Newly elected national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, says the party if elected in 2023 will develop Nigeria as it did when it was in power for 16 years. “We will move ahead to develop this country. We did it before. We are going to do it again. I want to […]
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The Presidency as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies have earmarked the sum of N13.2bn for refreshments, meals, food and catering materials and sitting allowance in the 2022 budget proposal, it has been learnt. Amid rising food inflation in the country, the sum of N5.8bn had been budgeted for refreshments and meals, N1.76bn for food […]
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Political strategist and former political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of governance, stating that he has broken all the records in Nigeria in a negative way since he assumed office in 2015. According to him, no political leader in Nigeria’s history has divided Nigeria along ethnic […]
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Films get nominations Tunde Kelani and Jade Osiberu’s film, Ayinla, has joined 44 others to make the nomination list of the 2021 Africa Movie Academy Awards(AMAA). Somalian hit film, The Gravediggers wife, and Funke Akindele-Bello’s ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ also received multiple nominations. ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ received the most nominations with 10, including nominations in […]
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Mastercard Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to addressing unemployment in Nigeria by providing access to dignified and fulfilling jobs for 30 million young people under its Young Africa Works strategy, 10 million of which will come from Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Country Head, Mastercard Foundation Nigeria, Chidinma Lawanson, during a panel session themed, […]
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A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on October 27, 2021, shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C) visiting the ministry of oil to follow up on latest issues caused in the fuel distribution system. – Iranian authorities blamed a mysterious cyberattack for unprecedented disruption to the country’s fuel distribution network. (Photo by Iranian Presidency […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party concluded its elective national convention in the early hours of Sunday, with the newly elected National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, declaring that the party is back to take back power from the All Progressives Congress. This is just as members of the next National Working Committee were declared by the Governor of […]
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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after receiving a booster of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on October 30, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) The first woman and first person of color to become US vice president, Kamala Harris made history on […]
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Obafemi Awolowo Train Station, Moniya, Ibadan. Photo: Gbenga Akinfenwa Among other things, the revival of the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service (LITS) has been described as a major milestone towards revitalising the country’s moribund railway system. But Gbenga Akinfenwa, who went on a train trip from Lagos to Ibadan, reports that notable glitches, sharp practices and other […]
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FIFA on Friday escaped a soccer coach’s lawsuit challenging a bribery conviction and coaching ban handed down by the organisation’s judicial body, after a Manhattan federal judge found that the Swiss dispute has no jurisdictional ties to New York. United States (U.S.) District Judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, axed the August 2 complaint filed by Samson […]
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