Blue rail line: Lagos misses commercial operation deadline

The mile two section of the rail track When the Lagos State government announced that the Blue Rail Line would commence commercial operations in the first quarter of 2023, many residents, especially those living along the Orile-Okokomaiko corridor were exhilarated that the pain they undergo while trying to connect Lagos Island from that axis would […]

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FG raises import tariff on rice, wheat, alcohol, others

The Federal Government has announced a review of the Import Adjustment Tax (IAT) as part of the implementation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026, thereby raising tariffs on importation of rice, wheat, alcohol among 189 items. The 2023 revised document, raised tariff on rice packing of more than […]

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Worries over Nigeria’s N77 trillion debt burden

Tinubu To Inherit $103.11b Public Debt, N22.7t W&M Advances As Economists Decry Poor Application Downgrade Of Country’s Bonds In Capital/International Market Imminent Loan From China Hits $4.29b Borrowings Have Not Impacted People Positively — Rafsanjani When President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, takes the reins on May 29, 2023, he would buckle under the hefty yoke of […]

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Stakeholders want enforcement of waste management laws

Stakeholders at a waste management meeting have called for attitudinal change and enforcement of existing sanitation laws to address waste management challenges in Oyo State. They made the call at a Town hall meeting tagged “Beautiful Ibadan City: The Waste Management Agenda”, held in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, with key participants in […]

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Buhari, family should get visa ban after May 29 handover – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the international community to impose sanctions, including a visa ban, on President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly undermining democracy in Nigeria. The party stated this while reacting to a comment credited to the President wherein he claimed that opposition parties lost the presidential election because of overconfidence and lack […]

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Adeleke suggests police operational review, blames interstate criminals for Osun security breach

Osun State Governor Ademola has suggested having all relevant operational commanders in the same room as a new approach to address the nation’s security challenges Besides, the governor who was disturbed by the spate of insecurity, advised security chiefs to strengthen inter-state policing to stem cross-border criminal activities across the country. He spoke at a […]

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It’s difficult for PDP to reclaim South-East – Enugu LP candidate Edeoga

Labour Party candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, shares his thoughts with Raphael Ede on the outcome of the election among other issues. Your party alleged that the governorship election in Enugu State was marred by the mutilating and doctoring of results. Can you substantiate that? I don’t know […]

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Sudan: Students lament neglect, 7,000 stranded at Egyptian border

Second phase of evacuation commences today Nigerian students stranded due to the ongoing crisis in Sudan have accused the Federal Government of abandoning them in Khartoum, the country’s capital. This is just as the hopes of Nigerians stranded in Sudan returning to Nigeria on Friday were dashed, amid the controversy surrounding their evacuation from the […]

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Examine your partner’s breast before sucking, expert tells men

A public health physician and Chief Executive Officer of Fest-Michelle Consultancy Services, Dr Festus Adetonwa, has advised men to examine their wives’ breasts before sucking them. He said there could be discharges from the breast like blood which men should always watch out for when engaging in the act. He said this at the grand […]

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Tinubu receives Wike, Makinde two months after election victory

From the left: Fayemi, Bagudu, Makinde, Tinubu, Wike and Badaru Governor Nyesom Wike of River State and his counterpart in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, paid a courtesy visit to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the Defence House on Friday evening. The development is coming two months after the former Lagos State governor was declared […]

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