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Edo 2020: Imasuagbon, Ogbeide-Ihama adamant, refuse to step down for Obaseki
Kenneth Imasuagbon and Hon Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama are still very much in the race to prove a point that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State is not for the highest bidder. Imasuagbon had repeatedly explained in various interviews that the voice of God told him that he is the next Governor of Edo State.…
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PTF to decide on 2nd phase of lockdown by June ending, says Mustapha
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19) continue to monitor developments nationwide in order to take informed decisions by the end of June, on the second phase of the lockdown. Mr Boss Mustapha, the chairman of PTF on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said this at the daily press…
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NDDC clarifies N2 trillion debts
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has clarified N2 trillion debts, owed vendors and contractors on projects executed in the region. The NDDC Deputy Director of Corporate Communications, Charles Odili, told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, that the commission incurred the debts mainly from emergency projects. He said that past management of the commission…
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Edo 2020: ‘Come back to APC, work with me,’ Ize-Iyamu begs Obaseki
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Edo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, to return to the party. Ize-Iyamu made the appeal in his acceptance speech after he was declared winner of the Edo APC governorship primary on Monday. Governor Obaseki defected to the Peoples Democratic…
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Ex-minister, Dalung tackles Buhari: ‘Human life cheaper in the north than chicken’
Former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has lamented the growing killings in northern Nigeria and asked President Buhari to sack his service chiefs. In a video done in Hausa and posted on his Facebook page, Dalung, bemoaned the killings despite huge security expenditure. “Mr President, you have given these people more money, yet we continue to…
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Final assets forfeiture: Court rejects EFCC’s request on Maina’s plea for extension of time
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s request to dismiss a motion asking the court for an extension of time in a case involving Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo struck out the EFCC’s prayer on the ground that the…
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Filipino lady searches for love to Nigeria, ends up in tatters in Enugu
The Police in Enugu State have rescued a Filipino lady, who searched for love to Nigeria, from the hands of her abductor, one Chukwudi Odo. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Filipino lady, identified as Irene Torento Panas, was rescued by police operatives attached to the Unity Police Division, Ibegwa Nike in Enugu. Irene, 40-year-old, was rescued…
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BREAKING: Frontline PDP aspirant steps down for Obaseki
Ahead of Friday’s governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, a frontline aspirant of the party, Mr Gideon Ikhine, has stepped down from the race for Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Ikhine announced his decision to step down for the Governor on Monday at a ceremony in Benin, capital of the State. Gov. Obaseki,…
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Bakassi refugees narrate nasty ordeal, commend Gov Ayade for respite
The displaced persons of Bakassi in Cross River state have commended Governor Ben Ayade for keeping his promise and coming to their aid by providing a befitting accomodation for them and their families. The IDPs who lost their ancestral homes and land 18 years ago following the ceding of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in…
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Crisis: APC Governors seek presidential intervention
The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has said that all contentious issues surrounding the leadership crisis confronting the All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon be reconciled. Bagudu stated this when he addressed State House correspondents at the end of a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House,…