Author: Olumide Akinrinlola
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Highlights of decisions at Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja
The meeting backed the President’s idea of setting up a Disaster Relief Fund to be funded by a portion of the revenue accruing to the Federation account. Funds will also be solicited from the private sector. Another bill seeks federal and state collaboration to suspend certain taxes on small businesses and vulnerable populations. Among the…
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One year after, Nigeria has no ambassadors for 109 foreign missions
It’s been over a year that Nigeria has not named ambassadors in over a hundred diplomatic missions, which has raised concerns about the country’s position in the comity of nations, writes GIFT HABIB Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and one of its largest economies, has now spent over 13 months without ambassadors in 109 diplomatic…
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PDP crisis: Atiku joins forces with anti-Damagum NWC members
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind the plot to unseat the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum. The PUNCH learned on Sunday that Atiku reached out to members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) advocating for Damagum’s ouster. This move to remove Damagum has divided…
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Tinubu hails INEC, APC govs, congratulates Okpebholo on election victory
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo on his victory in the Edo State governorship election, urging him not to gloat, but rather see the election as a challenging call to service. This advice follows President Tinubu’s commendation of the peaceful conduct of the election. He praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
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Bishop Oyedepo And ‘The Ark’ Project
By Our Correspondent Bishop David Oyedepo’s Ark Legacy Project, commonly referred to as “The Ark,” is a monumental construction underway at the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) headquarters in Ota, Ogun State. Once completed, it is expected to be the world’s largest Christian worship auditorium, capable of seating over 106,000 people. The project kicked off…
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Why I went to INEC collation centre — Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has explained his reason for visiting the Independent National Electoral Commission collation centre in Benin City, the state capital, in the early of today. PUNCH Online earlier reported that the governor was on the INEC premises early on Sunday morning, around 2 am, and was there until he was…
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Edo election: Ighodalo exposes discrepancies in INEC results
Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, has raised serious concerns over the ongoing election, warning that it could be remembered as the worst election in Nigeria’s history due to numerous alleged irregularities. Ighodalo made this claim during a live press conference on Sunday, organized by the Edo PDP National…
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Edo election: INEC to review results declared under duress, begins collation
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it is set to begin state-level collation of results of Saturday’s Governorship Election in Edo state. This was as the commission said it has received disturbing reports of threats to its office in Okpoba Okha Local Government Area, saying it will not hesitate to review results declared under…
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Results were being manipulated to favour APC, PDP raises alarm
The Director General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Council, Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, raised objections early Sunday morning regarding the Edo governorship election, claiming that the results were being manipulated to favor the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo. While journalists and some party agents awaited the official announcement of results at the…
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Why Police walked Obaseki out of INEC office
A tense situation unfolded around 4:10 a.m. when Governor Godwin Obaseki was escorted out of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, premises in Benin by Deputy Inspector General, DIG, of Police, Frank Mba. Governor Obaseki reportedly entered the premises at approximately 2 a.m., unannounced, allegedly to express concerns over perceived irregularities in the collation of…