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Osun guber: INEC confirms receipt of 80% of election materials

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed receiving 80 percent of the non-sensitive materials required for the Osun State governorship election scheduled for August 15. The Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola made this known during a news conference held at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo. Speaking, the INEC REC said the commission ...

I will establish task force to tackle out-of-school children menace if elected — Obi

By Precious Mark The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi has pledged to eradicate the menace of out-of-school children of he is elected as president. Obi made the pledge when he unveiled a national economic blueprint aimed at addressing governance abuses, rising unemployment, and the continuous decline in the quality of ...

No FCT district is left out in feeling the impact of governance — Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday has declared that all districts in the FCT are now feeling the impact of governance through completed projects that improve the quality of life of residents. The President, represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, spoke while commissioning the Full Scope Development of Akinwumi Ajibola Street, comprising Important Local Streets ...

Makinde sacks Women Affairs Commissioner, reshuffles cabinet

By Taiwo Scholarstica Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has relieved the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Toyin Balogun, of her appointment and immediately replaced her with Faosat Sanni as part of a minor cabinet reshuffle. The development was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon ...