Queues of vehicles at a filling station on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Photo: Stanley Ogidi The cost of transportation is on the increase across the country following the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in fillings stations in states. Motorists still besieged the few filling stations that dispensed PMS in […]
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A cross-section of parliamentarians during the presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday (8/10/20). Photo: NAN The Federal Government’s plan to retain the collection of Value Added Tax despite a Federal High Court ruling, hit a brick wall on Tuesday […]
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Parents of Nigerian students in Ukraine By Cheta Nwanze I’d like to begin this by saying something important: the attack on Ukraine is immoral and wicked and deserves all the uproar that has accompanied it from wherever. Sadly, that is about where it will get. The world of geopolitics is not a moral place and, […]
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YES Establishment of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federal Government Separation of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and of the State from the office of the Minister and Commissioner for Justice Financial Autonomy for Local Government Local Government […]
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• Govt keeps mum on allegation Youths of Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency have accused Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel of coercing his appointees to support his preferred successor, Pastor Umo Eno. They said the governor’s choice of Eno, who is not from Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency, but from Etinan, was against micro-zoning in the […]
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Barely four months after the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, has expelled a bully from the school. The student, who was bullied, has also been withdrawn from the school by his parents. The principal of the college, Mrs Adebisi Layiwola, made this disclosure yesterday under cross-examination by Lagos lawyer Femi Falana […]
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Photo/ facebook/GovernorNyesomEzenwoWikeCON Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that it is time to focus on citizens’ welfare and politics. Wike explained that his administration, having invested in physical infrastructure, which, according to him, is expected to bring economic growth and engender socio-economic development, it was necessary to pay attention to the people, adding that […]
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An aerial view taken on February 12, 2019 shows the historic centre of Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. (Photo by Florian Plaucheur / AFP) A mishmash of business leaders and politicians recently gathered in Lagos, ostensibly to save Nigeria from its present political impasse – some created and others aggravated by the prevailing administration. […]
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• 21 of Senate’s 68 bills fail • Pension for NASS presiding officers rejected • Lawmakers empowered to summon President, governors over security concerns • Special seats for women in legislature fail • Inclusion of VAT in Exclusive List rejected Members of the National Assembly, yesterday, moved an inch closer to the amendment of the […]
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Vandalised footbridge at Five Star Bus Stop, along Osodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos Lagos residents have lamented the disappearance of rails on footbridges and bus stops provided to protect pedestrians and other road users across the state. According to them, most of the protective rails installed at bus stops by the last administration have been vandalised or […]
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