Barely two years to the next general elections, checks reveal that some states would witness some turbulence over the succession politics of outgoing incumbents. The fact that some attempts to impose a successor ended up in tears has not deterred state governors. But with the continuing improvement in Nigeria’s election management system, it would be […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari presenting the 2022 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, the Anti-Corruption Network has said that 60 per cent of corruption issues in Nigeria are built and legalised in the nation’s budgetary system. The group alleged that the proposed 2022 budget for the presidency […]
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• Concerns Over Transparency, Accountability As NNPC Fails To Publish Data • Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Renewal Of OPLs 809, 810 • Geologists, Explorationists Insist Discovery is Political, Elusive One year after the discovery of over one billion barrels of crude oil in the North, the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited […]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria has knocked the United States for removing Nigeria from its 2021 list of religious violators, saying that Christians are still being persecuted by terrorist groups and other Islamic associations in the country. The apex Christian organisation said that it is at a loss on the data or statistics used by […]
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Works and Housing minister, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. He stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy’ programme aired on Friday night. Of recent, posters and billboards […]
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Popular actress, Adebimpe Oyebade, popularly known as Mo’Bimpe, has said that she is not ready to put her career on hold for marriage to fellow actor, Lateef Adedimeji. Recall that the lovebirds had been dogged by rumours that they were dating but had vehemently denied it. However, some weeks ago, they finally came out to […]
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Jose Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the only Island-country in West Africa, has pledged better cooperation and increase in trade volumes between Nigeria and his country in the coming years. Silva made the pledge in Abuja on Saturday at the official opening of the first ever Cape Verdean Embassy in Nigeria, stressing that tourism […]
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Two traditional rulers and a lawmaker in Epe Division of Lagos State have condemned recent killings of a school teacher and a student in the area. Razak Bakare, a student of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Epe was reportedly shot dead on campus last Wednesday, while Ahmed Saheed, a teacher in Poka, also […]
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Many Nigerians received the news of the drop in the nation’s inflation rate in October 2021 to 15.99 per cent from 16.63 per cent recorded in September with a pinch of salt last Monday. Although the rate has continued to decline in the past seven months after hitting 18.17 per cent in March 2021, Nigerians […]
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Mkpuru Mmiri (Methamphetamine or Crystal Meth) • Southeast Worst Hit, Communities Take Prohibitive Measures • A Former Addict Narrates Experience • Experts List Dangers Of Consuming Substance • We Are Monitoring Development, will Respond Appropriately, NDLEA Assures He was stark naked and walking incoherently along Presidential Road, Enugu, last Tuesday afternoon. Looking at the young […]
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