As preparations for the 2023 elections hot up in Nigeria, an international body, the Public Policy Research and Advocacy Council (PPRAC) has called for free, fair and hitch free polls. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its President and Executive Program Director, Dr. Emeka Umerah and Regional Program Director (Africa Desk), Mr. Eric Oluwole, […]
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Asks parents, other stakeholders to spread awareness among loved ones The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to introduce a lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than Tramadol into the Nigerian market, warning that the illicitly manufactured drug is capable of causing mass […]
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The recent claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his “high-impact” projects meet the yearnings and expectations of Nigerians is disturbing and subject to serious interrogation. The claims by Mr. President, which were made at the opening of the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of this administration in Abuja, indicated that the implementation of his nine-priority agenda […]
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The current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across the country might worsen, pushing up pump price to N250 per litre, despite payment of over N4 trillion subsidy in the 2022 budget. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) – the sole importer of petrol – is reportedly without the product, as most of its […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said the Federal Government will borrow money to facilitate the completion of rail projects in the country. He disclosed this yesterday while delivering the ministry’s scorecard in Abuja. “We don’t have the money. We are going to borrow anyway. So, we thought whatever the standard gauge will give […]
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4,000 others on waiting list A study by Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has shown that up to 2,000 doctors have left Nigeria in two years, with 800 of them in the last eight months, averaging 100 doctors leaving monthly for greener pastures. National President and Senior Registrar, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, […]
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Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere; and its northern and eastern counterparts, Arewa Consultative Forum and Ohanaeze Indigbo, respectively, on Saturday, backed the proposition by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that the image of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo should be on one of the naira notes to be newly designed. Atiku, who took to his Twitter handle to congratulate […]
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The Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco, California on November 4, 2022. – Half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees were laid off on November 4, an internal document showed, as new owner Elon Musk began a major revamp of the troubled company. “Roughly 50 percent of the workforce will be impacted,” said a questions and answer email […]
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FBNQuest has expressed concerns about Nigeria’s inflationary trend, noting that the present currency depreciation may further aggravate the country’s inflation outlook, especially as local prices begin to reflect import pass-through costs. Indeed, local producers have continued to complain about poor access to foreign exchange for the purchase of critical raw materials for production. With the […]
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Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State (left); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State at Benue State Government House in Makurdi… yesterday Ortom: To hell with Atiku and anyone supporting him Benue road leading to Ayu’s house named after Wike Ayu […]
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