President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed the immediate former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede. He also renewed the appointment of the immediate former Executive Secretaries of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Rasheed and Hamid Boboyi, among the top executive officers of […]
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Foreign airlines operating in and out of Nigeria have complained over difficulties in repatriating accumulated funds, now in excess of $143.8 million. The airlines, under the aegis of International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the stuck funds have further made recovery difficult for struggling carriers. Though not peculiar to Nigeria, the funds were from tickets […]
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NNPC to eliminate loss-making subsidiaries under new legislation Niger Delta Ministry seeks control of 3% for host communities PIA has shortchanged Cross River, Ayade cries out Host communities deserve 5% – Obi Governors will work with committee – Fayemi Gender gap and federal character loopholes may bog down implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) […]
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Presidency mum on plans for ‘surrendered’ terrorists Says infighting among insurgents, surrender excite president There were more questions than answers on what the Federal Government plans to do with the rash of Boko Haram terrorists surrendering to security forces after a marathon meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
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It’s sacrilege, threat to peace, security, says Government Outrage and rejection have continued to trail the purported plan by some Shuwa Arabs, said to be an ethnic group from Borno State to crown one Idris Adanno as the Sultan of Shuwa Arabs of Edo State. Reacting to the development, the Edo State Government condemned the […]
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I won’t leave Nigeria in security crisis Obasanjo: situation bad but redeemable We are winning terror war, says minister President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned that he is ready to wield the big stick in his drive to arrest insecurity across the country. He expressed his readiness to make changes in security personnel and architecture […]
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By Femi Adesina The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has done what Napoleon couldn’t do. Again and again. The Bill had defied Olusegun Obasanjo who introduced it, got […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, swears in Justice Williams Akintoroye as the acting Chief Judge of the state on August 17, 2021… in Akure. Credit: Abayomi Adefolalu
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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, representing Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, at the 2021 Ondo Correspondents’ Chapel Public Lecture and Award Nite with the Theme: Insecurity: Roles of the Society and the Media. In attendance are: the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, who was represented by Chief Sydney Ogunleye, Chairman of the Occasion, […]
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Atiku having friendly conversations with Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have at separate occasions weighed in on the challenges confronting Nigeria. Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that although the country’s current situation is “very bad, it is not irredeemable”. He spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]
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