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Osun poll: APC, Accord, ADC boycott gubernatorial election debate

By Ismail Azeez The governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Accord Party, and African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Saturday boycotted the Osun State governorship debate organized by a coalition of media organizations ahead of the August 15 election. The debate, which was scheduled to provide candidates with an opportunity to present their manifestos ...

Solar streetlight projects implementation lawful — TCN clarifies

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has clarified that the disbursement of ₦1.28 billion for solar streetlight installations is lawful. Responding to a publication by Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter Emmanuel Oluwole Uti, TCN confirmed that the projects in question are National Assembly Constituency Interventions fully approved within the Federal Government budget, designed to ...

Shettima, Jonathan hail Jonah Jang at 80

Vice President Kashim Shettima, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda today paid glowing tributes to former Plateau State Governor and elder statesman, Senator Jonah David Jang, during the public presentation of his autobiography, "Airman to Politics: ...

ICPC secures conviction of former Ogun Reps member over N68.7m contract fraud

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Onamusi Onadeko. Onadeko, who represented Ogun East Federal Constituency from 1999 to 2003, was in the year 2017 charged to court by the ICPC over his alleged involvement in the ...