Celebrated Nigeria’s midfielder, 59 year old ex-international soccer star, Mr Henry Nwosu, who was the youngest member of Nigeria’s victorious 1980 African Nations Cup squad; who scored the only goal for Nigeria at the 1980 Olympics; and who also played in the 1982, 1984 and 1988 tournaments, finishing runners up in the latter two, with […]
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ASUU members during their meeting with the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, which led to the suspension of the strike No doubt, the decision by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their eight-month long strike has provided a big relief to all Nigerians who are largely stakeholders in the matter. Students and their […]
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Coalition welcomes move, kicks against calls for shift in deadline Barely two days after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced plans to redesign the naira with the new notes billed to be in circulation from December 15, 2022, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has disowned the policy. Responding to […]
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A member of House of Representatives, Hon Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has called on the Federal Government to immediately rehabilitate the deplorable Olomi/Olojuoro and Liberty Academy Roads in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, which she described as death traps. The lawmaker who represents Oluyole Federal Constituency, made the call in Ibadan after meeting with the Minister of […]
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Governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke, has accused Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of setting booby traps for him to make the state ungovernable. He leveled this allegation on Thursday while receiving a report of the Peoples Democratic Party’s transition committee in Ede, Osun State. While commending the committee members for doing a good job, he assured […]
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No More Excuses Over Perennial Flood Menace, Lawmakers Declare Minister Blames Menace On Non-passage Of Water Resources Bill By NASS Bagudu Seeks Establishment Of National Drainage Architecture FG Reassures Niger Delta Of Resettlement Plan A face-off between members of the National Assembly (NASS) and the executive arm of the Federal Government is imminent following alleged […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday inaugurated its Ondo State Presidential Campaign Council with a pledge to surpass the victory recorded in the 2015 election by the former Vice President and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku, who had contested that election with the ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, who […]
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There are more economic troubles for the world, the World Bank warns. The global bank noted, yesterday, from its Washington DC headquarters that the shrinking value of the currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel prices in ways that could deepen the food and energy crises that many of them already […]
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By Dare Babarinsa So, Rishi Sunak is now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is the first person of Asian origin to become the PM of that great country. After the end of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, the great Prime Minister of Britain, was very […]
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The on-going move by the Court of Appeal to make lawyers its members on that bench is encouraging and worthy of being pursued to its logical end. For one, lawyers are suitable candidates for appointment as judges to the Appeal Court so long as they meet the constitutional requirement of a minimum of 12 years […]
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