Ahead of the 2023 Hajj exercise, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Thursday released Hajj flight schedules for the ritual operations. A memo titled Hajj instruction governing carriage of pilgrims by Air by GACA indicated that Saudi airports will open for the first flight carrying 2023 Hajj pilgrims on Sunday 21st May […]
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Nigeria needs to invest in human capital, infrastructure to achieve shared prosperity, says World Bank NESG projects 2.98% growth rate, 20.5% inflation rate for 2023 The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has projected that unemployment rate is likely to increase to 37 per cent, while poverty headcount will increase to 45 per cent due to […]
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By Anthony A. Akinwale Our lives are not safe. Neither are our belongings. We are not at peace. There is war on every part of our land. We are afraid. We are unemployed. We are poor. We are hungry. We are deeply religious. We are in search of a Messiah. Some of us say they […]
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Alarm by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that some politicians have been buying up PVCs and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers ahead of the 2023 general elections should no longer be news to the commission and Nigerians generally. It is almost given that politicians, by virtue of their desperation […]
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a public meeting ahead of Assam Assembly elections in Sipajhar on the outskirts of Guwahati on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Biju Boro / AFP) The Prime Minister of India and President, of G20 Partners, Shri Narendra Modi, has called for global reforms that focus on […]
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Four months to the end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, to invest N1.9 trillion in reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. Media Assistant, Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice President), Laolu Akande, who made the disclosure at the end of […]
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An attendant sell fuel to a motorist at filling stations along Lagos Ibadan expressway, on March 3, 2022. – Petroleum-producing nations are reaping extra revenue since Ukraine’s crisis pushed global oil prices above $100 a barrel, but Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude producer, is struggling with fuel scarcities that are causing traffic snarls in Lagos and […]
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May get unpaid salaries The Federal Government may have succeeded in breaking the ranks of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it presented certificates of recognition to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). Presenting the certificate in Abuja on Tuesday, January 17, […]
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States why he withdrew from alliance with Obi Promises to eradicate illiteracy With just a month and five days for Nigerians to determine who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari, the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed optimism about clinching the topmost job in the country, saying he understands “Nigeria’s issues” […]
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