By Tunde Odesola Indeed and in deed, I’m not envious of the T-Pain nickname of President Bola Tinubu because I’m T-P, too. But my T-P is not Tunde-Pain. Neither is it the weight loss Tinubu-Pain capsule the President is forcing down the throats of Nigerians. My T-P, Tunde-Paradox, is the product of my inability to […]
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By Abdu Rafiu There is no belabouring the matter that sorrow not only stalks the land, it is ravaging it. So thick is it you can almost touch the emanations that fill the atmosphere. But for its widespread nature, you could almost want to hold it in its intangible folds and condensation and throw it […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to pay the state’s workers N85,000 minimum wage, N15,000 above the Federal Government’s approval. He disclosed this on Wednesday evening during a live interview on Channels TV’s “One-On-One with Babajide Sanwo-Olu”. He confirmed that the decision had already been discussed with labour unions. The governor explained that the […]
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More state governors have continued to express readiness to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage, which President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Monday, July 29, 2024, up from the initial N30,000. Recall that the new minimum wage followed a series of meetings that failed to reach an agreement between the Organised Labour, private […]
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Lagos Juvenile Welfare Centre Lagos Juvenile Welfare Centre, once a haven for vulnerable children, has become a shadow of its former self due to neglect and lack of funding. Dayo Oyewo, in this report, writes on how the centre, established to provide emergency shelter and care, now struggles to accommodate abused and abandoned children The […]
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Popular gospel singer Yinka Ayefele and his wife, Temitope Titilope, welcome their fourth child. Ayefele shared the heartwarming news with his fans and online followers via Instagram on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This joyful announcement comes months after the couple celebrated their triplets: two boys and a girl in May 2024. The 56-year-old singer shared […]
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Nigeria is in a precarious situation with its neighbours. Arms and ammunition slip in through the western border with the Benin Republic. From Cameroon in the east, militants launch intermittent attacks. But the biggest security threat is from the north where Nigeria shares a notoriously porous 1,698km border with two Lake Chad Basin countries: Niger […]
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An ex-journalist turned public relations manager cum entrepreneur, Kolapo Abiodun, shares his extraordinary journey after losing his sight to glaucoma with Temitope Adetunji. He spoke on how the life-altering experience not only sparked his passion for mastering assistive technology but also ignited an unwavering determination to thrive against all odds. Could you share your journey […]
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The World Bank has said that Nigeria, Angola, and Sierra Leone, with double-digit inflation and weakened domestic currencies, will maintain a high interest rate for a long period and may even increase it. The bank said that in its latest Africa’s Pulse report, where it focused on how the inflation outlook varied across countries on […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has commenced a re-validation exercise to ascertain complaints of manufacturers and importers over foreign exchange claims worth $2.4bn. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this while speaking to the business community at a special summit dinner organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, on Tuesday night in Abuja. He said […]
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