Secret of my agility, vibrancy at 80 By Oyeyinka Fabowale Veteran entertainer, Jimi Solanke, clocks 80 years today! The iconic artist, who made a name for himself as a versatile dramatist, musician and folklorist in a career spanning the 50s to the present, spoke ahead of his birthday, which has set the Nigerian arts circuit […]
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Ex-CJN must be investigated The resignation of Justice Muhammadu Tanko as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), following allegations of dereliction of duty, misappropriation of resources and abuse of power, by the rest 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, is a welcome development, but not enough to stall an investigation of the grave allegations. Even though […]
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Importers of low-cost cars, buses out of business Importers of low-cost vehicles may have been pushed out of business by the new regime of duty being paid at the ports. The duty has gone up by a minimum of 120 per cent on vehicles manufactured before 2013. For instance, a pre-2013 vehicle on which N300,000 […]
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By Emeka Omeihe Mob justice! That seemed the figurative response former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice got as reports filtered on their alleged trafficking of a 15-year old boy to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting. Their arraignment at the Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court for the same alleged offences further incensed the […]
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Indiscriminate disposal of waste is still a big problem in Lagos A waste recycling company, Freee Recycle Limited says Lagos State generates 870,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually. Speaking at an event recently in Lagos, Managing Director of BASF West Africa, Jean-Marc, described the volume of waste generated by the state as a source of […]
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Oil marketers on Sunday gave the Federal Government conditions that should be met in order to retain the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at N165 per litre. According to them, the cost of the commodity must be sold at the approved ex-depot price at various depots, whether private or government-owned, as […]
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An undergraduate at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Mojeed Adegoke, has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and needs N12.5m to undergo a kidney transplant. It was gathered that the 23-year-old was in his final year when he was diagnosed with the medical condition. Speaking to our correspondent last Tuesday, Adegoke said […]
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Contrary to some opinions that the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, should be commended for “resigning honourably” on health grounds, we urge the National Assembly to press forward with its probe of his tenure. The public deserves to know the merits or otherwise of the allegations of corruption and incompetence […]
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Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights groups, such as the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign, have knocked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over the prolonged shutdown of academic activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities entered its 140th day on Monday […]
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A man has burnt his estranged wife, Lateefat, to death after she left him over domestic violence. It was learnt that the incident happened on Saturday in the Otun-Akute area of Ogun State. The victim was said to have had four children in a previous relationship before meeting the suspect. The state Police Public Relations […]
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