President Muhammadu Buhari has disagreed with dire statistics about the country’s unemployment, exchange rates and debt profile since he took over the office in 2015. During an interview with Channels Television, he spoke extensively on Nigeria’s economy, insecurity, and what citizens should expect from his government in the penultimate year before he leaves office in […]
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Global food prices reached a 10-year high in 2021, rising by an average of 28 percent compared to the previous year, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization said Thursday. The FAO’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, dipped slightly in December. However, at 133.7 points, it […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday restated his opposition to state police, saying it was not an option for addressing insecurity in the country. The President also insisted that the establishment of grazing routes would solve the problem of farmers, herders’ clashes in the country. Buhari, who said these during an interview with Channels Television, also […]
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Unveil 40 million ‘ballot movement’ for 2023 South East presidency Apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, together with Middle Belt Forum, Pan Niger Delta Forum, Igbo World Assembly, the Tiv Nation and The Youth Off the Street Initiative (YOTSI), among other groups yesterday joined the growing campaign that Nigeria should have president of South East extraction […]
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By Omirhobo The constitution of a country is a contract that legally binds it’s people and their government. Like every other contract, a constitution is valid only if it is consensual amongst the people of a country and essentially devoid from misrepresentation, mistake, duress, undue influence and illegality. Looking at the Nigerian 1999 constitution, can […]
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Abese Olubadan, Chief Bayo Akande (left); Ekaarun Olubadan, Chief Omiyale Ajibade; Ekerin Olubadan, Chief Abiodun Kola-Daisi; Asipa Olubadan, Chief Eddy Oyewole; Otun Olubadan, Chief Lekan Balogun; Balogun of Ibadan, Chief Owolabi Olakulehin; and Otun Balogun, Chief Tajudeen Ajibola at a news conference to confirm the support of Olubadan-in-Council to the Otun Olubadan as the in-coming […]
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• Party wades into Yahaya, Goje face-off Former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on the House of Representatives, Abdulrahman Sumaila, has described the move to make former President Goodluck Jonathan the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a major disservice capable of ruining the party’s chance in 2023. Insisting that Jonathan […]
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Photo/Facebook/ jidesanwooluofficial Capital expenditure bears brunt of IGR deficit Expert seeks curb in corruption, political interference on tax Wants high net worth individuals captured in tax net Lagos State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2021 might have suffered a N180 billion shortfall at the end of the year. The full figure has not been officially […]
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A group, Businessmen For Osinbajo (BFO), has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to join the 2023 Presidential race. The appeal came as his campaign posters and billboards flooded parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a statement, yesterday, the group said its members have commenced plans to raise funds to actualise their push […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Restates removal of subsidies on petrol, electricity Imposes N10/litre excise duty on carbonated drinks Defence consumes 22% of 2021 budget A gloomy picture of how insecurity, low earnings, and inability to meet the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for oil production drove excessive borrowing by […]
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