The media office of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has denied claims that the monarch made a u-turn over his declaration of Thursday, May 13, 2021 as 1st Shawwal 1442 AH and day for Idul-Fitri celebration. Bashir Adefaka of Sultan Media Office in a statement described the claims as an unfortunate attempt […]
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Museveni, 76, won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities Photo: AFP Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni was sworn in Wednesday for his sixth term as president, as police surrounded the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a “sham”. Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took […]
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Telecoms Association plans MoU with states on RoW charges Benue, Ogun, Lagos charge N2, 500, N4, 000, N750 per Linear Meter respectively The Presidency has urged state governments to be futuristic by looking at the long term benefits of enabling the deployment of broadband infrastructure in their respective states. The Presidency said that broadband infrastructure […]
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Cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels with demand up by 4.4 per cent. African airlines’ cargo demand in March increased 24.6 per cent compared to the same […]
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (left); Dapo Abiodun of Ogun; Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo; Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra; Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Ebonyi counterpart David Omahi; Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]
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Governors of the 17 states in the Southern part of Nigeria have demanded restructuring of the nation into a true and balanced federation. They also called for state police in view of the worsening insecurity across the country; while they rejected open grazing of livestock animals which has been the major source of bloody clashes […]
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By Olatunji Dare When the history of this epoch in Nigeria comes to be written, this past week is sure to register as an inflection point. Not on account of the apparent flight of the virus from Nigeria, thanks in no small part to Governor Yahaya Bello who has made the Kogi clime so inhospitable […]
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Acting Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has expressed concern over the economic and security crises confronting Nigeria, saying the situation calls for immediate reverse to prevent degeneration. Lagos State chairman of the organisation, Chief Tunde Onakoya, expressed this concern, shortly after the special prayer for Nigeria at Anwar-Ul-Islam Movement Central Mosque, […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other unions to shelve the planned protest against an alleged assault of a pregnant woman. He also vowed to unravel the truth, promising to look into the allegation that his Senior Special Assistant on Strategy and Special Duties, […]
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Clamour for a Yoruba agenda, in which its proponents are agitating for Oduduwa Republic, is fueled by the current state of Nigeria, exacerbated by insecurity, banditry, herder-farmer clashes and distorted federal system being operated in the country. A professor of history and archeology, Akinwunmi Ogundiran, made the assertion, at the weekend, during the unveiling of […]
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