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Extend border closure to 5 years, Shittu urges FG
A member of the Lagos State Chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria told the Federal Government on Tuesday to extend the closure of land borders to a
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Oyo guber: Why I withdrew suit against APC – Shittu
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Friday said he voluntarily withdrew his suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Supreme Court. The former minister made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. NAN recalls that Shittu had challenged his disqualification from participating in…
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Oyo guber primary: Supreme Court dismisses Shittu’s suit against APC
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by Adebayo Shittu, former Minister of Communications, against his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the exclusion of his name from the list of gubernatorial aspirants in the primary for the 2019 general elections. In the Judgment, the Supreme Court five-man panel of Justices lead…
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NYSC certificate: Court strikes out Shittu’s case against APC
A Federal High Court, Ibadan on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, against the All Progressives Congress (APC) over exclusion of his name for his inability to produce evidence of participating in the one-year mandatory National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Justice P.I. Ajoku struck out the suit…
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JUST IN: Buhari’s minister, Shittu sues NYSC, says ‘I wasn’t invited for national service’
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has sued the National Youth Service Corps, alleging that the body failed to serve him with a call-up letter in 1979 to enable him to observe the mandatory one-year national youth service, while he was still below the age of 30. The minister filed the suit marked FHC/IB/CS/111/2018…
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2019: Buhari’s minister, Shittu drags APC to court
The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has dragged his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC to court. The Minister took the legal action after the party disqualified him as a governorship aspirant in Oyo State. The ruling party stopped the Minister from continuing his gubernatorial race through screening after he failed to present a…
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Oyo 2019: Shittu appeals disqualification, threatens to expose others who skipped NYSC
The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, disclosed on Tuesday that he has appealed his disqualification from the Oyo State governorship race by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The minister, who obtained a leave from his ministerial service to pursue his governorship ambition last…
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Shittu is nowhere near Buhari – Former aide
Victor Oluwadamilare, former media assistant to the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Abdur – Raheem Adebayo Shittu has said he (Shittu) is nowhere near President Muhammadu Buhari. The former aide, therefore, warned the minister to stop further comparisons with the president. Oluwadamilare who recently fell out of relationship with the minister said this in a statement…
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Allegations of corruption, bribery won’t stop me in 2019 – Shittu
The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has said allegations of corruption and fraud leveled against him by his former public relations assistant won’t make him back out of the 2019 governorship race in Oyo State. Recall that the minister’s aide, Victor Oluwadamilare had in a March 12 letter, published by Sahara Reporters on March…
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Shittu appoints new media aide
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has approved the appointment of Mr Bolaji Kazeem, as his new Special Assistant on Media. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, announced the appointment in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja. According to the…