Air Peace has countered the claims made by the former Aviation minister, Hadi Sirika on Nigeria Air, saying that the outgone government official lied on national Television (TV). Sirika appeared on Arise TV on Sunday where he clarified allegations surrounding the controversy about Nigeria Air. During his interview, he said that Air Peace suspended its […]
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The high cost of transportation has been identified as one of the major factors contributing to the rising cost of food crops and other farm produce across the country. On several occasions, farmers have expressed frustration over the development, as they struggle to move their harvests to markets and warehouses. Investigations showed that a good […]
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Naira vs Dollar An influential member of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s advisory board, Wale Edun, says that Nigeria will unify its exchange rates “imminently”. Edun on Monday said this to Bloomberg after the country’s dollar debt surged following the surprise weekend suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. Nigeria’s international bonds […]
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Grounded labour city transit bus By Alabi Williams We saw it coming. Leftist arguments in support of a little subsidy for multi-dimensionally poor Nigerians no longer convinced some, the same people who marketed similar arguments in 2012. In the eight years of the Buhari administration, it appears some have fed too fat to retain old beliefs […]
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By Bisi Olawunmi From the time candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared President-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) he would have been inundated with visits and proposals by those seeking to get the first leg in with his impending administration. They are the Lobbyists selling ideas and also some pitching for procurements – […]
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council, has urged the federal, state, and local governments to make available adequate government-owned transport facilities with reduced fares, to cushion the effects of the increase in petrol pump price. “The public transportation facilities will convey workers, who bear the direct brunt of hike in fuel pump […]
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Welsh Guards march during the Colonel’s Review at Horse Guards Parade in London on June 10, 2023 ahead of The King’s Birthday Parade. – The Colonel’s Review is the final evaluation of the parade before it goes before Britain’s King Charles III during the Trooping of the Colour on June 17. (Photo by Adrian Dennis […]
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The Federal Government on Monday raised an alarm over the outbreak of a disease known as Anthrax which is in the West African sub-region and urged Nigerians to stop eating ponmo for now. Ponmo, a delicacy made from cow skin, is eaten in many homes and served at canteens and food restaurants nationwide. The Government […]
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Soldiers from the Canadian Army’s Calgary Highlanders stand in front of the coffin of one of the three Canadian soldiers who died during the First World War as they are buried during a funeral service at the English military cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in Loos-en-Gohelle, near Lens, northern France, on June […]
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Even as June 12, 1993, being marked today as Democracy Day remains sacred in the annals of the country’s history as the day that birthed true democracy, the swearing-in of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023 (30 years after) as Nigeria’s president, fifth since the inauguration of the Fourth Republic and sixteenth since […]
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