Senate Presidency: Akpabio, Yari battle over lawmakers’ votes

The race for the Senate Presidency may have become tougher as two contenders, former governors, Godswill Akpabio and Abdulaziz Yari are at loggerheads over the number of lawmakers loyal to their camps. Senators-elect will at the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on June 13, 2023, elect a new Senate President to pilot the affairs […]

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We chartered the plane from Ethiopia – Nigeria Air MD breaks silence

Dayo Olumide, the acting Managing Director of Nigeria Air, has disclosed that the airplane that landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on 26th May 2023, was a chartered one from Ethiopia. Recall a few weeks ago, an aircraft bearing the logo of Nigeria Air was sighted in Abuja. Speaking before the Senate Committee […]

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Subsidy: Reps demand NNPCL audit over unaccounted N2tn assets

The House of Representatives has called for a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to determine its assets and liabilities as well as its current market value. According to the House, the audit has become necessary due to the metamorphosis of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into a limited liability company. The […]

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Nigeria’s petroleum subsidy quagmire and considered policy options

By ‘Femi D. Ojumu Economists characterise market failure as an inefficient distribution of goods and services in a properly functioning free-market economy. After all, free market orthodoxy establishes the principle that the market forces of supply and demand should ordinarily determine the prices of goods and services. The logical deduction therein is that a subsidy, […]

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Long road to free maternal, child healthcare legislation in Kano

A child receiving injectible polio vaccine immunisation at Dala Primary Health Care (PHC) centre in Kano The Kano State Assembly passed the long-awaited Free Maternal and Child Healthcare (FMNCH) Bill into law on May 3, 2023. This made Kano the first state in Nigeria to enact the law. It is therefore not surprising that civil […]

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That ban on Nigerian families migrating to UK

The review of the immigration policy that allows family members and dependents to accompany international students to the United Kingdom is a wake-up call for the Nigerian authorities to address motivations for the mass exodus syndrome. Rather than begrudge the UK government for the seemingly harsh stance, it is high time the Nigerian government took […]

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TETFund approves N130m as zonal intervention for polytechnics

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130 million as a zonal intervention for polytechnics in its 2023 intervention, with a view to reinvigorating skills acquisition at the institutions. This was disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, by Director of Infrastructure, Buhari Mika’Ilu, at the TETFund/NBTE Sensitisation Workshop on 2023 Zonal Intervention on Skills for Rectors and […]

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Police probe murder of UI professor

Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, said it has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole of the University of Ibadan by unknown gunmen. The spokesperson for the Command, Adewale Osifeso, who confirmed the development, said: “The matter is under investigation. Updates would be provided accordingly, please.” Ajewole, a Professor of Social and […]

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CSOs knock NLC for suspending strike, e-Hailing drivers down tools, shut down apps

• Obi: I support subsidy removal but must be with conditions • Subsidy ruined Nigeria, N500 pump price cheapest in Africa, says Kokori • Subsidy removal, a painful surgery to save the economy – Olawepo-Hashim • Stakeholders advocate state-level minimum wage to tackle poverty • NLC fumes over court ruling, tells members to remain vigilant […]

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