By Ahmed Adamu It was not a surprise the real price of petrol in Nigeria shot up to N212 per litre. In fact, it could still reach N300 per litre depending on the market situation, particularly crude oil price and exchange rate. If there are no sufficient local refining capacities, there are going to be […]
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Family of six among dead Troops foil kidnap attempt on 307 pupils in Kaduna Gunmen were on the prowl on Sunday, killing six in Osun State, one policeman and his friend in Bauchi State, as well as a traveller in Ekiti State. In Kaduna, troops foiled the attempt by suspected bandits to abduct more than […]
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All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and Senate Committee Chairman on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has kicked against the idea of the North producing the country’s President in 2023. He said that any attempt to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the north would amount to third term for the North after President Muhammadu Buhari’s second […]
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By Patrick Dele Cole Nigeria was better than we are now. We recognized our responsibility to bring the African from slavery, discrimination and to imbue Africans with pride. Walter Rodney and a host of other African intellectuals and freedom seekers saw Nigeria as African’s champions and Nigeria responded. We led the fight against Apartheid in South […]
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With property developers and investors coming to grips with lower occupational demand in office space, architects are embracing new trends in designs that will pave way for social interaction and collaboration. Despite the adoption of work from home model and the co-working space, there have been major drawbacks, hinged on logistics and technology, especially poor […]
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Dear Arakunrin, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you. Ordinarily, I would have used the conventional means of writing to you via your office to write this letter, but since I know that this would probably not reach your desk, given the system we practice in this clime when […]
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• Bottlenecks As States Begin Vaccination• Medical Guild Decries Vaccine Nationalism By West After several months of waiting, Nigeria eventually began nationwide COVID-19 vaccination last week Friday, in Abuja. But despite the excitement that greeted the occasion, there are several concerns and unanswered questions over the vaccination. Besides, accessing COVID-19 vaccines has become an issue, especially […]
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• Sylva Apologises To Nigerians, Insists No Increment Until Conclusion Of FG, Labour Talks• NNPC Assures Of Adequate Supply Of Product• PPPRA Deletes Template Announcing N212.68 /Litre Pump Price• Hike Can Attract Mass Protest, PDP Cautions In what appeared to be the most uncoordinated situation by agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, headed by President […]
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Amid denial by the state government that there are no refugees from Yewa North and Imeko-Afon local government areas in Benin Republic, Kunle Akinrinade‘s visit to the francophone nation revealed that there are more than 5,000 Nigerians from villages in Ogun State taking refuge in Igana, Egelu, Pobe and Gbogo communities in the neighbouring country […]
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By Banji Ayoola The incumbent Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Mr. Ademola A. Bobola, has been appointed as the substantive Registrar of the University of Benin in Edo State after a keenly contested selection process. A statement by the institution’s Head of Information, Protocol & Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, said that: “The […]
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