A former Secretary to the Lagos State Government and lawyer, Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, on Wednesday, said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the tension between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was constitutional. Basorun, who spoke in a telephone chat, said the President did the […]
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By Niran Adedokun President Bola Tinubu’s latest intervention in the political imbroglio in River State is statesmanlike. No president of Tinubu’s political stature and sagacity would sit comfortably and watch a frontline state like Rivers go up in flames. This is not just due to the state’s economic significance but also to the potential impact […]
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• L-R: Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen; CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, and Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala during the awards in Marrakech, Morocco …on Monday. Photo: CAF NIGERIA’S uninspiring football administrators should seize the platform presented by the individual awards handed out by the Confederation of African Football to three Nigerians in the 2023 ceremonies to […]
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THE revelation by the World Health Organisation that Nigeria and four other countries contributed to the five million new cases of malaria in the world from 2020 to 2022 demonstrates the stark reality that much more efforts are required to stamp out the disease in the country. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali […]
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AFTER the Central Bank of Nigeria’s farcical redesign of the naira a year ago ended in chaos, cash scarcity has returned in force. Since November, Nigerians have been traumatised while trying to withdraw cash at banking halls and ATMs. Many have resorted to PoS operators, who have promptly raised their charges. Coming ahead of the […]
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, said the need to bring governance back to the people spurred his desire to vie for the governorship in 2024. Speaking with journalists at his residence during his annual hosting of media practitioners in Benin, the deputy governor said if elected as governor, he would partner the […]
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The Federal Government’s appetite for foreign loans is waning, the latest data from the Debt Management Office has revealed. This is as total debt public debt rose to N87.91tn as of the end of September. Rather than increase its foreign debt stock as has been the case before now, a significant reduction was witnessed overall. […]
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Workers of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State on Wednesday staged a protest against the non-payment of their 10 months salaries and allowances. The angry workers under the auspices of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, RUGIPO chapters blocked the main entrance of […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, granted an administrative bail to a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, who was arrested and detained over an alleged fraud of N6b in the Mambilla Power Project. It was gathered that Agunloye was released to his lawyer, Adeola Adedipe (SAN), at about 3:30 pm […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Stories of godfathers and godsons falling out in Nigerian politics are tales as old as Nigeria’s democratic time; there is no new angle to them. They all follow the same plot: a monied godfather sponsors a godson to political power; godson gets into power and resents being kept on a puppet string; […]
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