The Federal Government and the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday exchanged words over a report by the National Bureau of Statistics in which it was stated that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.4 per cent in 2021-the highest in seven years. The GDP report, released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday, also […]
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By Abdu Rafiu These days hardly are we able to digest and grasp the implications of an occurrence before another flies before our gaze, pressing for attention. Three major events were beckoning for my consideration during the week. The first to hit my face was Vladimir Putin bullying Ukraine. We can all join Professor Bolaji […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ambassador Sola Iji has explained that his senatorial ambition is being driven by the passion to effectively represent the people of Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, and initiate a rapid transformation of the living conditions of the generality of the […]
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has revealed more details about the drug deal allegedly involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. In a statement by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency revealed what the Kyari told the NDLEA undercover officer. In the statement titled, ’25kg cocaine probe: We […]
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UNIBEN students protest ASUU strike Students of the University of Benin on Wednesday blocked the busy Benin/Lagos highway in solidarity with the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities who began a one-month strike on Monday. The students in their hundreds were seen at the Ugbowo campus entrance chanting solidarity songs holding placards with […]
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• Ex-Governor, Oyetola’s loyalists trade words over assassination claim • HURIWA seeks end to brewing political thuggery in Osun The leaderships of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday issued contradictory statements over attack on the former governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, […]
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The Group Managing Director of the NNPC Limited Mele Kyari has apologised to Nigerians over the importation of toxic fuel, which caused the current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across major cities in the country. Kyari, who appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream investigating the importation of adulterated fuel, […]
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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Convener, Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, have met to deliberate on issues bordering on Nigeria’s well-being, and also strategise on the success and possible outcome of the 2023 general elections. This was contained in a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, titled, ‘2023: Ango Abdullahi […]
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Court orders SSS to release IPOB leader’s reading glasses The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB( Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he was going blind and pleaded with the judge to rescue him. Kanu said since his re-arrest, he had not been allowed to take […]
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Members of APC faction in Osun state backed by the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday stormed headquarters of Osun State Police Command in Osogbo, protesting alleged bias of the operatives against the group. The protesters led by Rasaq Salinsile, the chairman of Aregbesola’s faction, carried placards with different inscriptions. They accused the Commissioner of […]
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