Job seekers As he departs for his Daura, Katsina State home, President Muhammadu Buhari bequeaths a tortured legacy of economic devastation. Its highlights are record levels of unemployment, poverty, inflation, hunger, and despair. Though the regime has been making claims of achievements across all sectors, the reality of poverty and joblessness intrude stubbornly into its […]
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To gauge the impact (or lack of it) of the departing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the health and education sectors, consider the exodus of Nigerian doctors and nurses for better prospects abroad, the endless strikes, and the shortage of medical specialists and dons. Resident doctors have just suspended a five-day ‘warning strike;’ the […]
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In his last days in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has been inaugurating projects across the country to prove the point that he has done well in infrastructure provision. From the near completion of the rehabilitation of three major national highways to the extension and construction of new rail lines and projects at the seaports and […]
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PDP, LP gear up for legal tussle All is now set for the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday as the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking the disqualification of the ticket that produced the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, in the […]
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President-elect, Bola Tinubu (Left) and the outgoing President Mohammed Buhari (Right) President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, took his successor and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on a familiarisation tour of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari and Tinubu arrived at the Press Gallery at around 1:18 pm shortly after observing Jummat at the Aso Villa Mosque. “This […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying the outgoing president “must be told that he failed woefully and Nigerians are feeling the impact of that failure because we are all suffering.” He said the president plunged the country into unimaginable […]
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Last Wednesday’s death of Rock and Roll legend, Tina Turner has continued to elicit fond memories of the life and times of the music star from global leaders, celebrities, and fans alike. Alongside the flurry of tributes, have also come tonnes of praises, which are being showered on her for, like a phoenix, rising from […]
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By Tony Afejuku For some time now, I have been feeling bored about the happenings, political and non-political, all about us in our land, this land of dire hunger and dismal poverty and sub-human insecurity from everywhere to everywhere. How come in this country we have become sub-humans who are not aware of our sub-humanity? […]
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Port Harcourt Refinery The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has set dates for the commencement of operation at three refineries located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Warri in Delta State, and Kaduna State. According to the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, the Port Harcourt refinery will be ready […]
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Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, holds up a Christian book as he sits in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on May 26, 2023, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. (Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP) One […]
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