Macron, Guterres canvass for new world financial order President, other leaders to unveil a new global financing pact Friday President Bola Tinubu has joined world leaders on the consensus for redesigning the global financial architecture, which will favour poverty reduction, debt restructuring or cancellation, and more consideration for vulnerable countries affected by climate change and […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration has unpretentiously put on its gloves to do battle with the forces that have constituted clogs in the wheel of development and progress of our nation. He said the fuel subsidy was gone and it has been out of the way, seven days short of a month […]
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Govt moves to avert recurrence Flooding is no longer a new thing to most Nigerians. In some parts of the country, this is an annual event but the intensity varies from year to year. It is noteworthy that some regions witnessed heavier rainfall than others. A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 23, 2023, to hear a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. In the suit, Alison-Madueke is challenging the order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of her seized assets. The date was fixed by Justice […]
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The Petroleum Technology Development Fund has begun a physical oral interview selection exercise for 2,288 applicants of PTDF overseas postgraduate scholarship in the South-South geopolitical zone. It has also assured of transparency in the interview selection exercise, saying that previous scholars could attest to the Fund’s transparency in the selection process. The selection interview, according […]
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Pupils of Local Government Primary School, Ikeja GRA pose in their new uniforms shoes, and socks WARDC is calling on Government to beef up security around schools. Asks govt to implement safe school declaration Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) has lamented that schools and learning facilities across the country still suffer from pervasive […]
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After a long-drawn battle in Nigeria, foreign airlines are beginning to turn the heat on Ethiopia over a $95 million stuck fund. Though the blocked fund is a small fraction compared to over $800 million stranded in Nigeria, the carriers said the development would continue to have dire consequences on the East African country – […]
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•Official, black market rates at parity first time in eight years •We have not switched to complete free float, says CBN deputy governor Exactly a week after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) pulled the plug on the foreign exchange (FX) market to allow gradual rates harmonisation around the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) window, the […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has annulled the February 2022 impeachment and reinstated Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. It also ordered that he should be paid all his entitlements. Gusau and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filed the action over the moves that eventually led to his impeachment in […]
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If there was any doubt about the endemic corruption assailing the Nigerian judiciary, Adamu Bulkachuwa, who represented Bauchi North in the Ninth Senate, has just dispelled it. His valedictory speech suggested that he may have influenced his wife, Zainab, a former president of the Court of Appeal, in “helping” lawmakers in their positions. To many […]
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