By Ben Ezeohagwu I What a breed of creed is Nigeria? her weed, full of greed. II What a seed of reed is Nigeria? her field, full of yield. III What a meed of heed is Nigeria? her peed, full of teed. IV What a treed of freed is Nigeria? her need, full of feed. […]
Continue ReadingBy Frederick Mordi It was Pierre Diallo’s first visit to the company’s head office in Lagos. He had flown into Lagos, along with his country manager, to attend a meeting. Pierre’s colleagues had requested that he took a ‘selfie’ with the Group CEO to prove that he actually visited the firm’s head office. And so […]
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By Sylvester Odion Akhaine I have previously discussed the COVID-19 variants. But matters are arising, and that is the pre-occupation of this piece. It is about the vaccine dilemma in relation to Covid-19 and its variants. It would be recalled that experts had warned about the implication of coronavirus mutation for the scramble to acquire […]
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Former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola (left); Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni; Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Debo Ogundoyin; Senator Abiodun Olujimi and Eyitayo Jegede of Ondo State, during the PDP South-West caucus meeting at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan… yesterday. Photo: Najeem Raheem Prominent Leaders of […]
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Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) yesterday raised the alarm over alleged plot by the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Yahaya, to impose a new Mai Tangale. It asked President Muhammadu Buhari and relevant security agencies to hold Yahaya responsible should there be breakdown of law and order in the chiefdom. The forum made the […]
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Panel summons IGP over alleged brutality Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Musiliu Smith, yesterday, blamed the recent #EndSARS protests in the country on alleged misconduct of some police officers. Smith, a former Inspector General of Police, IGP, who made the declaration in Abuja during a retreat with the IGP Mohammed Adamu and police […]
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Undermines CBN Act, seeks to restructure overdrafts Public debt stock to surpass N42 trillion Posterity ill-prepared for mounting liabilities, says Ekpo The Federal Government has disregarded the Central Bank of Nigeria Act (2007) as it moves to restructure its estimated $25.6 billion (an equivalent of N9.7 trillion) overdrafts with the monetary authority into a 30-year […]
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Lawan rejects petition against nominees Ex-envoy, Keshi, says non-career envoys weakening diplomatic mission Profs fault action Appointment can’t stop ICC probe, says PDP The Senate, yesterday, confirmed the appointment of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. The appointees are former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former […]
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF) has condemned comments credited to Islamic Cleric, Ahmad Gumi, in which he described armed Fulani herdsmen as militants fighting for ethnic survival and not bandits. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, the group said it was vexatious and a huge nonsense for Gumi to […]
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President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has suggested a United States of Nigeria or Commonwealth of Nigeria to have a more viable nation as he canvassed economic restructuring of the country. Speaking during the second term inauguration lecture of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in Akure on Tuesday, he faulted […]
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