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Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed doubt over the purported suspension of his traditional title, saying the palace has yet to serve him a letter or invite him, in the spirit of fair hearing. Dogara, in a statement, yesterday, was reacting to his suspension as Jakadan Bauchi, by the Bauchi Emirate Council and a suit filed by the state government over the Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa violence, in December. The state government and the palace had accused the lawmaker of sponsoring the violence that broke out during the 21st memorial of Baba Peter Gonto, the late Sayawa…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) risks mass defections if it fails to zone the 2023 presidency to Southern Nigeria, a group, Vanguard for Justice, has warned. The PDP support group claimed that the party was bent on zoning its presidential ticket to the North, a move it said might prompt high-profile defections in the South. The main opposition party had recently denied zoning the presidency to the North following claim by former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, that it had perfected the move. But the group, in a statement yesterday, by its Chairman, Emmanuel Nduka, submitted that zoning the presidency…

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, yesterday charged Nigerians to choose wisely by electing people that have the energy to serve the Country. The governor, who made the charge at the 65th birthday anniversary, retirement thanksgiving service, and launching of Ministry of Rev. Samson Ayokunle, held at Oritamefa Baptist Church, Yemetu, Ibadan, said that aged people who plan to run for elective positions should re-think. The governor congratulated Rev Ayokunle for retiring from Baptist Convention saying he has done enough for the Baptist convention and Christians at large in the country. He said that Oyo State is most blessed with the…

Says daily vaccination now 200,000 The federal government has put the total number of eligible persons that have so far received COVID-19 vaccines in the country at 14,093,873. It also said 5,252,406 eligible Nigerians have so far been fully vaccinated, while 416,980 Nigerians have received their booster dose, in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Speaking to journalists in Abuja, at the first media briefing on the progress being made in terms of COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the Executive Director of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib said the rate of vaccination has…

Interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has started the process of handing over to incoming technical adviser, Jose Poseiro. Nigeria’s exit from the ongoing Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 0-1 to Tunisia in the round of 16, according to sources, has dashed Eguavoen’s hopes of keeping the job permanently. Speaking after Sunday’s loss to Tunisia, Eguavoen announced that he would return to his job as Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) Technical Director, adding that he would leave the decision of who becomes the coach of the team to the Federation. He said: “I am the interim coach and Technical Director…

The Federal Government has raised the alarm that its social investment programmes are being sabotaged by Nigerians. National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), Dr. Umar Buba Bindir, disclosed this, yesterday, at the opening of a result-based monitoring and evaluation training for staff of the scheme in Abuja. He said the project, meant to benefit Nigerians, is not achieving the desired result because many people given the responsibility to drive it are sabotaging the efforts of the government. The National Coordinator stated that “some people, who are to oversee the conditional cash transfer, are exploiting the ignorance of…

As group woos Buhari to support Igbo presidency Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Technical Committee, Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday, said the South-East should wait for another five years till 2027 to produce the president of Nigeria. He argued that waiting till 2027 would afford the North the opportunity to complete former President Umaru Musa Y’Ardua’s tenure, who died in office and was succeeded by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Dokpesi stated this in Umuahia at the Abia State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), when he and members of the committee met party members to solicit support for Atiku’s 2023…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Drainage and Water Resources, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, has said that in terms of experience, vision and management of human resources, APC Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would be the best President of Nigeria in 2023. He also said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would never win governorship election in Lagos state. Speaking on the ARISE News Channel, The Morning Show programme yesterday, Igbokwe said Tinubu remained the man to beat and he is unequivocally in support of his presidential campaign. “I am Asiwaju…

* As Dongban-Mensem urges colleagues to sharpen ICT skills The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isah Pantami, has urged judges to come up with laws that would effectively harness the potential of technology in the country. Pantami made the call at the opening of the 2022 ICT Workshop for justices of the Court of Appeal. The two-day training is part of efforts at improving justice delivery through digital platforms. In a keynote address, the minister said the ICT training, which is in line with the digital transformation of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, will enhance the skills of…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, said in Abuja on Monday that the Federal Government had postponed the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products till further notice. Ahmed stated this at a meeting held at the National Assembly. The meeting was convened at the instance of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. It had in attendance the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of the. NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, among others. The Finance Minister said the Federal Government initially had the plans to remove subsidy on…