Nigeria will continue to administer AstraZeneca vaccines – PTF

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday disclosed that available information has shown that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is generally safe and efficacious against the COVID-19 disease. It however stressed that it won’t hesitate to take decisive actions should new data surface to prove that the vaccine is unsafe for Nigerians. Stressing that the […]

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Buhari explains interest in Niger Republic’s domestic affairs

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he has shown so much concern about happenings with the borders of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries; the Republic of Niger. According to President Buhari, Niger shares a length of more than 1,400 kilometres of border with Nigeria, which he said should make Nigeria pay serious attention to any development going […]

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Buhari, Osinbajo, receive COVID-19 vaccine jabs

President Muhammadu Buhari receives COVID-19 e-Vaccination from his Chief Personal Physician, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi Sannusi at the State House, Abuja. Photo; Sunday Aghaeze, March 6, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday received the COVID-19 vaccine publicly. The event was preceded by e-registration of President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo and filling […]

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Blockade of food supply to South: Counting the gains, losses

Nigeria is a country where practitioners in virtually every profession, trade, vocation, etc. has a union. We find a lot of them in all sectors of the economy. That is why we hear about unions like the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has become notorious for embarking on strikes that keep university undergraduates […]

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Nigeria’s unity non-negotiable – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his conviction in the indivisibility of Nigeria. He said that the country’s unity is non-negotiable. He told Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Thursday during a visit to brief him of progress so far made in resolving the north/south food blockage crisis. The Governor, who called on Buhari in the […]

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We’ll soon have state police – Akeredolu

By Banji Ayoola State police, which for years has been canvassed by many Nigerians as a most credible solution to the security challenges rocking the nation, will soon be realised, according to the Chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In fact, the governor said on Thursday that: “We are […]

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Akeredolu blames Nigeria’s skewed federalism for rise in ethnic nationalism

By Banji Ayoola The growing worrisome sectional activism, which is gradually replacing national patriotism has been blamed on Nigeria’s faulty, twisted and imbalanced federalism. But Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who identified the problem, said that time has come to restore national consciousness He spoke on Thursday at a public lecture as part of the […]

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AfDB chief, Adesina estimates Nigeria’s bitumen reserves at $1.5 trillion

The need to restructure Nigeria into a better federation that takes adequate care of all the component units indiscriminately was again stressed on Thursday in Akure the Ondo State capital. This call reverberated in a thought provoking lecture titled: “Towards a New Nigeria: From Federal Fatherism to a Commonwealth”, and delivered by the President of […]

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Restructuring best way forward for Nigeria – Adesina

By Banji Ayoola Restructuring came to the front burner again yesterday in Akure the Ondo State capital as the President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, joined the growing campaigners of those calling for an urgent rework of Nigeria to resolve the lingering crises threatening the Country’s unity. Specifically, he declared that restructuring […]

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