Adamawa, Cross River, Abuja record highest price per litre of HHK There is no respite yet for Nigerian households as the prices of cooking gas and kerosene rose 1.81 percent and 2.09 percent respectively in September. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) and National Household Kerosene Price Watch […]
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The death verdict delivered by the Lagos High Court on a dismissed police officer for unlawfully killing a pregnant lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, may not bring back her precious life so brutally terminated; but it should send a strong signal to careless and trigger-happy cops, who treat fellow citizens with contempt, ostensibly because of the […]
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Nine royal families, who are descendants of Alaafin Abiodun Atiba, have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to implement the 1976 Chieftaincy Declaration regarding the selection of the Alaafin of Oyo. The stool of Alaafin became vacant following the demise of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, who was the 45th Alaafin. The position of Alaafin has been […]
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Senate floor. Photo: Twitter Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum (Upstream), Downstream, and Gas to investigate the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) with regard to the potential exit of international oil companies (IOCs) from Nigeria. Section 257 (2) of the Act, which came into effect in August 2021, stipulates that oil and […]
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There was request to rebrand ET aircraft in Nigerian colour for Abuja launch, ET GCEO says The management of Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has denied having an interest in the controversial Nigeria Air, contrary to the erstwhile claim that it emerged as the preferred bidder from a ‘rigorous process’. Group Chief Executive Officer of East African […]
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IPOB Awards N8b damages to Kanu An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Onovo, has voided the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The Federal Government under Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the SouthEast region had, in 2017, proscribed the secessionist group, while the leader, Nnamdi Kanu, […]
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The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has rejected the apology tendered by his deputy, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the embarrassment that the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state. The governor, who reacted to Aiyedatiwa’s apology through his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, also rejected some […]
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Despite the passage into law in 2015 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, cases of domestic, and sexual violence have been upswing across states, even though, the main thrust of the law was to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against the person, provide maximum protection and […]
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• Your jobs are secure, Tinubu tells aides • Governors besiege Aso Villa to celebrate with President • Mixed reactions in Rivers as Diri, Wike congratulate • Buhari: Court dismissal of appeal a welcome relief • PDP: Supreme Court has failed Nigerians • Executive has hijacked judiciary, legislature, LP fumes • We’ll resort to masses’ […]
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With Lagos State being home to many non-Yoruba speaking residents and with the language at the risk of going extinct, the Lagos State Assembly has introduced some measures to reverse the trend. But their efforts are being criticised as ill-motivated and divisive. Shakirat Adunola writes. In 2017, former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, […]
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