as FG approves N5.7b for water, agric projects President Muhammadu Buhari has launched Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021-2025. The plan, which was approved by the Federal Executive Council earlier in November, was launched, yesterday, at the State House in Abuja. Prior to the public presentation of the official document, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and […]
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No fewer than 12, 547 COVID-19 patients are on admission at isolation and treatment centres across the country. The data obtained from the Nigeria Centres for Disease Control on Wednesday also showed that as of Tuesday, the country had recorded 847.44 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases within one month. This came to the fore […]
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Army spokesman, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu; the female soldier and the youth corps member Over 10,000 persons have signed two petitions domiciled on the Change.org platform, demanding the release of a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, who was detained by military authorities for accepting the marriage proposal of an unnamed corps member at the National Youth […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Of all the arguments advanced by the Nigerian Army for punishing Private Hannah Sofiat Akinlabi, the soldier who accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend while at the NYSC camp, only one is sufficient. But first, let us do away with the ones that do not hold water. One, and according to […]
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• NNPC’s remittances to FAAC fall by N1.78tn The amount spent on subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, rose to N1.16tn between January and November this year, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited show. The data also revealed that NNPC’s remittances to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee in the 11-month […]
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By Niran Adedokun All said and done, the drama attending the amendment of Nigeria’s Electoral Act is about the political class and not the people. Pretend as they may, members of the National Assembly’s attempt to foist direct primaries on the nomination processes of political parties is suspect. It is evident of a desire to […]
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accuses ex-President of double standard on resource control Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over what he called a disappointing display of hatred against the people of the oil-producing states in Nigeria. The elder […]
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• Buhari rejected bill in order to rig 2023 poll, APC plans to manipulate results – PDP The Senate on Wednesday failed to override the veto of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment bill. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, after an executive session, said the lawmakers had decided to take […]
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Bandits reportedly abducted no fewer than 70 traders in Birnin Gwari-Kaduna, yesterday, just as the whereabouts of a police vehicle that was escorting the traders was not ascertained at press time. Besides, it was learnt that the bandits attacked the traders’ convoy in the morning and were later seized and taken away into the forests. […]
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Katsina State Governor Bello Masari • Residents protest over incessant killings, abductions • Tension in Wase as Taroh community alleges threat of attack No fewer than seven people were killed and others injured following the attack on two villages in Faskari Local Council of Katsina State. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. […]
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