Media personality, Mosunmola Abudu, popularly known as Mo Abudu has reacted to reports of her sleeping with political office holders to get to the top. There had been allegations late last year that Abudu had relationships with Governors of Lagos State and other top politicians. Popular blogger, Gistlovers in its report had claimed that the […]
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The National Industrial Court, Abuja has ordered the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to pay 110 disengaged staff of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, ABU, their entitlements. In a ruling, Justice Rakiya Hasstrup, raised a sole issue for determination; which was whether there was sufficient material placed before the court to […]
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Parents in the FCT have called on the FCT Minister, area council chairmen and the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to reach a workable agreement to enable their children resume school. Some of the affected parents, who spoke in separate interviews in Kuje, Gwagwalada, Abaji and Kwali area councils said the strike was having negative […]
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File: Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, speaks during an interview on Nigeria’s suspension of Twitter in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 9, 2021. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dragged an online publisher, Mr Jackson Ude, before a High Court of the Federal […]
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The Presidency, yesterday, rejected a Financial Times article, which described President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the nation’s economy and security as poor. The article, entitled “What is Nigeria’s Government for?” was written by David Pilling, African editor of the newspaper, and published on January 31, 2022. But reacting to this, yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to […]
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The Federal Government has said it does not intend to lower its expenditure because its public expenditure to GDP ratio is lower compared to other African countries. This was coming on the heels of its insistence that the tax on carbonated drinks was done to discourage excessive consumption of sugar beverages which would help augment […]
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The rise in price of automotive gas oil (AGO) otherwise known as diesel above N400 per litre and 12.5 kilogramm (KG) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) above N900 has exposed the negative effects of subsidy removal on prices and dangers of import-driven deregulation extended for implementation by another 18 months by the Federal Government. The […]
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Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, counsel to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, on Monday, disclosed that the Beninese Government has concluded plans to renew Igboho’s incarceration by another six months. Alliyu noted that though there are no criminal charges or extradition request against Igboho, the Beninese Government has, however, taken steps […]
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Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Sunday dispelled insinuations that he abandoned Benue people during the herdsmen attacks that rocked the state since 2018 which had left the state grappling with humanitarian crisis with over 1.5 million persons in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. Atiku who is aspiring to be president of the country in the 2023 election on the platform […]
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Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN) has begun car assembly in Nigeria, starting with the land trek, 3008, 5008 and the new 508. Naija. With this development, Peugeot vehicles will now be assembled in Nigeria nearly four years after joint owners Dangote Group secured authorization from the Nigerian regulator following prior expressions of interest in […]
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