Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly), says it is clear President Bola Tinubu picked the wrong fight by initiating policy reforms, removing petrol subsidy without going after corrupt public officeholders, and corporations who made the subsidy regime unsustainable. He also said the president’s reforms have brought hardship […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Talk about the struggle for the freedom of the Press, the mind cannot but race to Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, fondly called LKJ by his peers. As I was saying…with the formation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists solidly in place, an effort that entailed hard work between 1952 and 1955, and […]
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Oyo State’s 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) has assured residents of the state that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The Committee, headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi has divided itself into 5 sub-committees to fast-track the implementation of the palliatives, as directed by Governor Seyi […]
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Former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba has lamented the economic effects of the free fall of the naira, saying the situation has driven workers and pensioners into extreme poverty, as their earnings could no longer sustain them. He spoke at the 2023 Annual FCT Nurses Week/Scientific Conference with the theme; ‘Our […]
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Amidst economic turbulence and mass poverty, the nomination of 48 ministers and 20 special advisers by President Bola Tinubu is insensitive and costly. While the populace is called upon to endure record inflation and general hardship, the President’s failure to rein in the cost of governance from the top is disappointing. For an administration facing […]
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More than 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa’s Cape Verde islands, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. Sixty-three people are thought to have died, while the 38 survivors included four children aged 12 to 16, IOM spokeswoman Safa Msehli told AFP. The […]
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The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border closures to avert catastrophe. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA highlighted that even before Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was toppled in a coup late last month, the […]
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President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to the ministerial nominees recently cleared for appointment by the Senate of the National Assembly. Appointing the portfolios, he named former Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Other portfolios as released by the President on Wednesday are as follows: Ministers of Defence Mohammed Badaru, Housing […]
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President Bola Tinubu has assigned the portfolios to his ministers-designate. He appoints former Rivers and Ebonyi State Governors Nyesom Wike and Dave Umahi ministers of FCT and Minister of Works, respectively. Following is the list of the ministers-designate and their beats: Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, Minister of State, Environment […]
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Nyesom Wike – FCT Minister Festus Keyamo – Minister of Aviation Adebayo Adelabu- Minister of Power Adegboyega Oyetola – Minister of Transportation Dele Alake – Minister of Solid Minerals Muhammed Idris – Minister of Information Mohammed Badaru- Minister of Defence Minister of State, Defence – Bello Mattawale Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the […]
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