Newly designated Minister of Women Affairs, Hon Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has assured management, staff, and stakeholders of the ministry that her tenure would be innovative and won’t be a “business as usual”. The former Minister of Police Affairs was warmly received by the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, amidst cheers, dance performances, and music by the […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, who assaulted an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him has tendered a public apology. Ikwechegh admitted that his behaviour did not meet the standards expected of a public official. He issued a public apology on Monday, saying, “As a public servant, […]
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The coming November 16, 2024 Governorship Election offers the people of Ondo State another golden opportunity to decide through their votes their leader for the next four years. Altogether, 17 political parties are fielding candidates for the election. But considering their spread statewide, together with their structural and organizational strength, the race will likely be […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has criticised the International Monetary Fund for its denial of responsibility regarding the Nigerian government’s recent removal of subsidy on petrol. The congress describes the denial as cynical and emblematic of the IMF and World Bank’s longstanding pattern of imposing harsh economic policies on developing nations. In a statement on Sunday, […]
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The lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking the cancellation of import licenses granted to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and six other oil marketers signals an insidious attempt by the giant refiner to impose a monopoly on the country’s oil market. In the same […]
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One month shy of the closure of President Bola Tinubu’s promised duty-free window on food imports, Nigerians are left with nothing but empty promises. On October 1, the President’s address confirmed the government’s duty-free policy for essential food imports. This measure, proposed to alleviate skyrocketing food prices, has become an utter disappointment. Nigeria’s inflation crisis—at […]
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What does the World Bank want? The question is pertinent in light of its deadly stance on Nigeria’s precarious fate. The country borrowed over $24 billion from the global lender in five years. In 16 months, the Bola Tinubu administration borrowed $6.45 billion. Within this short period, Nigeria sank deeper into crisis thanks to Tinubu’s […]
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Global rights group Amnesty International has expressed concern over the escalation of mob violence which, it said, emboldens impunity in Nigeria. In a new report, the rights group said at least 555 victims of mob violence were recorded in Nigeria in the last decade Amnesty International said the upsurge in blasphemy killings was fueled by […]
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Families are hurting from high prices, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, said yesterday, at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the IMF/World Bank in Washington DC. Speaking at the Global Policy Agenda 2024 briefing, the MD said that the global economy was faced with being stuck on the path […]
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The World Bank has said that the reports submitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) were inconsistent, and lacked necessary details on its operations. This was revealed in the bank’s Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms (ARMOR) Report for May 17, 2024. According to the WB, in addition […]
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