The presidential candidate of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised to lead the fourth industrial revolution in Nigeria if elected in 2023. Tinubu, according to a statement by one of his campaign’s spokespersons, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, will unveil the 80-page document at the ceremony to inaugurate the APC […]
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All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has promised to reform the Nigeria Police Force for efficiency if elected as president next year. He said he would free police officers from being security or orderlies for Very Important Personality, adding that police personnel on such duties would be replaced by the Nigeria Security and Civil […]
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Only Ethiopia Airlines bid for the new national carrier How 49% ownership, controlled by foreign interest will rob Nigeria of BASA routes Stakeholders: It is another private interest masquerading as the national carrier Project to mimic Virgin Nigeria’s mistake Barring any change in plans, Nigeria will have a new national carrier in December, though there […]
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Assembly declares 7 days mourning Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed deep sorrow on the passing of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, who died on Wednesday, in Ado-Ekiti, aged 66 years. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, the governor said Afuye’s death was […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passing of the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye. Afuye died on Wednesday during a brief illness at the age of 66. NAN, reporting a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile in Ikeja, said Sanwo-Olu described Afuye (APC-Ikere […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Ms Olufunke Akindele, says the party will amend market policies that are not popular with traders in the state. The popular Nollywood Actress made the pledge on Thursday when she took campaigns to some notable markets in Alimosho area of the state. Lagos state […]
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Nigerian music icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti performs on September 13, 1986 at the “Party of Humankind” of the French Communist Party at La Courneuve in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours) The son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti spoke of his father’s bravery in using “music as a weapon” ahead of an immersive exhibition opening at […]
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The admonition by Catholic bishops against the use of the pulpit for partisan politics is timely and speaks directly to the danger of using religion to promote political tension, or to engender hate speech in a way to undermine the polity. This despicable practice has lately become a regular habit of some clerics, much against […]
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The United States on Thursday pledged to provide $1 million in humanitarian aid for flood victims in Nigeria. US Consulate in Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, regretted the unusually heavy rainfall and resulting flooding that has affected nearly 2.8 million people across the country, with many homes being damaged or completely destroyed, displacing millions of people. […]
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The Federal Government on Thursday declared that it was yet to take a concrete decision to outlaw the operation of motorcycles, popularly called Okada as a form of commercial transportation in the country. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, made the clarification in Abuja while speaking at the Annual Strategic Stakeholders Summit of the […]
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