Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said that the Federal Government was proud of late Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya’s legacy. He said Diya served his country with integrity and forthrightness. Osinbajo made the remark during a condolence visit to the late Diya’s family at the deceased’s residence at 31 Adekunle Fajuyi Way, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. “We […]
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By Zuhumnan Dapel Nigeria churns out roughly 2 million barrels of crude oil a day, making it Africa’s top producer and the world’s thirteenth. But still, because of its feeble domestic refineries, Nigeria imports about 80 percent of the gasoline it consumes at home, selling it at a government-fixed rate (US$0.43) that is below the […]
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Gunshots and apprehension have become a daily feature of Rivers State ever since the March 18 governorship election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has dictated the pace of politics in the state, is all bent to resist attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relieve it of power in the oil-rich state. This […]
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When the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, was commissioned by General Yakubu Gowon’s regime in 1972, sports journalists and administrators across the globe called it ‘the new Mecca of sports’. And true to type, the colourful arena hosted the 1973 African Games, where Nigeria emerged as the champion for the first time. It hosted the […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday, rued his failed senatorial bid, saying the ‘market was not good’ during his outing to claim a seat at the Red Chambers of the National Assembly. He said with his failed senatorial bid, he would likely return to his farm or find something else to do after his […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It was Palm Sunday last week, commemorating the triumphal entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It also signaled the coming to the end of Lent which ended yesterday. Millions of Christians had embarked on self-elected deprivation of food and water, and distancing of themselves from earthly pleasures, in memory of […]
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By Kahlil Gibran Today, and on this same day of each year, man is startled from his deep slumber and stands before the phantoms of the Ages, looking with tearful eyes toward Mount Calvary to witness Jesus the Nazarene nailed on the Cross…. But when the day is over and eventide comes, humankind returns and […]
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By Wole Soyinka Oh yes, could these rabid parochial minds of easy excitation also kindly stop flattering themselves that one’s energies are consecrated solely to the nation space known as Nigeria? The whines of “silence” are relative to the reading scope and world knowledge of idle complainants, as well as their grasp of the chain […]
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Timi Frank slams DSS as Buhari Seeks Senate Approval of Data Protection Bill The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied claims of telephone tracking and leakage against it in the media. Its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, stated, yesterday, that the commission had been inundated with enquiries by the media on allegations of telephone […]
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned those pushing for fuel subsidy removal to forgo the idea and save the country from another round of social unrest. It gave the warning following the announcement by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that it had left the matter for the incoming regime. NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, during […]
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