As communities get greedy, the government fails to enforce regulations to ensure those they licensed and illegal miners do not destroy the environment, water, and people’s cultural assets while smiling to the bank. In Osun State, Nigeria, ragged and his skin stained brown, Mr Abu Awwalu emerged with a shovel and axe and climbed over […]
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Despite the recommendation of two consensus aspirants by Northern Elders Forum (NEF), ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday said there is no going back on his decision to vie for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku, who is currently performing lesser Hajj, said he was not part of the consensus arrangement. He […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting of its National Executive Committee attended by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, on Wednesday, announced the fees for its expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2023 General Election. The fees include N100 million for presidential aspirants, made up of N30 million for the expression of […]
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As the nation nears the end of a governance cycle early 2023, it is to be expected that the political marketplace will be abuzz with ideas around which popular choices may be made next year. Still, a sense that the Buhari administration has been less than effective across every facet of its interaction with the […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, has raised the alarm about how senators diverted money meant for their senatorial districts to non-existing projects, thereby denying their constituents from reaping dividends of democracy. It consequently uncovered how the National Assembly illegally added N20 billion to N100 billion annual constituency projects. The ICPC, in its interim constituency […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks. Last week, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while featuring as a guest […]
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Scenes of the incident An early morning rainstorm in some parts of Lagos State on Sunday left many residents counting their losses, as they bemoaned the destruction that followed the downpour. The rain, which started around 8am, fell for over three hours. A resident on Muri Okunola Street, near Burger Chicken, Victoria Island, Stan Evans, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Lying on each person’s earthly path is a chain of diverse experiences, a flight of steps leading him to the luminous heights which he must climb one after another, each of which he must thoroughly experience for his own benefit. There should be no waiting, stopping, hanging or clinging on to a […]
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At least six members of the Deeper Life Bible Church, located in Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos State, on Sunday, sustained serious degrees of injuries when the building of the church collapsed during a heavy storm while the service was in progress. A heavy rain which was later followed by a heavy storm led to […]
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The installation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the Aare Baasofin of Yorubaland (the Supreme Lawmaker of Yorubaland) has been suspended. This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, on Sunday. Lasisi said the event, which was planned to […]
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