Day: 12 March 2021

Ex-Speaker, Bankole meets APC’s topshots, set to join ruling party

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

There are strong indications that former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole, is set to dump the Action Democratic Party, to join the All Progressives Congress. This was a sequel to a meeting between the former Speaker, the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee who is also the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, and his Jigawa State counterpart, Abubakar Badaru, in Abuja, on Friday. It was gathered that the three leaders met at the private residence of the Yobe State governor for a little over…

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Fuel Price Crisis: Ngige issues ‘open-ended’ statement, not foreclosing increment

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Labour and Employment Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige is saying the Federal Government has assured Nigerians that there is currently no increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit. A statement on Friday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said “there will be no increase in the price of PMS for now as discussions are still ongoing between government and the organised labour as well as other stakeholders on the matter.” Going by the statement, the government is at the same time not foreclosing an increment. Ngige…

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Breaking: Bandits abduct female students in Kaduna

Jide Ige

Some female students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been abducted by gunmen. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, at about 3am. It was learnt that most affected were female students as their male counterparts were not taken away. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident and said an investigation is ongoing.

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