Transport union members (agberos) at Oshodi, Lagos…yesterday Photo: Eniola Daniel With the exception of high fuel costs, the cost of public transport in Lagos mega city and life generally can be more tolerable without the self-styled transport unions and their excesses perennially harboured by the state government, Gbenga Salau reports. Public transport fares in the […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed The violation of section 38 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, which restricts the amount the bank can lend to the Federal Government to a five percent cap of real revenues of the previous accounting year may trigger exchange rate-induced inflation. If this […]
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Some days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) tweaked the Health Workforce Support and Safeguard list, the United Kingdom also revised its policy on the recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red […]
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An Akure-based cleric, Prophet Segun Akintoye, has said that Ondo State, and particularly Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency needs idealism and determination. He said this in a congratulatory message to Hon Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, who represents Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, for winning reelection into the House in the […]
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The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been tasked to start work on building an international seaport in Ondo State, and mining the fabulous bitumen deposits in the state for export, once he assumes office next month. Making the call in a congratulatory message to the former Lagos State governor for emerging victorious at the February […]
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By Sonnie Ekwowusi Today is Easter. The commemorating of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, though He was in the form of God, did not regard His equality with God as something to be grasped. Rather He emptied Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a Cross. But on the […]
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Today is Easter Sunday. At Easter, Christians all over the world proclaim and celebrate their faith that Jesus of Nazareth, the One who was humiliated, tortured, crucified, and buried, rose from the dead after three days in the tomb. Easter this year is being celebrated in Nigeria after a long period of insecurity in which […]
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JAMB Centre The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). It disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled […]
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Photo by Ludovic Marin / Pool / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Sunday that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying that the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that aren’t ours”. “The worst thing would be to think that we Europeans must […]
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The National Association of University Students (NAUS), has canvassed strict and judicious use of the N320.3bn Tertiary Intervention Fund (TETFund) approved for tertiary institutions in the country. It recalls that the executive secretary of the Tertiary Intervention Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono, recently at the annual strategic planning workshop with heads of beneficiary institutions, announced […]
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