Reps oppose a minute silence for Saro-Wiwa

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The House of Representatives yesterday kicked against a proposal by Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) to observe a minute-silence in honour of late environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, 22 years after he died. He said the Federal Government was slow…

Millions gone as fire razes shops in Akure

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An early morning fire yesterday destroyed property, mostly shops, estimated at millions of naira in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The fire occurred near a roadblock junction, opposite Chicken Republic on Owo-Akure-Ilesa Road. It was learnt…

ASUP’s strike grounds polytechnics

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MANY polytechnics nationwide were completely deserted yesterday due to the indefinite strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). Some chapters of the union in other polytechnics refused to join the…

Buhari’s visit to Southeast begins today

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President Muhammadu Buhari will be in the South East today It is his first trip to the region since he took office in 2015. The renewed attempt by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to renew the Igbo’s agitation for…

SGF visits Ekwueme in UK hospital

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Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha has conveyed President Muhammadu Buhari’s goodwill message to ailing second republic Vice-President, Alex Ekwueme in a London hospital here he is undergoing treatment. Based…

PDP group cautions BoT

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The PDP-Renaissance Initiative (PRI) has raised the alarm over what it described as partiality playing out in the race for chairman. It unchecked the trend could  endanger its chances in the 2019 polls, the group said. The intra-party group…

PDP leaders oppose Fayose on Secondus

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Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have condemned Governor Ayo Fayose’s alleged support for the candidacy of Prince Uche Secondus, from the Southsouth, for the post of National Chairman, ahead of the party’s…