MC Oluomo, supporters hold rally for APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State. The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, defied the heavy rain on Sunday to hold their five-million-man rally for […]
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The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in this interview, shares with Godfrey George his thoughts on Nigeria at 62, insecurity in the country and other national issues: Nigeria clocked 62 on Saturday, (October 1, 2022). From your assessment, is the country where it ought to be? […]
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The reconciliation committee set up by the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party to meet with aggrieved party members, especially Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies, may submit its report this week. It was, however, gathered that the committee ruled out the possibility of removing the National Chairman of the […]
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After 191 days in captivity, the remaining 23 of the passengers abducted by terrorists during an attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 finally regained freedom on Wednesday. One of the freed captives recalls their horrendous experiences in the den of their abductors for close to 200 days, Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Faith Yahaya report: […]
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By Martins Oloja The integrity of Nigeria’s business environment is being tested again as those who have responsibility to prepare Africa’s richest economy for Ease of Doing Business already have a critical assignment in a state near the nation’s capital. And here is the testing ground: There is a strange crisis over the ownership of […]
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Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with the Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Obi, who tweeted his goodwill message, said that the celebration should remind Nigerians of the need to love and care for one another. “I felicitate […]
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The behind-the-scene efforts of Nigeria’s former military leaders was the salient feature of the last presidential primary of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Why the retired generals decided to wield their soft influence was not immediately known. But, giving the internal combustions in the first time the generals struck in a such a […]
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Photo: aspenridgerecoverycenters The twin problems of self medication and medication error that reared their heads at this year’s World Patient Safety Day are sufficiently alarming because of their high prevalence, and a preponderance of factors facilitating the unwholesome practices. Chief of the factors is the high poverty level that serves as disincentive to the average […]
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Photo: Philip Ojisua; Infographics: Olakunle Olaniyi Fiscal Deficit Grows By 400 Per Cent Since Buhari’s First Appropriation FG Risks More Funding Crisis As Debt Marker Dries Up Estimates Contradict Economic Realities — Adonri Deficit, Debts Could Cripple Economy — ACCI With Friday’s presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari may have set the […]
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The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Debo Ologunagba, said the legality of the sponsorship of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress was voided according to the 2022 Electoral Act. Ologunagba stressed that the recent court judgment that nullified the candidate of the APC in the recently concluded Osun State governorship […]
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