By SAMUEL PRINCE-NNAJI The Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar has on Thursday laid off members his cabinet , sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Bello Ilelah and also relieved his Special Assistants of their responsibilties. In a statement signed by Permanent Secretary, Special Duties and Political Affairs, Malam Saidu
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Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo may have summoned an emergency national economic council (NEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to confront some yet to be disclosed issues of national importance. Unity Times gathered that Ministers and heads of some agencies are also in attendance and the council
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By JAMES EZEMA Disturbed by the trends of events in the political landscape, the Nation First Foundation (NFF), has urged socio-political organisations across Nigeria to promote national interest instead of overheating the polity with agitations that raise unnecessary tension. The National Coordinator of the foundation, Onianwa Elidad, made the organisation's position known
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By CHRIS EKEKE Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has condemned the atrocious and cowardly abduction of women which occurred recently in Borno State. In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, he sympathised with the families of the abducted women, and assures that the Federal Government will spare no efforts to ensure the safe
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By JAMES EZEMA The Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Commission (LASIEC), Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips has said that the results of elections into Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in the state’s 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas scheduled for Saturday will be announced at the councils and Wards Collation
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-Anietie Udobit,agency reports Russia said on Tuesday that it reserved the right to retaliate against the United States after a meeting in Washington ended without an agreement to return Russian diplomatic property the U.S. had seized. Barack Obama, then U.S. president, ordered the seizure of two Russian diplomatic compounds in New York
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-Anietie Udobit,Abuja The major organs of Nigeria’s largest opposition party are currently meeting at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja. The meetings started yesterday with Expanded Caucus meeting, which had top leaders of the Party in attendance, including Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Senate President David Mark, Deputy Senate
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-Agency reports A leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has called on the federal lawmakers to come up with legislation that would help in promoting the country’s diversity for prosperity. Mr. Tinubu made the call when the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, led the Senate and the House of
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-Anietie Udobit,Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has released dates of meetings of its critical organs such as the Expanded National Caucus, Board of Trustees, BOT, and National Executive Committee, NEC. In a press statement on Saturday, the party also informed all members of the state organs of the party that the
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-Anietie Udobit,agency reports President Donald Trump is often the man to dominate a conversation. Although he may now be facing criticism for not being assertive enough in his first meeting with Vladimir Putin last week, the Russian president has come out in Trump's defense and praised his counterpart for his, wait
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