By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei When at the beginning of December, l predicted that, workers in the employment of the Ondo State Government will celebrate Christmas on empty stomachs, the government propaganda machinery dismissed it with the wave of the hand. The empty markets across the State, the gloom in many homes and inability to purchase […]
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As 10-year-old Miriam Chuwkwu and her parents would dress today in radiant attires specially made for the celebration of the Yuletide and make merry, Miracle Nana, a nine-year-old kid and his three siblings who reside in Boola, a slum in the Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, would be confined to their […]
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There’s not collection of signatures in the House of Reps, says Gbajabiamila There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may sign the N17.13 2022 Appropriation Bill into law next week. Senate President Ahmed Lawan dropped the hint Thursday night after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila […]
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Minister of Defence, retired Maj-Gen Bashir Magashi (R) leading Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor (L) and other Service Chiefs to a security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, yesterday. The service chiefs yesterday got a fresh marching order from President Muhammadu Buhari to crush the Islamic State of […]
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Indications emerged at the weekend that COVID-19 has crept into the Nigerian Presidential Villa, Abuja, allegedly afflicting some Presidential aides and State House officials. A number of close aides of President Muhammadu Buhari were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection and reportedly asked to self-isolate while taking treatment. Among those diagnosed with the infection after PCR test […]
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It’s Christmas day, December 25, 2021. Nigerian Christians of all denominations join their fellow Christians across the world in celebrating the good news of the incarnation, that portentous event by which “the Word became Flesh, and dwelt among us.” It is a central doctrine of the Christian faith that the Son of Most High God, […]
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The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of two assistant inspectors-general of Police to the next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General; it also approved the promotion of six Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and the elevation of seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners of Police. Husband and wife who joined the […]
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Pope Francis celebrates. Photo/AFP Pope Francis on Saturday called for dialogue to counter the isolation wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic as billions around the world marked a second Christmas under the shadow of the coronavirus. An explosion in cases driven by the rise of the Omicron variant has meant a Christmas season tainted by the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari receiving booster dose The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued COVID–19 protection enforcement measures for the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the terriory. The Secretary of FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Abubakar Tafida issued the measures in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said the administration had […]
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Mr George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, said more than 1.5 million registered Nigerians urgently needed the Nigerian passport. Omo-Iduhon stated this in an interview in Lagos on Saturday while reflecting on the activities of NIDOE in Europe. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian diaspora network, established […]
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