The battle over the appropriate structure of the state is by no means over. The other day, in fiscal garb, it surfaced on the floor of the Nigerian upper legislative chamber, the Senate. The scuffle is over the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), now the preference of countries who believe in saving for the rainy day. […]
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its zonal congresses. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said the NWC had scaled […]
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Pa Ayo Adebanjo, recently stepped in as new leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere after Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the former leader stepped aside due to old age. He spoke with Seye Olumide on the dangers ahead, if President Muhammadu Buhari refuses to restructure the country before another general elections hold in 2023. • If my […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former first lady Dr. Patience Jonathan, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are among the dignitaries honouring the First Lady, Aisha Buhari at the presentation of her book, “Aisha Buhari, Being Different.” Other dignitaries include Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege and the former Minister […]
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Cemetery workers carry the coffin of a victim of COVID-19 at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 23, 2021. Miguel Schincariol / AFP WHO reports 4m new infections, 71,000 casualties in seven days With the exception of Nigeria and some other few African countries, COVID-19 cases rose for a sixth consecutive […]
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NULGE opposes move to delist councils from constitution Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, bemoaned that local government administration is getting worse in Nigeria, adding that the survival rests on divine intervention. He lamented that most of the councils could not even afford a grader for roads and perform other functions highlighted by the 1976 Local Government […]
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Says 80,000 have died due to insecurity Police put officers on ‘red alert’ in Lagos prisons against jailbreak Osinbajo decorates, tasks new IGP on community policing Allow governors to control police, Oyetola tells FG Civil Defence arrests 50 arms-bearing herdsmen 48 inmates willingly return to Imo custodial centre Miffed by the worsening insecurity in the […]
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The Olubadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji (Aje Ogungunniso I) and the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), will on Saturday honour the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha with ‘The Outstanding Friend of Ibadanland” award. According to the letter of notification, the award is in recognition of Okorocha’s contribution to the education of […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Easter was celebrated in all Christendom at the weekend; it was rounded off on Monday. The occasion afforded us yet another opportunity to reflect once more on the life and times of the Lord Jesus Christ. No matter how we look at it, a moment descends on our soul which calls for […]
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Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) shuts down Federal High Court, Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and others in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko Despite the last-minute intervention by the national leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to halt the nationwide strike proposed by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), members of the […]
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