There is anxiety as President Bola Tinubu and 25 state governors await the verdicts of the tribunals handling the presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly election petitions. The panels are expected to deliver their judgments this month. Out of the 28 states where the governorship elections were held, the results of the polls announced […]
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A suggestion lately from the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde that governors can do with one term in office as against the current two terms is interesting and a reenactment of age-old debate about the desirability of one term for elected public officers. The suggestion is worth revisiting for a country in a hurry […]
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President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his determination not to fail the country in carrying out a permanent transformation of the nation’s economy to an enduring prosperity. He said this while receiving members of Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) on a solidarity visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed […]
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Sanwo-Olu at the hospital yesterday Lagos State Government has taken over the medical care of Adebola Akin-Bright, a 13-year-old boy, whose small part of his intestines was allegedly missing at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos made this known when he visited Akin-Bright and his mother, Mrs Deborah […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said it uncovered plans by some people to stage violent protests in parts of Nigeria. Its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) said the planned protests are meant to discredit the Federal Government (FG) and also plunge the country into anarchy. “The Department […]
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Rivers State Government has shut down the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt. DAAR Communications PLC, in a brief statement on Sunday by AIT Editor, Terverr Tyav, said the management was taken by surprise by the shutdown as the government had not given it any notice of the shutdown. […]
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Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu embarks on inaugural ride of Lagos blue train line on Monday. At exactly 9:07 a.m. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday entered one of the Blue Line Rail coaches to flag off the commencement of commercial operations on the Lagos intra-state train service. Six minutes later, at 9:13 […]
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Sports Development Minister, John Owan-Enoh, has said that the Federal Government might pull down the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, to rebuild and bring it to a functional state. Own-Enoh, who had earlier said he would go ahead with the planned concession of the facility, noted that the government would only take the path that […]
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The rising costs of living and operations are limiting access to education and beyond the reach of many parents. While many are already considering the option of enrolling their wards in public schools, others will be adding to the out-of-school group, Iyabo Lawal writes. As private school operators increase fees for primary and secondary students […]
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• Schools, hospitals, airports to shut down as labour mobilisation intensifies • Govt meets labour today over planned strike • FG keeps mum as new tax regime implementation kicks off Ahead of tomorrow’s two-day nationwide warning strike marshaled by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), its third since the removal of fuel subsidy in June, public […]
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