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LG poll: Kaduna electoral commission commences sensitisation
NAN-H-56 Sensitisation By Mohammed Lawal Sabongari (Kaduna State), Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) Ahead of the forthcoming council poll in the state, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) says it has commenced sensitisation of voters to curb electoral violence. Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu-Bamalli, KADSIECOM Commissioner in-charge of Zone II, said this while speaking with the News…
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APC to reconcile factions in Kano
NAN-H-63 APC Kano, Dec. 28, 2016 (NAN) The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state has constituted a committee to reconcile aggrieved factions of the party in the state. The state APC Acting chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Kano. Abbas said that the party found it necessary…
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Over N5tr projects abandoned across Nigeria – Reps
Over N5tr projects abandoned across Nigeria – Reps NAN-H-15 Projects By Mohammed Lawal Zaria (Kaduna State), Dec. 28, 2016 (NAN) Dr Abbas Tajuddeen, member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday said more than N5 trillion government projects were abandoned across Nigeria. Tajuddeen made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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Ekweremadu wants FG to decentralise policing
NAN-H-56 Policing By Cecilia John Abuja, Dec. 22, 2016 (NAN) The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has called for decentralised policing to get the country out of its numerous security and economic challenges. He also stressed the need for respect for the rule of law and to ensure inclusive governance. Ekweremadu made…
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NGO wants media to stop entertaining promoters of hate speeches
NAN-H-49 Speeches Kano, Dec. 22, 2016 (NAN) A Kano-based NGO, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has advised media organisations to stop entertaining promoters of hate and dangerous speeches in the country. The CITAD Programme Manager, Mr Isah Garba, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano…
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Our members defecting to APC will regret – PDP chieftain
NAN-H-90 Decampees Pankshin (Plateau) Dec. 21, 2016 (NAN) A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Chief Alexander Mwolwus, says that his party members defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) will regret their actions later. The PDP stalwart spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Pankshin…
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$30bn loan: FG, NASS consultation for approval ongoing -Enang
NAN-H-82 Loan By Cecilia John Abuja, Dec. 21, 2016(NAN) Sen. Ita Enang says consultations are ongoing to resolve the impasse that led to National Assembly’s non-approval of the 30 billion dollars loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known when…
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Nigerians urge FG to accommodate new ideas in 2017
NAN-H-73 Ideas By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Dec. 21, 2016 (NAN) Some politicians and rights activists on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to be open to new ideas and evolve more people-friendly policies next year to move the country forward. The Nigerians said that the economic recession and its attendant hardship on the citizenry…
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President Buhari assents to over 30 bills in 18 months- Enang
NAN-H-80 Bills Abuja, Dec. 21, 2016(NAN) Sen. Ita Enang , the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari assented to over 30 bills in a year and six months. Enang, who made this known while briefing newsmen on in Abuja said that the achievement…
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Akeredolu comments INEC’s move toward acceptable elections
NAN-H-57 INEC By Segun Giwa Owo,(Ondo state) Dec.21, 2016 (NAN) Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor-elect of Ondo State , said on Wednesday that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) was moving toward the level of acceptable elections in the country. Akeredolu, who won the Nov. 26 governorship election in the state on the platform of the…