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Gov Yahaya Bello charges commissioners on accessibility

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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has advised his commissioners to always make themselves accessible to the people even as he charged them to be accountable in their dealings. The governor spoke on Wednesday while swearing-in the commissioners at the Government House, Lokoja. The swearing-in of the commissioners came barely 48 hours after the governor took his oath of office for...

Yahaya Bello charges commissioners on accessibility

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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has advised his commissioners to always make themselves accessible to the people even as he charged them to be accountable in their dealings. The governor spoke on Wednesday while swearing-in the commissioners at the Government House, Lokoja. The swearing-in of the commissioners came barely 48 hours after the governor took his oath of office for...

Uzodinma forfeits security vote for workers’ salaries, pension in Imo

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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday announced that he had forfeited his security vote to enable him to meet up with the economic challenges in the state, especially the payment of salaries and pension. The governor spoke when he met with the Imo Economic Development Initiative led by Prof. Maurice Iwu, at the Government House in Owerri. He said he...

Senate President Lawan swears in Ekpenyong as senator

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Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday swore in Christopher Ekpenyong as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West. This followed Ekpeyong’s victory at the rerun election ordered by the Court and conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Jan. 25. NAN reports that the All Progressive Congress (APC) did not participate in the re-run. APC’s failure to participate in the election...

Gov. Uzodinma Forfeits Security Votes

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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday announced that he had forfeited his security vote to enable him to meet up with the economic challenges in the state, especially the payment of salaries and pension. The governor spoke when he met with the Imo Economic Development Initiative led by Prof. Maurice Iwu, at the Government House in Owerri. He said he...

Senate President Lawan swears in Ekpenyong as senator

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Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday swore in Christopher Ekpenyong as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West. This followed Ekpeyong’s victory at the rerun election ordered by the Court and conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Jan. 25. NAN reports that the All Progressive Congress (APC) did not participate in the re-run. APC’s failure to participate in the election...

INEC cancels rerun in Akwa Ibom, Cross-River

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the cancellation of some polling units in the rerun conducted in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states over what it described as electoral infractions. The commission, in a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Festus Okoye, said: “INEC met on Monday and reviewed the conduct of January...

PDP demands fresh elections in Imo constituencies where members defected

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The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections in those constituencies in Imo State where PDP state lawmakers defected to the All Possible Congress. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, during a media briefing in Abuja, also said the defected lawmakers had lost their seats according to Nigeria's constitution. He said,...

PDP govs urge FG to adopt fresh approach to tackle crisis

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The incoming chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to come up with new approaches, especially the deployment of technology, in the fight against insecurity in the country. Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto State, made the call while speaking with journalists in Abuja. He noted that governors elected on the...

Insecurity: You’ve failed Nigerians, Abaribe tells Buhari, demands President’s resignation (VIDEO)

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The call by the Minority Leader of the Senate,  Enyinnaya Abaribe,  on the  President,  Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to resign immediately based on Buhari's inability to curtail the alarming security challenges in the country caused a stir on the floor of the red chamber on Wednesday. Abaribe spoke after the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi,  presented his motion on rising...

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