Power consumers, on Saturday, expressed relief after it was confirmed that electricity distribution companies had not implemented the proposed hike in the tariff payable for electricity nationwide. Some power distribution firms announced on Sunday, June 25, 2023, that there would be a hike in tariff from July 1, 2023. The Discos, however, backtracked the next […]
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DSS, advisory team conduct final investigations, lobbyists continue campaigns President set to forward cabinet members’ names to Senate The list containing the names of ministerial nominees in the President Bola Tinubu administration is ready and undergoing final security checks, an impeccable Presidency source has disclosed. The source, who did not reveal the names or number […]
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There are many lawmakers in the administration of President Bola Tinubu, fuelling discussions that the executive might have a huge influence on the 10th National Assembly and that if care is not taken, it could be a rubber stamp. The legislative arm of government is in place in a constitutional democracy to make laws for […]
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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered a team of policemen attached to the Edo State Police Command to report to the force headquarters for allegedly running over a handcuffed middle-aged man with a police vehicle on Thursday. In a video that circulated online on Friday, the handcuffed man was seen lying down […]
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There is growing tension over the fate of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the party’s National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, at the forthcoming meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee on July 11. Multiple sources said on Saurday that they believed that the NEC meeting, which was long overdue, […]
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Tinubu and President Umaro Sissoco Embalo The Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu has revealed details of the president’s meeting with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, on Saturday. He made the disclosure while addressing newsmen after the visit, which he described as a strictly private one. According to him, […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe Love is a great ideal! It is extolled in books, in songs, and in our hearts. We seek love, we seek to give love. We believe that we can express love by giving to others, helping them, and doing things that will bring them joy. We strive to protect them from care […]
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Lagos State Government will be setting up a joint working committee to resolve issues surrounding the recent demolition of some buildings in the Alaba International Market area and some other markets in Lagos. The committee is to help clear some of the misunderstandings surrounding the demolition exercise. Members of the joint committee, the state government […]
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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has urged the Department of State Services to hasten the investigation into the cases involving the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was arrested on June 10 by officials of the DSS […]
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By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It is astounding that Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is still so relevant across the globe at 65 years of age. Things Fall Apart was first published on June 17, 1958, by William Heinemann, London, and contains only 50,380 words, but it has packed more influence all over the world […]
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