Population. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Elukpo No less than 40 per cent of Nigerians presently live below the poverty line even as the unemployment rate tops 33 per cent, a productivity report has revealed. According to the report, youth unemployment stood at 40 per cent before COVID-19 but rose to 53 per cent in the fourth […]
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The deposed the Deji of Akureland, in Ondo state, Oba Oluwadare Adepoju, has joined his ancestors. He reigned between 2005 and 2010 when, following his deposition by the state government, he was succeeded by the incumbent Deji, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi. A statement by the spokesman for the Adesina Royal Family of the Osupa Ruling House, […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has charged the new board members to resist all distractions and focus on the discharge of the mandates of their offices to avoid embarrassment. Stressing that his administration will not permit any frivolities and disgraceful acts which place the people at a disadvantage, he assured that his administration will discourage […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticised Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for allegedly buying two bulletproof Lexus 670 LXE SUVs valued at N1.5 billion despite government’s inability to pay workers salaries In a statement by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, it said the governor’s open display of affluence was an […]
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• Wike says its victory for democracy A Federal High Court, Abuja has declared as unconstitutional the Federal Government’s deduction of funds directly from the Federation Account to fund the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in line with Section 4(1)(a) and (b) of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act 2019. Justice Ahmed Mohammed made the […]
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• Voters to queue behind aspirant’s poster for APC primary, says Badaru Candidate of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Chief Bisi Kolawole, was last night declared winner of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday to fly the party’s flag in the June 18 governorship election in the […]
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Photo/Facebook/SpeakerGbaja House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has rejected a bill seeking to confer immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The presiding officers of the National Assembly are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives […]
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• NGF, Labour leaders seek forensic probe of NNPC’s figures • Allege fraud in consumption, distribution numbers • Nigeria will pay price of more borrowings, Presidency confirms OPS concerns The controversies surrounding continued payment of fuel subsidy may not have ended as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, yesterday, presented a bill of N3 […]
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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Strategic Communication, Oge Mordi (left); Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipreye Sylva at the weekly State House Briefing at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…yesterday Photo: NAN • Buhari suspends PIA by 18 months, NLC shelves protests • Says no law […]
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By Abdu Rafiu I have observed that most of the religious leaders and seers have been careful this year to speak in general terms in their predictions for the New Year, 2022. Predictions have become a yearly ritual during cross-over religious gatherings when congregants bid the outgoing year goodbye and welcome the emerging year from […]
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