Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has sought to clear the air over misconceptions on the National Assembly and its operations. He spoke at the Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture in Abuja, yesterday. The event was organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). He revealed that the total salary of a senator is about N1.5 […]
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Doctors kick, demand vaccine availability, accessibility The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun compulsory enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination for its employees in all the agency’s offices across the country. In Abuja, staff of the commission at its Jabi headquarters were screened by the management, led by Secretary to the anti-graft agency, Dr. George […]
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• Winners to pay $273.6m each • FG to earn $536m before February 2022 • NIMC issues 30m NIN in one year as database hits 70m • 9mobile to partner commission for process efficiency • Pantami seeks integrated digital technology to tackle insecurity After 11 rounds of bidding for two lots of 100MHz of the […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, other eminent Nigerians and leaders of apex socio-cultural organisations, yesterday, warned against the politicisation of matters bordering on the security of life and property in the country. According to them, politicisation of insecurity will not do the nation any good but aggravate the already fragile […]
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• Govt: We are initiating diplomatic steps to resolve restrictions with UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia • UK to reduce travel restrictions, scrap red list this week • Consider the impact of reciprocity actions on businesses, SMEs, Yusuf advises FG • Fully vaccinated South African President tests positive for COVID-19 after a visit to Abuja • […]
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A law firm, Falana & Falana’s Chambers, has asked the Lagos State Police Command to invite blogger and social media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, to explain a “reckless allegation” she made against the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni. The solicitors to the family of the late student accused Olunloyo of attempting to destroy […]
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Workers in Ondo State will have a merry Christmas, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu pledged on Monday in Akure, to pay them a substantial amount of their salary before the Festival. Specifically he assured civil servants in the State that they would smile home this Christmas, with the promised payment of their salaries. He stressed that his […]
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The life of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is in danger in the custody of the Department of State Services as his blood had been taken 21 times for an unnamed test, a member of his legal team, Maxwell Opara, said on Monday. According to the lawyer, Kanu is battling […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu warned newly sworn-in commissioners, special advisers, and Director-General against dereliction of duty. He specifically warned the 14 commissioners, seven special advisers, and a Director-General, that “there will be no excuse for dereliction,” apart from asking them to resist acting disgracefully in the discharge of their duties. At their swearing-in in Akure […]
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Tunde Odesola Laughter is restorative, so is crying. It’s even beneficial when both are done simultaneously, scientists say. According to them, the same part of the brain, the hypothalamus, controls both laughter and crying. Laughter and crying are warm and cold springs issuing from different aquifers but ending up in the same confluence, like the […]
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