Tag: Tuesday
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Insecurity: High hopes as Makinde signs Amotekun Bill Tuesday
Barring last minute changes, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde will tomorrow sign into law the bill backing the establishment of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps. The bill was passed with fanfare by the House of Assembly last Tuesday, as lawmakers and members of staff wore fabrics with leopard design to the…
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Leadership crisis: APC holds emergency NEC meeting Tuesday
Amidst rebellion by some members against the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm. The organ of the party last met in November 2019 and skirted the demand by some…
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NiMet predicts thunderstorms, rains for Tuesday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundry and rainy activities for Tuesday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy condition within the Northern states with chances of localised thunderstorms over Sokoto, Yelwa and Gusau axis in the morning hours. The agency forecast thunderstorms over the region in the afternoon/evening hours with…
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Independence: FG declares Tuesday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Oct.1, as public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary. The Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. The minister congratulated Nigerians…
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Airtel Africa to list 3.758bn shares on NSE Tuesday
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 has now been fixed as the new date for the listing of about 3.758 billion ordinary shares of Airtel Africa Plc on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at a unit price of N363. The exercise was earlier scheduled for Friday, July 5, 2019, but was postponed at the last minute as…
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Senate postpones passage of 2019 budget till Tuesday
The Senate on Wednesday postponed passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill till Tuesday. Even though, the report by the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the national budget was billed for consideration at the plenary on Wednesday, the lawmakers resolved to postpone the third reading of the bills as the details of the estimates had not…
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N115m scam: Court to deliver ruling of ex-SEC DG’s no-case-submission on Tuesday
An FCT High Court on Friday is to deliver ruling on Tuesday in the no-case-submission filed by the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Mounir Gwarzo on alleged of N115 fraud. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) charged Gwarzo alongside an Executive Commissioner in the Commission, Zakawanu…
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INEC cancels supplementary elections in Bauchi, resumes collation of results Tuesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to resume from Tuesday, the collation of the governorship election result in Bauchi State and may declare the winner of the poll, hitherto ruled as inconclusive. The commission announced the decision in a press statement on Friday night after resolving some issues around the result of Tafawa Balewa…
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FG planning to arrest, replace CJN Onnoghen on Tuesday – CUPP
Opposition parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Friday said they have uncovered a plan by the Federal Government to arrest the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday. The spokesperson of CUPP, Imo Ugochinyere, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. Ugochinyere said the arrest…