Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, has accused Amnesty International (AI) of deliberate plot to destabilise Nigeria with baseless allegations against the administration and its military. He spoke on Friday during TVC’s ‘This Morning’ show. The minister was reacting to a recent report by AI, a global movement, on campaign to end abuses of human […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the efforts of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government in tackling the insecurity in the country have not been good enough. He however argued that the current situation was better than what was obtainable under former President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayemi, who is a chieftain of the party […]
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‘Inflation to moderate at 14.5 per cent’ The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has projected that the Nigerian economy would grow by 2.9 per cent this year and achieve a sustained high growth rate up to 2025 in line with the expected global recovery. The NESG, in its 2021 Macroeconomic Outlook unveiled yesterday, said the […]
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‘How Yar’Adua emerged my successor’ Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up and fight the banditry in his backyard. He also explained the emergence of the late President Musa Yar’Adua as his successor, saying he knew that Yar-Adua was ill before he supported him to emerge as the presidential candidate […]
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Ex-defence chief, minister ask Nigerians not to expect much YCE, security scholar laud appointment Wike, PANDEF, others say action belated Nwodo, others fault Buhari as Ohanaeze keeps mum Stockbrokers applaud, expect an end to terrorism, banditry PDP, Fayose seek probe of former security chiefs Nigerians yesterday expressed conflicting views as President Muhammadu Buhari finally replaced […]
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Nigeria, like many other countries of the world, is experiencing the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More and more people are getting infected by the day as the daily reports by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show. As at 2.41pm yesterday, the NCDC Coronavirus Microsite showed that Nigeria recorded 1,964 new cases […]
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Prominent Nigerians, including the immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo; a chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday said there is an urgent need to restructure Nigeria for it to attain its full potential. They made the call at the […]
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Scientists and researchers at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, and the ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday, said they had a breakthrough in understanding why humans were more vulnerable to infections by the new variant of COVID-19, popularly known as N501Y SARS-CoV-2 mutant. The bio-medical scientists and researchers, led by Dr […]
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By Banji Ayoola Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday threw his weight behind the strident calls for restructuring of the country, but this, he stressed, should be on the basis of love for the country, national unity, unifying leadership and building of strong institutions and values. Besides he said that for restructuring to be […]
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At Independence on October 1, 1960, Nigeria, with three, and later, four regions, was erected on the pillar of true federalism. But, on assuming office, the first military Head of State, Major General Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, dumped the federal principle and adopted a unitary structure. Subsequent military regimes have built on that ‘political mistake’. The many […]
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