How quarrel over girlfriend foiled Nigeria’s first coup – Sunmi Smart-Cole

Sunmi Smart-Cole is one of Nigeria’s most respected personalities in the photography, hair styling, musical, architectural and horticultural professions. The award-winning photographer, jazz percussionist and one-time trend setting barber turned 80 on Saturday, September 25, this year. In this interview with Daniel Anazia, he reminisces on his life as a photographer, musician, architect and a […]

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Paternity leave: Pressure shifts to state governors

Credit: Europeanceo • Workers Call For Domestication Of Policy At State Level, Seek Cash Back Up • ‘It’ll Give Us Opportunity To Help Our Wives And Care For The New Born’ Ten days after the Federal Government approved the introduction of 14 days paternity leave for male civil servants in its employment, male workers at […]

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Tinubu returns to Nigeria after three-month UK medical trip

Sanwo-Olu and Tinubu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Friday night The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Friday after about three-month medical trip to the United Kingdom, where he underwent a knee surgery. The former Lagos State governor arrived in Lagos barely […]

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PDP okays convention at Eagles Square, begins sales of nomination forms Monday

Old Parade Ground for accreditation Nomination forms for the various offices in the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be on sale from Monday next week, convention planning organizing chairman, Ahmadu Fintiri has said. The Adamawa state governor stated this yesterday in Abuja after a meeting of the committee at […]

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How to rebuild Nigeria’s economy – Falae

Why Buhari’s debt forgiveness request is dead on arrival What’s wrong with our economy; how to turn it around The hidden factor about borrowing abroad “I invited President Obasanjo in 2005 when I was launching my book in Lagos. He sent Prof. Jerry Gana to represent him, promised to implement my recommendations but maintained that […]

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2022 budget: Petrol, electricity subsidies to go

• Security Gets 15%, 7.7 % To Education, 5% To Health • Salaries, Debt Servicing, Capital Expenditure Gulp 85% • Borrowing Good For Nigeria, Finance Minister Insists Plans are underway by the Federal Government to remove subsidies on petrol and electricity in 2022, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, has […]

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How we can make Nigeria work again — Chief Olu Falae

Yoruba is the glue holding Nigeria together — Olu Falae Let’s emulate Czechoslovakia, not Yugoslavia What younger generation should know about Nigeria A former Presidential candidate, an ex-Secretary to the Federal Government,  former Finance Minister and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae, speaking on Nigeria at 61, spoke of how to solve the challenges confronting Nigeria […]

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Bandits free five more Kaduna Baptist students, matron

Five students of Bethel Baptist School and their Matron have been released by bandits, the Nigerian Baptist Convention said on Friday. The President of NBC, Dr. Israel Akanji, said this in a short message to journalists on Friday. He wrote, “Breaking News: Glory be to God. Five of our Bethel Baptist High School students and […]

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2023 presidency: Tinubu already has 12m votes in the bag, says SWAGA

The SouthWest Agenda 2023 group has said that the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, already has 12 million votes in the bag ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Chairman of the pro-Tinubu group, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, made this known on Friday as a guest on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. Though Tinubu […]

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