Nigeria could be thrown into darkness in the coming days as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), yesterday, said some distribution companies are at the verge of being disconnected over failure to comply with market rules. Coming barely a few days after the generation companies threatened to down tools, the government-owned TCN, in a statement […]
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has reacted to The Guardian recent report titled ‘Despite express centres, corruption, racketeering hobble passport application process’, stating that there are no passport express centres in Nigeria, rather, there are passport front offices. In the reaction sent by the Minister’s Technical Assistant, Ileowo Kikiowo, the Minister said his office […]
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The planned removal of fuel subsidy has thrown the Federal Government, petroleum marketers and other stakeholders off balance in a quest to find a smooth transition that would not jeopardise the welfare of the citizenry. Already, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has warned the Federal Government not to contemplate the […]
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By Sam Omatseye In a thriller of an interview that spanned over one and half hours on Arise Television, Reuben Abati and Laila Johnson-Salami took on Peter Pan, one of the best ever to write a column or call himself a journalist on mother earth. At 85, Peter Enahoro, who never had a university degree […]
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Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Kelly / Pool / AFP) The arrest and arraignment of the immediate past president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, to face criminal charges is seldom heard of in developing countries […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday obtained an order to retrieve all the documents it tendered as exhibits in the N4.6bn money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. The EFCC obtained the order from Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos to enable it re-file the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and associates of Peter Enahoro, one of Nigeria’s foremost journalists, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88. He made his feelings known in a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, as a gifted and […]
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Special Personal Tribute By Kayode Soyinka When I left Concord newspapers as London Correspondent in October 1983, I was not sure what to do next. I did not know where my next job would be. This was the time when I needed a job the most. I had just got married, and my wife and […]
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Former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, was the first Nigerian leader to introduce an interim national government on August 27, 1993, following annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, acclaimed to have been won by the presidential candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party (PDP), Chief M.K.O. Abiola. Babangida appointed the late […]
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Asks Lagos ex-gov to decline inauguration if unfit Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, took a swipe on recent medical trips by President-elect Bola Tinubu, stressing that he has shown the tendency to take after President Muhammadu Buhari, who has a knack for similar venture. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade […]
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