Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has berated Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, for saying deceased Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni, died of natural causes when the facts had not been established by the coroner’s inquest. He also rejected the report purportedly issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, adding that […]
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Double-digit growth in 2022 Investors who subscribed to the recently-concluded public offer by MTN Nigeria Communications (MTN Nigeria) will receive about N5.67 billion as cash dividends in their first return on investment. Regulatory filing and reports analysed yesterday indicated a dividend yield of 5.07 per cent as return on investment for the emerging shareholders, a […]
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The Financial Times has lampooned the administration of President Muhammdu Buhari. In its latest publication the newspaper, which is based in London, England, lambasted Buhari’s administration, noting that Nigeria has sleepwalked closer to disaster under him. “Campaigning has already begun for presidential elections that in February 2023 will draw the curtain on eight years of […]
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Femi Falana and Patrick Utomi Former presidential candidate and Co-Convener, Nigerian Consultative Forum, Prof Pat Utomi, has said prominent Nigerians, labour unions and civil society organisations are forming an alliance against Nigeria’s biggest political parties – the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party – in the 2023 general elections. Utomi, a […]
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Coming in cascades, a series of reports demonstrate the weakness of the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. News that Nigeria dropped five places in Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perception Index and was rated West Africa’s second most corrupt, was followed by strong concerns voiced by the United States on the country’s enduring romance with […]
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Tinubu (middle) throws a fist salute to supporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Sunday Presidential hopeful and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday returned to Nigeria about 10 days after he traveled to the United Kingdom. It was gathered that the former Lagos State governor landed at the Murtala […]
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A video footage of a former Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, launching a verbal attack on the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday attracted different reactions from supporters of the two factions of the All Progressives Congress in the state. Alimi, a staunch supporter of the Minister of […]
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The Federal Government is not ‘sleepwalking into disaster’, the Presidency said yesterday in a reaction to an article by Financial Times. Presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu in a statement condemned the writer for describing Nigerian government as “a government sleepwalking into disaster”. The report claimed that President “Buhari has overseen two terms of economic slump, rising […]
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The external reserves have fallen below the $40bn mark to the lowest point in over three months, figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. The reserves dropped to $39.82bn on February 2, 2022 from $40.53bn as of December 30, 2021. The country’s external reserves had jumped from $39.82bn on October 15, 2021, to […]
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A World Bank project worth N12 million has been attracted to the Community Comprehensive High School, Ikaram Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State by the school’s Old Students’ Association This was disclosed on Sunday in Ikaram Akoko by the President of the Association, Barr. Olurotimi Williams-Daudu at the inauguration of […]
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