Petrol pump. Photo: Shutterstock Says no talk with FG on palliative, demands domestic refining Senate: No N5,000 transport allowance payment for 40 million Nigerians in 2022 budget FG to transfer transport subsidy payment digitally for at least six months Why labour opposes subsidy removal, by Esele HURIWA charges Nigerians to reject FG plan The Nigeria […]
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Governor Sanwo-Olu presents N1.39t 2022 budget proposal to State House of Assembly Education, infrastructure top priorities After a review of last year’s Budget of Rekindled Hope before the Lagos State House of Assembly, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday proposed a N1.39 trillion Budget of Consolidation to the lawmakers as 2022 Appropriation Bill. The governor announced a […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The official death toll in the Ikoyi building disaster early this month has been put at 45, a numbing figure no matter how we look at the incident. It is easy to see the trauma with which some of the 15 persons rescued must be grappling. Many of them must still be […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over allegation of forgery and manipulation of documents. It was learnt that the former minister was arrested yesterday to answer questions on possible forgery of hospital documents to hoodwink the court handling the case against him on money laundering […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday, inaugurated the International Centre For Yoruba Arts and Culture at the University of Ibadan. The Vice President, in his address at the event, said that COVID-19 and climate change were already disrupting life but said lessons to cope with these […]
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The Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States, Ms. Finda Koroma, says the only successful way to fight terrorism within the region is to attack its root causes. Koroma said this at the inauguration of the Early Warning Study on the Spillover of Violent Extremism to ECOWAS Coastal Member States, in Abuja […]
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The German Government has offered to train men of the Nigeria Police Force in the management of protests without the use of lethal weapons. To this end, a high-level delegation from Germany on Tuesday visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, to seek areas of collaboration on police training, reform and other […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund on Tuesday commended the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, for signing the Child Protection Bill into Law. The bill was signed on Monday in a ceremony attended by the United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon. In a statement titled, ‘UNICEF welcomes signing of Child Protection Bill […]
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A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos. He was said to be under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. Our correspondent learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of […]
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The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it has no control over the rising prices of cooking gas. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed concern over the development especially as gas prices are determined by the global market. The President has also directed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to proceed […]
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