Shelve your planned strike, Govt appeals to UNIOSUNTH unions, re-commits to workers’ welfare

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke says no plan to provatise hospital, sack workers By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has appealed to the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and the Nationa Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, to shelve any planned industrial action over […]

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Petrol hike looms as PMS landing cost rises above Dangote refinery price

Fresh pressure is mounting on petrol prices as the estimated landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has climbed to ₦1,311.36 per litre, surpassing the ₦1,265 per litre gantry price of Dangote Petroleum Refinery by ₦46.36. The development has raised fears of another increase in petrol pump prices as international crude oil prices continue to […]

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Tinubu, APC pray court to dismiss Atiku’s alleged forgery suit

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu have prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss, in its entirety, a suit filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Action Democratic Congress (ADC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku and ADC had, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, sued […]

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Production subsidy will lower fuel costs, support Nigerian refineries — Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has defended his proposed production subsidy model, saying it is designed to support Nigerian refineries, reduce domestic production costs and make fuel more affordable without forcing refiners to sell at a loss. Speaking on Friday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said concerns raised by […]

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Refinery shares may hit N10,000 — Dangote

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said shares of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, currently offered at N525, could rise to N10,000 in the future. He also assured small-scale investors seeking to participate in the refinery’s Initial Public Offering that they would be prioritised in the allocation of […]

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2027: Adefarati’s son, ex-PDP spokesman make Ondo final list as INEC okays 81 reps candidates

Eighty one candidates from various political parties will contest the 2027 election into the House of Representatives in Ondo State. They include Adegboyega Adefarati; son of the departed Governor Adebayo Adefarati, of the APC; PDP former spokesman, Debo Ologunagba; former Information Commissioner, Donald Ojogo; Adefisoye Tajudeen Adeyemi porpularly known as “Small Alhaji” of the Social […]

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Before we restructure Nigeria, let us restructure our thinking

By IkeChukwu Unegbe Esq The greatest obstacle to restructuring Nigeria may not be the Constitution, the boundaries, the regions or the distribution of political power. It may be the quality of consciousness with which we approach the task. A people cannot build a new nation with the prejudices, suspicions and antagonisms that damaged the old […]

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Aiyedatiwa appoints special adviser, board chairmen, members

Governor Lucky Aiywdatiwa Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the following appointments: SPECIAL ADVISERS: 1. Mr. Femi Fadairo as Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties and Strategy to replace Hon. Gani Mohammed who is redeployed as Special Adviser to the Governor on Mines and Mineral Resources. ONDO STATE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION […]

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AI is getting smarter, are we?

By Olusola Adeyegbe Artificial Intelligence has brought humanity to an uncomfortable but necessary question. For generations, we celebrated our ability to calculate, remember, analyse, write, translate and solve difficult problems. We built schools around these abilities and called those who excelled at them intelligent. Then AI arrived. Machines can now calculate faster, search more widely, […]

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