• Petrol price projected to increase by 400% • Unemployment may hit 40.6% • Nation on edge As $800m subsidy loan may push debt profile to $171.8b • Raise gas framework to reduce energy cost — Emmanuel • ‘Buhari’s social intervention programmes have failed’ Ahead of Federal Government’s planned fuel subsidy removal in June, economic […]
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By Martins Oloja Six years ago (February 17, 2017), I used this same construct: the correlation between the Truth the Jews put in a grave more than two thousand years ago and the Truth we continue to reject in our political system. I drew attention to this same context (hiding the truth in a grave), […]
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The winner of the maiden edition of the popular reality TV show, Big Brother Titans, Makhosazane Twala, simply known as Khosi, tells Tofarati Ige about her time in the house and future plans. How do you feel about becoming the first winner of the Big Brother Titans? It still feels so unreal. I think I […]
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Survivors and aggrieved families on Saturday narrated their ordeals in the hands of suspected killer-herdsmen that invaded Mgban Primary School on Friday. The district head of Nyiev Community, Bernard Shawa, said he lost two of his sons to the attack. Narrating her ordeal as well, one of the survivors, Mnenna Orkega, said she and her […]
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The crisis in the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress took a dramatic turn over the weekend following the expulsion of a senator-elect, David Jimkuta by the Takum Local government chapter of the party. The expulsion, which is contained in a circular signed by 21 out of the 27 local government executive members […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, condemned the recent killings in Benue State which left over 46 people dead in the Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in the Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. He also directed the secret services, police, and military commanders to enhance surveillance on every front and immediately review the security management […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned the attack on displaced persons in the Mgban community on Good Friday. He described the attack as ‘unfortunate’, adding that his government will not be provoked to take laws into its hand but will remain law-abiding. The governor asked President Muhammad Buhari to do more than send a […]
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Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has narrated how his dad, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, sent policemen to arrest him several times in the early days of his career. The ‘OBO’ crooner said his dad was initially against his musical career and wanted him to focus on his education. Davido revealed this when he […]
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World food prices declined for the 12th consecutive month in March, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation reported on Friday. It said that it was the first time the index had fallen for a full year. FAO’s broad Food Price Index slipped to 2.1 percent in March, and it is now down to 20.5 […]
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Traders and residents of the Federal Capital Territory have decried the low patronage they are suffering and the high cost of foodstuff, as Nigeria celebrates Easter. The residents and traders noted that there was no sign of festivity as the prices of goods, especially foodstuff, were high while patronage remained very low. A trader, who […]
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