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Oyo governor, Ajimobi  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated its preparedness to bury activities of opposition parties in the current political dispensation. This was as it concluded arrangements to welcome former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala; former Senate leader, Senator Teslim Folarin and former Secretary to the State Government, Chief Ayodele Adigun, to its fold on Saturday. Others expected...

Osun State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Rt Hon Najeem Salaam on Wednesday, issued a warrant of arrest against late Chief Bola Ige’s son who was also a former commissioner for land, Physical planning and urban development in the state, Hon. Muyiwa Ige. Ige was alleged to have ignored the assembly’s call for questions over a land issue...

Fuel queues, which resurfaced in Abuja on Dec. 4, are gradually reducing. A NAN correspondent (with inspection team of NNPC and PPMC officials at some filling stations in the federal capital) on Wednesday observed that while the queues were short in some stations, motorists drive through in other stations to buy the product. At Total filling station in Zone 1, Wuse,...

•Shot AIT journalist Patience Owei The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Tuesday urged the Bayelsa Government and Police to check the proliferation of arms and resultant upsurge in crime rate. Mr John Angese, Chairman of Bayelsa Council of NUJ regretted that the culprits in the murder of a Journalist in April 2017 were yet to...

OSOPADEC Boss, Gbenga Edema   A former student union leader representing Ese-Odo local government of Ondo state, Comrade Segun Olowoparija has exonerated the chairman of the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Hon. Gbenga Edema from alleged fraud against him as reported in an online medium.  Comrade Olowoparija in a statement signed and sent to THE PRECISION described as mischievous...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday injected $210 million into the interbank foreign exchange market, extending efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages.  The apex bank said in a statement it had released $100 million earmarked for the wholesale market, $55 million for small businesses and individuals, and $55 million for certain dollar expenses such as school fees...

The Federal Government will release this week additional N750 billion for capital projects to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government as contained in the 2017 budget, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said. Government had earlier this year released N450 billion for the capital projects. Adeosun, gave indication of the fresh release at a meeting in Abuja with a delegation of...

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said its 2017 Batch B, stream 2 Corps members will begin their orientation course on Tuesday, 16th January 2018. This information was contained on the recently updated NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B corps members. The management of the scheme has made it known that the orientation course would be...

•UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston A United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States visited Alabama last week and said the poverty and sewage system there is some of the worst he has seen in the developed world. “I think it’s very uncommon in the First World. This is not a sight that one normally sees,” said Philip Alston, the...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition party in Nigeria, has concluded its long-awaited national convention. The main takeaway from the gathering is the zoning of its presidential candidate for the 2019 elections to Northern Nigeria. But they may not be alone. The fiercest narrative that has continued to greet my expression of interest to vie for president...