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The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has directed his appointees seeking elective offices to quit with effect from Thursday, May 5, as he is set to reshuffle his cabinet. He gave the order today in a statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Christian Ita.According to the statement, the Governor directed that “any political appointee presently serving in his government but desires to seek an elective position in the forthcoming 2023 elections…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday defeated his rival Marine Le Pen in presidential elections, projections showed, prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been prevented from taking power. According to projections by polling firms, centrist Macron was set to win 57.0-58.5 per cent of the vote compared with Le Pen on 41.5-43.0 percent. The result is narrower than the second-round clash in 2017, when the same two candidates met in…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has come forward to state that the Lagos Blue line rail is at 90 percent completion, maintaining that the project would be delivered in the first quarter of next year.  The Governor made the comment on Sunday while addressing journalists at the Marina Train Station after inspection of works on the Blue Line rail project and stations at the National Theatre Iganmu, Orile, Suru Alaba, Mile 2, and Marina axis of the…

The Imo State Government has come forward to state that it will conduct a mass burial for the victims of the Friday night explosion at an illegal refinery located in a forest in Abaezi community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency in the state, Ifeanyi Nnaji, said that the mass burial would be carried out by the state ministries of Petroleum…

THE pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has come forward to state that it is willing to mediate in the impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government to end the protracted strike. The Northern body said the idea was to end the strike following the uncompromising stance of university lecturers and the government. The ACF through its Secretary-General, Malam Aliyu, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday, said its intention…

US President Joe Biden announced yesterday stating that new package of $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, saying it would help Kyiv in the fight against Russian forces in the Donbas region. The Pentagon came forward to state that the newest round of US support will include 72 155mm howitzers, 72 armored vehicles to tow them, 144,000 rounds of ammunition, and more than 120 “Phoenix Ghost” tactical drones recently developed by the US Air…