By Abimbola Adelakun If there is an issue everyone—and I mean everyone—agrees on, it is that the cost of running the government needs urgent and radical pruning. One of the most topical issues in the public service system, administrative cost, is also where the government’s indecisiveness is highly exemplified. So it was no surprise when, […]
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Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, is currently presiding over an Extraordinary Summit of the regional body on the Political Situation in Niger Republic. The summit at the State House Conference Center in Abuja is discussing recent developments […]
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Eight leaders of the Economic Community of West African States have arrived in Abuja ahead of the summit which is centered on the coup in Niger Republic. As of the time of filing this report, the eight leaders that have arrived are Presidents Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco (Guinea Bissau), Everiste […]
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More than two months after President Bola Tinubu extinguished petrol subsidies a month ahead of schedule, he has been largely silent on the fate of the four moribund state-owned refineries. At his inauguration on May 29, his “subsidy is gone!” blast triggered record-breaking petrol prices across the country. But despite the crushing impact on individuals […]
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Chinese and American Presidents The United States has said China has the potential to influence the Nigerian government through Chinese loans. This was stated in the Integrated Country Strategies document by the US Department of State. The document was originally approved on April 6, 2022, but was reviewed and updated on June 23, 2023. According […]
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Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to put an end to further prosecution from the Federal Government, through the Department of State Services. He was arraigned by the DSS on July 25 for allegedly possessing a firearm illegally. He was ordered to […]
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AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina West Africa experienced slower economic growth in 2023, except for Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Niger, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). The bank disclosed this in its 2023 West Africa Economic Outlook report, which was released in Abuja, yesterday. The outlook is entitled, ‘Mobilising Private Sector […]
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By Tunde Olusunle Worrying sociopolitical developments on the West coast of Africa have very understandably elicited subregional, continental, and global concerns. Within the twinkle of an eye the gradual absorption of democratic governance consistent with contemporaneous global trends by countries in the subcontinent, has gone on the reverse gear. A week ago Nigeria’s Northern neighbours, […]
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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has faulted calls for extending the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result beyond one year. Oloyede, who spoke during a courtesy visit with his management team to the corporate headquarters of The Guardian, said persons calling for the extension […]
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Muyiwa Adejobi, police spokesman The acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, has approved the reappointment of Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, as the Force’s Public Relations Officer. An Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, Anjuguri Manza, made this known in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. […]
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