‘Market forces now determine rates, tariffs’ Senate may reconvene The price of petrol at the pump jumped to between N162 and N164 per litre on Thursday following Wednesday’s hike in ex-depot price. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), announced N151.56 as ex-depot price. It sold for […]
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Youths have trooped to streets in Osogbo, capital of Osun state to protest the hike in petrol and electricity tariff. The Federal Government on Wednesday through the Petroleum Pricing Marketing Company (PPMC) increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N138 to NN151.56 per litre, triggering marketers to increase pump price from N148 to N162 per litre. Protesters […]
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The illegal slaughter slab at Oke Rube area of Alimoso Local Government Area dismantled by the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance team of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday in Lagos Lagos State Government has dismantled an illegal slaughter in the Oke Rube axis of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
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Ogun State Government has approached the Federal Government for authorisation to rehabilitate, reconstruct and commercialise the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, along with Lagos State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. He also said the state requested for rehabilitation of the […]
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The Federal Government has released the list of international airlines denied approval to operate in Nigeria as international flights resume on Saturday. The international airlines denied flying approval, according to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, include Air France, KLM, Etihad, Rwandair, Lufthansa, TAAG Angola Airlines and others. Some airlines were however denied approval because […]
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The Federal Government has given the nod for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to begin preparations for reopening of orientation camps nationwide. Orientation camps were shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu: “For the National Youth Service […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has dismissed the allegation that its governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, is pursuing what is known as the Akure agenda. It said anybody making the allegation was attempting to localise a state issue. The PDP challenged any political opponents to state how Jegede campaigned with the Akure agenda […]
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A 22-year-old musician, Yahaya Shariff-Aminu, who was sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, has filed a notice of appeal before Kano State High Court. He described Sharia law as practised in the state as unconstitutional and undemocratic. Shariff-Aminu was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020, but was […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It is incontestable that a great many people have broadly come to the recognition of the duality of man. He is body and soul, they say. The body in this recognition depicts the material part of every human being and the soul the animating core. The material part, that is the body, […]
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Recused Governing Council Chairman, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin, declined comments to the press after he appeared before the special Visitation Panel set up to look into the crisis rocking the institution. He said he made his presentation to the Panel chaired by Prof. Tukur Sa’ad but refused to give details. “Nobody has […]
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