Tag: council
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Q/A: FG mulls new national technology council
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said plans are underway by the federal government to set up a national technology and innovation council to cater for technological advancement in the country. Vice President Osinbajo stated this in an interview with journalists at Co-Creation Hub during his visit to ICT/Innovation hubs/companies in Lagos on Tuesday.…
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[Photos] Panic as herdsmen invade council secretariat in Ondo, sack officials
The was tension at the Akure South Local Government secretariat Tuesday on as over 30 herdsmen reportedly invaded the secretariat era[er randishing different dangerous weapons. The invasion of the herders disrupted the official activities at the council secretariat including marriage ceremonies going on at the council’s registry. Staffers of the council were driven out of…
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That PDP showcase of Delta, Ekiti council polls, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Recent conduct of council polls in several states, particularly that of Delta on January 6, has evoked memories of the war-like zone the 2015 general elections, and re-runs thereafter assumed in some states. It appears the governors are using the elections as “combat rehearsals” for the main contests in 2019. But as…
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Kwara won’t use card readers for November council polls – KWASEIC
The Kwara State lndependent Electoral Commission on Friday said it would not use card readers for the forthcoming council polls in the state. The commission’s Chairman, Dr AbdukRahman Ajidagba, announced this at a meeting with representatives of registered political parties in his office in Ilorin on Friday. The chairmanship and councillorship elections into the 16…
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Kidnappers demand N20m to free abducted Ikeja Council Clerk
Kidnappers of the Clerk of the Ikeja Local Government House, Shamsideen Omotayo, on Wednesday reached out to his colleagues and families few hours after his abduction to demand a N20 million ransom. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Omotayo was whisked away by his kidnappers at Imota, Ikorodu, on Wednesday on his way to work. It was gathered…
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JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap Ikeja Council clerk, Shamsideen Omotayo
The Clerk of the House, Ikeja Local Government Area, Shamsideen Omotayo, has been abducted by gunmen in Imota, Ikorodu, Lagos State. It was learnt that the kidnappers laid in ambush for the clerk on his way to the office on Wednesday morning. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the incident.…