To present infrastructure audit report in six weeks Oyo State Government has begun actions that will resolve the technical and sundry difficulties the Light-Up Oyo Project has been facing in recent times, which have hindered the project from running optimally. In the spirit of accountability and transparency, the authorities would like to put on record […]
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Governors of the 36 states of the federation have expressed disappointment with delay by President Muhammadu Buhari in transmitting proposed revenue sharing formula to the National Assembly, one year after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) submitted it. The state chief executives rose from a meeting, which ended in the early hours of […]
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• Issues resolved, journey continued, NiDCOM boss affirms • ‘Expect arrival today via Air Peace airline’ Nigerians being evacuated by the Federal Government from crisis-torn Sudan have complained that they were stranded in the desert for hours as bus drivers conveying them protested poor logistics arrangement. Chairman of the Nigerian Community (Elders Forum) in Sudan, […]
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Former President, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Iyalode Alaba Lawson (left); First Deputy President, Dele Oye and National President, John Udeagbala during the press briefing on the state of the nation in Lagos… yesterday. Credit: Ayodele Adeniran The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, […]
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By Dan Agbese Here is belated news. The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Jagaban of Borgu, has returned home from France. He stepped back into the cauldron of controversies. But that is Nigerian politics 102. Tinubu and the Vice-president-elect, Kashima Shettima, have now moved into Defence House and thus put their feet in the door of […]
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Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo, avowed disciple of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and leader of ‘Afenifere’, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, recently marked his 95th birthday and we can only wish him well for many reasons, not the least being his dogged struggle for a better Nigeria. Trained as a lawyer (he studied in England and was called […]
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A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja, the state capital, has ordered the Federal Government to desist from proceeding with the concession of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) at Itakpe. The court also barred the government from conducting its planned virtual pre-qualification conference interview slated […]
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The Police Command in Plateau said that tanker explosion that occurred at Bauchi Road junction in Jos North Local Government Area claimed the lives of 13 persons and destroyed 28 shops. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos. Alabo said that […]
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The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 1 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers Day Celebration. This was announced by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Friday. He commended workers for their hard work, diligence, and sacrifice. Aregbesola noted that their efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country […]
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Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers in St Stephen’s cathedral in Budapest on April 28, 2023 during his second visit to Hungary in less than two years. – The Pope will meet refugees, believers, students, church and state leaders during his tree-day trip and celebrate […]
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