By Abdu Rafiu There is hardly any gathering where the issue of same-sex union is mentioned that there is no wrinkling of faces and an expression of disgust. There is often the sinking of the heart and the air of disapproval is thick. Even though the lobby that gender differentiation is out of fashion is […]
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Photo: Save the Children Children as young as 11 are being slaughtered in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, an international aid agency, Save the Children, said on Tuesday. The oil-rich region has been bedevilled by violence since 2017, with armed gangs sacking villages and towns. Nearly 670,000 people have been displaced, the agency said. […]
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The European Union has reported Nigeria to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The complaint was about Nigeria’s policy on dairy. Director General of the WTO Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday when she visited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Okonjo-Iweala said the WTO has received a letter from the European […]
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This file photo taken on February 17, 2021 shows a health worker preparing syringes with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Skane University Hospital vaccination centre in Malmo, Sweden. – Swedish health authorities said on March 16, 2021 they had suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, following the example of many other EU countries […]
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A Bill to establish a Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State, scaled second reading in Senate on Tuesday. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State and for matters connected therewith, 2021” […]
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Rights activists and gender advocates in Ondo State have appealed to the government at all levels to raise the bar in law enforcement and mass education of the public to end violence against persons in the country. This was the consensus of stakeholders at a radio and studio talk show in Akure yesterday, tagged: “Building […]
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Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has denied ruling that Nigerians living in the diaspora cannot submit a petition on issues affecting them back home. “To set the records straight, let it be categorically stated that the crux of the encounter between the Deputy Speaker, presiding as Speaker, and Honorable Mark Gbillah […]
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Based on study of the history of nations and as outlined in my article, you should please read it in its entirety. Here are Nigeria’s problems: colonialsm. Like in most of post independence Africa the boundaries Europeans created, were artificial and never existed before the advent of colonialism. They were created for the purpose of […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has declared that the state government would not give land to herders. The declaration is coming against the backdrop of criticisms of the alleged plan by his administration to give land to herders, a move described as dangerous to the security and future of the state in […]
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