. The 33-year-old sprinter won silver in the long ...

  The presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party in the 2019 general elections, Kingsley Moghalu, has officially announced to run for 2023 president. Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a post on Friday on his Twitter account noted that he is not ...

  Nigerians have condemned the Federal Government over the increase in the electricity tariff by Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country. It was gathered that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had adjusted the electricity tariffs been paid to DisCos, which invariably means that the tariffs have been hiked. ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed an application in court for the extension of the detention of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari and four other suspects involved in the 25-kilogramme cocaine deal. It was learnt that the agency’s officers are currently investigating assets ...

  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban to Katsina State Command as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the State. This development was made known in a statement on Thursday by the acting Force Public Relations ...

  The Nigerian Government has been told to disengage Ex-Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola as Minister of Interior for reportedly fuelling a party crisis in the State. Ahead of the Osun State governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for Saturday, a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations ...

Prof Tunde Samuel: Lagos Speaker Mourns GAC Member, Says APC Lost A Titan The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described Professor Tunde Samuel, a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), as a titan whose positive roles in Lagos cannot be forgotten ...

  The Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Benin Depot, Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, popularly known as Baba Petrol, has regained freedom 11 days after he was kidnapped. The Nation learnt his family parted with N70m ransom for his release. Egele was abducted around 7 pm on February ...

  – donates fully equipped Point-of-Care Laboratory and operating room equipment to Capital Health Surgical Centre The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) – brainchild of Industrialist, philanthropist and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has formally handed 85 modern medical equipment to the paediatric department of the ...