Next year’s governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states may be hampered by financial constraints unless there is increased budgetary allocation to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday. He said the allocation should be increased from the current N40 billion to N89 billion to enable the agency perform its constitutional responsibilities next year.
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Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the acting governor of Ondo state on Thursday identified peace and unity as key ingredients for significant and accelerated development in the Sunshine State as envisioned and being pursued by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa, who made the peace call in a broadcast, said what transpired in the Sunshine State in the past few months was beyond human comprehension.
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. The Federal Government has sacked all the directors of aviation agencies in the Ministry of Aviation Aerospace Development, barely 24 hours after President Bola TInubu fired the heads of five aviation agencies and suspended the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Nuhu Musa.
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Jigawa State Government said on Thursday that no fewer than 240 ghost workers were uncovered among the 4,500 temporary teachers working under its J-Teach programme. Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa, said the ghost workers were identified in a staff validation report conducted in May.
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The mother of a 10-year-old boy, Rakia Aliu, has slammed the Niger State Police Command for keeping her son in custody over alleged theft of maize in the Kontagora area of the state. It was learnt that the minor, Ibrahim Sani, allegedly stole about nine “mudu” of maize from a grinding shop and sold it to another person before he was apprehended and handed over to the local vigilante.
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja, said having the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, as a partner and Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House of Representatives was good enough to make him succeed. The President spoke at a colloquium held to mark Akpabio’s 61st birthday in Abuja. He described Akpabio as a man committed to the value of national development.
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About 12 persons were confirmed dead on Thursday, while 30 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck at the Hawan-Kibo community, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that the articulated vehicle was loaded with bags of grains and human beings and was descending a hill on the dilapidated road when it crashed into a ditch in the afternoon.
About 12 persons were confirmed dead on Thursday, while 30 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck at the Hawan-Kibo community, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that the articulated vehicle was loaded with bags of grains and human beings and was descending a hill on the dilapidated road when it crashed into a ditch in the afternoon.
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