Rivers State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, said that Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, who now leads a faction of the state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was too small for him (Amaechi) to discuss.
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IN 2002, when Mr. Peter Obi threw his towel into the political arena of Anambra State, many wondered what prompted the gentle and soft-spoken young man to dare the political jungle of the state.
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THE Federal Government has rebuked foreign critics of Nigeria over the recent execution of four condemned convicts in Edo State, insisting that nobody could question the nation’s constitution over death penalty.
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Five days ago, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan honoured Blessing Okagbare with one SUV, Hyundai Santafe, for her training sessions when at home in Nigeria.
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Former Super Eagles’ mid fielder, Thompson Oliha is dead, the midfield maestro who was among the 1994 victorious Super Eagles’ squad that won the Nations cup in Tunisia died yesterday at the Yusjib industrial medicare hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Wife of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to preserve their indigenous languages, saying the lingua franca of an ethnic group remains the most important vehicle for promoting the culture and history of the people.
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The Governing Council of Ekiti State University, EKSU, has wielded the big stick by approving the dismissal of three senior academic staff of the university for alleged offences of manipulation of examination scores, plagiarism and failure to serve the university after being sponsored abroad.
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THE FEDERAL Government has said that adequate utilisation of available manpower will ginger the realisation of vision 20:2020.
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DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the initial delay in the area of development was because he took time to strategize and provide a lasting development plan for the state.
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FOLLOWING the controversy that trailed the decamping of one Miss Damilola Ekundayo during the Batch ‘A’ 2013 orientation programme in Ogun State, Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. General Nnamdi Okore-Affia, has vowed not to give in to the antics of religious extremists to undermine the scheme.
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