Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, in an interview with newsmen in his Lagos office, blamed insecurity and lack of development in Nigeria on the flawed 1999 Constitution, which he said lacked legitimacy and validity. He disclosed that changing or replacing the constitution is not as difficult as people think, […]
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• Market awaits Cardoso’s long-term inflation target ahead of Feb MPC meeting • New external members of committee to be unveiled before meeting • Import-dependent companies faltering • FX market ‘rigged’ against us, operator cries out President Bola Tinubu is starting to look like a poor economic manager as widespread scepticism sweeps across the economy […]
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The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms says it is meeting with state governors in order to reach an agreement for states to suspend some low-revenue taxes. The panel said the move would lead to the suspension of ‘nuisance taxes’ by states and local government authorities across the country. The Chairman of the […]
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Nigerians spent $1.58bn on health tourism, foreign education, and other personal matters in six months, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. The data from the apex bank’s Balance of Payment compilation spanning the first six months of 2023 showed that Nigerians spent $245.68m on overseas health-related issues, $896.09m on foreign education, and […]
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is to supply fuel to about 150,000 retail outlets operated by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria following a meeting between the management of the refinery and executives of IPMAN. Last week Monday, IPMAN reportedly had scheduled a meeting with the management of Dangote refinery as regards the supply of […]
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Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at the weekend hailed the historic emergence of Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala as the first female President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the Governor made the remark as the Guest Speaker at the […]
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L-R: Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, and the Institution’s Registrar, Chief Omololu Adegbenro during a courtesy call to the Governor in his office, in Akure By Banji Ayoola The new Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola has stressed the need for strong collaboration between the Ondo […]
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By Tunde Odesola Wande’s star shone brightly in the galaxy of stars twinkling up above the world so high. His star was distinct in the heavens whose cloudy blanket covers every inch of the earth in suspended animation science calls gravitational force. But religion calls it ‘agbára tó so ilé ayé ró’ – the divine […]
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Osun State Government has ordered a fresh selection process to fill the stools of Aree of Iree and Owa of Igbajo, having nullified the initial processes. The government also declared the stool of Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri vacant, calling on all parties to await the determination of a suit on the stool currently […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has directed the immediate payment of the January 2017 salary arrears of government workers owed by the Olusegun Mimiko administraton. The departed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had earlier cleared six out of the seven months’ salary arrears. It was learned that at a meeting with Labour leaders on Wednesday, Aiyedatiwa also […]
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