The need for an expanded partnership between the Oyo State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and the National Museum of Unity, Ibadan has been stressed, as this will promote tourism and sustain cultural heritage. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun made the announcement in Ibadan, during a meeting with the […]
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By Yinka Fabowale O jina o, kibo! O yo gende. Li kobo y’omo, yo’ya O yo dede ule Mi le nikan je tan o E wa ba mi ra! Every dusk, the call went up, usually as the hour approached seven o’clock. With the crier’s sonorous sing-song Remo dialect inflection, it pierces the night’s falling […]
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The Yoruba Youth Council on Saturday expressed support for the redesign of the Naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. In a statement by its President, Comrade Eric Oluwole, the Council, which is the umbrella body for all Yoruba youth organisations, said that the redesign will accelerate Nigeria’s migration into a cashless economy as […]
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President of the Living Faith Church worldwide otherwise known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has said that Nigeria needs a deliverer to recover from the lingering insecurity and imminent economic collapse. Speaking at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, during the 3rd day of the church’s Shiloh 2022 programme themed: Covenant Highways, he […]
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The hierarchy of the Labour Party on Thursday night expressed divergent views over the alleged plan of the presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, to raise the minimum wage from N30,000 to N100,000 when elected. Obi raised the hopes of several Nigerians, especially the working class when he announced his campaign manifesto via his official Twitter […]
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A group of human rights advocates under the aegis of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre on Friday knocked the Federal Government for flouting the Court of Appeal ruling regarding the continuous detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Executive Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, Clement Nwankwo, expressed […]
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Parts of Owerri, Mbaitoli and environs in Imo State came under attacks on Friday afternoon by gunmen who were enforcing sit-at-home order. The gunmen struck at different locations and killed a policeman, Prince Iheme, elder brother to Nollywood superstar, Osita Iheme popularly known as Pawpaw. The gunmen also macheted the state Commissioner for Solid Minerals, […]
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Nigeria’s apex law making body, the Senate on Friday screened the two newly re-appointed deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria and backed down on the planned grilling of the officials on the cash withdrawal limit policy unveiled by the apex bank on Tuesday. The Red chamber had on Wednesday at the plenary commissioned […]
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National Working Committee of Labour Party on Friday terminated the appointment of its acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved the Ogun chapter of the party over the role they played in the alleged expulsion of the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe. Also the NWC passed a vote of confidence […]
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The Body of Benchers in Nigeria has frowned at the use of social media by the Nigerian Bar Association to circulate official sensitive documents of in-house communication among members of the body. The body, in a statement on Friday, cleared the air on why the letter by the NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) requesting the […]
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