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November 9, 2018

The Late 5: INEC excludes APC from list of 67 candidates for Imo governorship; BMO rubbishes Atiku’s N33,000 minimum wage claim | Other top stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo may cost the party its quest to retain the governorship of the state as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to publish the name of any governorship candidate for the party in the state.... Read More

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Adams Oshiomhole, APC, ASUU, atiku abubakar, Hope Uzodinma, Imo Governorship, Muhammadu Buhari, Osita Okechukwu, Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu

November 9, 2018

Contractor behind Ganduje’s bribery videos accepts to testify before investigative panel

The contractor behind the videos showing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano allegedly stashing large sums of dollar notes as bribes has expressed readiness to testify before the seven-man investigative panel of the Kano House of Assembly panel currently probing the matter. As contained in a letter sent to the Chairman of the Investigative panel, through... Read More

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November 9, 2018

The Big 5: Wike slams FG for allegedly shielding Prince Charles from Niger Delta; Amosun denies having a hand in DSS grilling of Oshiomhole | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Ogun Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has denied colluding with his Imo counterpart, Rochas Okorocha in seeing to the alleged detention and grilling of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the fallout of the APC... Read More

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November 8, 2018

The Late 5: Atiku approves N33,000 as minimum wage for staff of his conglomerate; PDP asks INTERPOL to track down Oshiomhole | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has approved N33,000 as minimum wage for all staff in his conglomerate. According to the Managing Director of Gotel Communications (a media outfit owned by the former Vice President), Mohammed El-Yakub, who confirmed the development to Sahara... Read More

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November 8, 2018

Just In: 3 persons confirmed dead, 12 rescued in Lagos boat tragedy

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has disclosed that a boat enroute Ojo from Liverpool capsized a few minutes after take-off at about 8.20 pm on Wednesday. General Manager of the agency, Adesina Tiamiyu, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the LASEMA Response Unit officials who got to the scene of the incident almost immediately... Read More

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November 8, 2018

The Big 5: FG says N30,000 minimum wage is only a recommendation; Boko Haram attack town in Yobe, set houses ablaze | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring: The Federal Government on Wednesday cleared the air about the adoption of the N30,000 minimum wage as contained in report of the tripartite committee submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, saying it was still a recommendation and had not been approved. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed,... Read More

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November 7, 2018

The Late 5: APC reacts to news of Oshiomhole’s arrest by DSS; 90 children kidnapped in Cameroon freed | Other top stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said that the Kano House of Assembly lacks competence to investigate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who was allegedly caught on camera collecting bribes from contractors. Speaking with Punch in an interview on Tuesday, Sagay said that an... Read More

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Abdullahi Ganduje, Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Biodun Olujimi, Danjuma Goje, Department of State Services (DSS), House of Representatives, Lanre Issa-Onilu, Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Itse Sagay

November 7, 2018

The Big 5: No going back on Ganduje’s probe – Kano Assembly; Police says incidence on Ekweremadu’s home was not an assassination attempt | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: There are indications that the Presidency is unhappy with the reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the recommendation of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage proposing N30,000 as the new national wage. As reported by the News Agency of Nigeria, a presidential source,... Read More

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November 6, 2018

The Late 5: 2019 elections will likely be postponed – Prof Pat Utomi; Governor Umahi says N30,000 wage will lead to inflation | Other top stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt early Tuesday after an unidentified gunman invaded his residence in Abuja, his spokesman Uche Anichukwu has disclosed. According to the statement released by the aide, “One of the armed men discreetly evaded the security at Ekweremadu’s Apo Quarters residence,... Read More

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November 6, 2018

BREAKING: Buhari approves N30,000 as new minimum wage

Following the presentation of its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, the Tripartite Committee set up to propose a new minimum wage for the country has recommended the sum of N30,000 as the minimum wage. Ama Pepple, Chairman of the committee after submitting its report to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday,... Read More

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November 6, 2018

The Big 5: Funds will be released in the coming weeks, FG appeals to ASUU; Donald Duke faces hurdle as Jerry Gana drags him to court over SDP primary | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government has appealed to striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike for proper negotiation to take place. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who made the appeal on behalf of the Federal Government at a news... Read More

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November 6, 2018

Just In: Labour suspends proposed strike

Organised labour has announced a suspension of its planned nationwide strike, earlier scheduled to commence midnight of Tuesday. National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, who announced the decision late Monday at the end of a meeting of the tripartite committee set up to decide on a new minimum wage, said the decision... Read More

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November 5, 2018

The Late 5: Show us where to get funds or keep quiet about our borrowing – Fashola; NURTW says it will join labour strike | Other top stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked critics of the Muhammadu Buhari admnistration over its borrowings, urging them to tell the administration how to raise funds for the abandoned projects in the country. Speaking with reporters during a two-day retreat in Sokoto, Fashola blamed... Read More

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Ayodele Fayose, babatunde Fashola, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Agbede, Yusuph Olaniyonu

November 5, 2018

The Big 5: ASUU embarks on indefinite strike; Atiku lambasts Buhari, FG over $500,000 donation to Guinea Bissau | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) late Sunday, commenced an indefinite strike to protest what it described as years of continued re-colonisation under an alleged democracy. According to the National President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who briefed journalists after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting... Read More

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November 4, 2018

The Big 5: Amosun replies Oshiomhole, you did ‘offshore rigging’ in Ogun; Fayose sacked as PDP Leader | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The public altercation between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun continued on Saturday as the Governor slammed the chairman over his statement that he was positioning himself as an emperor. In a statement by the Ogun Information... Read More

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Adams Oshiomhole, Ayo Fayose, Biodun Olujimi, Ibikunle Amosun, Ibrahim Yakassai, Muhammadu Buhari, Yemi Osinbajo

November 4, 2018

WAEC faults Presidency on reason for issuing Attestation of Result to President Buhari

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Saturday, disagreed with the Presidency that the body issued Attestation of Results to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, based on a sense of duty. Debunking the statement, WAEC’s spokesman, Damianus Ojijeogu, in an interview with Punch on Saturday, said the document was issued because the President applied for... Read More

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November 3, 2018

The Late 5: Oshiomhole lambasts Okorocha, Amosun; My relationship with Atiku has nothing to do with 2019 – Tinubu | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has debunked reports that he was working with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2019 elections. Tinubu in reacting to the insinuation by a member of the PDP Board of... Read More

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November 3, 2018

Minimum wage: Governors earn same salaries, yet some argue against paying equal wage – Falana speaks

Activist-lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has said it will be illegal for states to determine what they can pay as minimum wage. Falana who was guest speaker at a Conference/roundtable organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) to mark this year’s International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI),... Read More

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November 2, 2018

Lagos govt. celebrates improved social media presence, upgraded website as latest “milestones”

The Government of Lagos on Friday celebrated what it described as “milestones” as it unveiled an upgraded official website for the state government and improved social media presence. As posted on its official Twitter handle on Friday, the government said the initiative was in accordance with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode‘s policy of inclusiveness, adding that the Commissioner... Read More

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November 2, 2018

The Late 5: Nigerians ought to commend us for our achievements thus far – Buhari; Labour adamant, says no going back on strike action | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: After months and years (since 2015) of controversy about his ‘missing result’ and claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that his O’Level certificates were in the custody of the military, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Friday presented the attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate... Read More

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November 2, 2018

Just In: I never collected bribe from any contractor – Ganduje

Embattled Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje says he never collected bribe from any contractor as alleged by online medium,Daily Nigerian who had published series of clips showing him do same. The governor represented by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, disclosed this when he appeared before the investigative committee of the Kano House of Assembly,... Read More

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November 2, 2018

The Big 5: Your claim about obeying conscience is cheap – Amosun hits at Oshiomhole, ‘Atiku will reduce pump price of fuel’ – PDP | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has reacted to the recent statement by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, that he is being opposed by 3 governors in the party because of his stand on fairness and justice in the recent primaries... Read More

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November 1, 2018

The Late 5: Kano Assembly steps up investigation, invites Ganduje; Okorocha faults Tinubu on Oshiomhole’s handling of APC | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Kano State House of Assembly has summoned Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to appear on Friday, before its investigative committee probing series of video clips published by online newspaper, Daily Nigerian, which showed him receiving bribe on multiple occassions. Secretary of the seven-man ad-hoc Committee, Mujtafah Adamu,... Read More

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November 1, 2018

ICYMI: Jimi Agbaje picks Haleemat Busari as running mate

Governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje has announced Mrs Haleemat Busari as his running mate for the March 2nd 2019 gubernatorial election. According to a statement on Thursday by the Director of Media and Publicity of Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation (JACO), Felix Oboagwina, the choice of Busari, a lawyer, followed comprehensive... Read More

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November 1, 2018

The Big 5: FG disagrees with NGF over N22,500 proposal, approaches court to stop strike; Tinubu slams Atiku over 2019 strategy meeting in Dubai | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed calls for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, Tinubu who... Read More

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October 31, 2018

APC crisis: I’d only succumb to my conscience, not pressure – Oshiomhole

Following the ongoing crisis in his party as a result of the outcome of its primaries and threats to remove him from office, National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he would not bow to pressure to make him act against his conscience over the crisis in the party, insisting... Read More

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October 31, 2018

The Late 5: Buhari directs embattled NHIS boss to go on administrative leave; Atiku condemns plans by FG to sell off national assets to fund 2019 budget | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Days after investigative hearing by the Kano House of Assembly on the veracity of the videos showing the Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje collecting kickbacks in dollars from contractors in the state commenced, another clip has been released. In the latest video which sparked outrage on... Read More

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October 31, 2018

Why Kingsley Moghalu should be Nigeria’s next President in 2019 – Diasporan Group

We wholeheartedly endorse Professor Kingsley Moghalu for President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Moghalu understands and knows what will be required to address the complex issues in the 21st century including addressing the challenges facing Nigerians in the Diaspora. This group comes from different Nigerian backgrounds of ethnicity, language and training. What we have... Read More

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October 31, 2018

Just In: Labour disagrees with Governors, demands N66,500 minimum wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the announcement by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) that they can only pay N22,500 as against the N30,000 being demanded by organised labour as the national minimum wage. President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba who briefed newsmen at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, following an emergency meeting and... Read More

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October 31, 2018

The Big 5: Pay N30,000 or get voted out – Labour dares Governors; Police arrests 400 Shi’ites over violent protest | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Arising from an emergency meeting in Abuja late Tuesday, Governors of Nigeria’s thirty-six states under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have they can only pay N22,500 as against the N30,000 being demanded by organised labour. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari,... Read More

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