Nigeria’s petrol imports surged in 2024, doubling despite an increase in domestic refining capacity, highlighting the country’s continued reliance on imported fuel. The latest data from the foreign trade statistics report of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the cost of petrol imports rose by 105.3 per cent to N15.42tn in 2024 from the […]
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By Braeyi Ekiye Pa Edwin Clark (May 25, 1927 – February 17, 2005). A Nigerian nationalist, Izon and Niger Delta Leader, elder statesman, parliamentarian, lawyer, politician and distinguished public servant has passed on, along with revered Pa Ayo Adebanjo at 90, a radical and progressive politician, lawyer, elder statesman, patriot and nationalist of Yoruba extraction. […]
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By Banji Ayoola Man is a product of the Law. He lives compulsorily in the Law and is subject to the definite, ceaseless, accurate, and incorruptible outworking of the Law. Everything on earth is subject to the Law. Man is linked with the Law. By Law here is meant all the Natural Laws otherwise called […]
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Ogun State Government has commended the federal government for adopting the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) as a federal institution. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said the step will bring positive transformation to the specialized institution. He highlighted his Government’s […]
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It is extremely worrisome that some harebrained characters at the National Assembly have become accustomed to scandals and profligate lifestyles. Nothing seems to bother the degenerate lawmakers except when their selfish interests are breached. That is why they appear to have more time for frivolities than the reason for which they were elected. Currently, the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a desperate attempt to cover up allegations of sexual harassment against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, described the suspension without an open investigation into her claims against the Senate […]
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the adoption of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ogun State, as a federal university. This makes it the first federally owned tertiary institution in the Ogun East senatorial district. The announcement was made in a press release on Sunday, signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President […]
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The political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Sunday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara invited the Amaewhule-led members of the House of Assembly to a meeting. This was contained in a letter issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, and sent to newsmen. The […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to immediately reverse the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. It described it as “patently unlawful” and a violation of her right to freedom of expression. Natasha was suspended for six months last week following allegations of “speaking without permission” and refusing to […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has raised the alarm that armed herdsmen have invaded Ogunmakin, Gambari Reserve, and surrounding communities within the Oluyole Federal Constituency, Oyo State. The lawmaker, who represents the Oluyole Federal Constituency at the 10th Assembly, said she raised this concern in a matter of Urgent Public Importance […]
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