Ilesa, a town in Osun State, was plunged into mourning on Thursday following the passing of its king, the Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Aromolaran. Condolences have poured in from far and wide, including by President Bola Tinubu, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others. The […]
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NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery are wrapping up discussions on crude oil sales by NNPC to the Dangote refinery in naira and the buy-back of refined petroleum products from the $20bn plant in naira. Parties in the deal may conclude discussions next week, the Vice […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; Chairman, National Peace Committee, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, (retd); Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; convener of NPC, Bishop Matthew Kukah; governorship candidates and representatives of the political parties, during the signing of the Peace Accord by political parties and governorship candidates ahead of the 2024 Edo State […]
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PDP, APC, and LP candidates in the coming Edo governoeship poll The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday made good its threat as it did not take part in the peace accord signed on Thursday in Benin. However, the All Progressives Congress which earlier said that it would not participate was […]
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed optimism following a new report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealing Nigeria’s trade surplus reached N6.95 trillion in the second quarter of 2024. This is according to Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy) in a statement he released on Thursday. It noted that this […]
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Edo peace accord, Internal crisis tearing PDP members apart in Kano Ahead of next weekend’s governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the redeployment of the state police commissioner, Nemo Edwin-Iwo, and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, who is a former aide to the FCT minister, Nyesom […]
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By Greg Odogwu There is no worse heart-rending picture of what climate change could bring than what is currently happening in Maiduguri and its environs. Residents are confused and petrified, and it is only those of them who were around 30 years ago, in 1994 when a similar ecological disaster happened, that can actually come […]
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By Punch Editorial Board The fresh gale of arrests of activists, unionists, government critics, and journalists under President Bola Tinubu hints at creeping totalitarianism. In a democracy, this is unacceptable. On Monday, Nigerians woke to a gale of repression. The self-styled Department of State Services arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun There is a book my friend frequently alludes to when we talk about Nigeria’s issues, and it is titled Planning Without Facts: Lessons in Resource Allocation from Nigeria’s Development by Wolfgang Stolper. The funny thing is that the book was published in 1966. That tells us that Nigeria’s penchant for chaos is […]
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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Gift Habib and Adeyinka Adedipe The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is ready for the upcoming Edo State governorship election, scheduled for September 21, 2024. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Benin City on Wednesday, urging all political parties and candidates […]
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