Lagos, union on collision course over new consolidated transport levy

Two persons collecting dues under the disguise of being union reps at Oshodi, yesterday Photo: Ayodele Adeniran • Dues Should Be Harmonised — Transporters A sneak preview of what may play out in the days ahead presented itself during a briefing to announce the introduction of the N800 daily Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy (CITSL), […]

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Oyo distributes Covid-19 first aid kits to 250 BESDA learning centres

Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran distributing COVID-19 kits Oyo State government has distributed COVID-19 first aid kits to some non-formal learning centers, under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, saying this is part of its efforts at ensuring rapid response to emergency situations at its […]

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Abdulsalami recounts how presumed winner of annulled 1993 election MKO Abiola died in detention

Twenty three years after, former Head of State, retired Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar has broken his silence on how the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola died while in detention. That election, Nigeria’s freest and fairest ever, was annulled by the regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida. Abubakar, who […]

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Bandits kill abducted eight-year-old girl after collecting N3m ransom

Barely 48 hours after the report of Hanifa Abubakar, who was kidnapped and later killed by her teacher in Kano, went viral across the country, residents of Zaria, in Kaduna State, were also thrown into mourning over the murder of an eight-year-old Asma’u, who was allegedly kidnapped and later killed by her neighbour. Her abductors […]

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I’m through with partisan politics – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (seventh from left); National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu (sixth left); leftwards are: former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Peter Obi; former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; National Secretary of PDP, Senator Sam Anyanwun; Deputy National Chairman, South, Amb. Taofeek Arapaja; and former governor of Cross River […]

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Supreme Court reverses self in GTBank, Innoson Motors N2.4b suit

The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier dismissal of an appeal by GTBank against a N2.4 billion judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State. In a judgment delivered on Friday, a five-man panel, led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, held unanimously that the Supreme Court […]

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2023 presidency: Why I decide to run —Orji Kalu

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has said he decided to contest the 2023 presidential election after leaders from the six geopolitical zones approached him to run. This is as he revealed that he had earlier told other presidential aspirants like the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, former president of the […]

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Outrage over kidnap, murder of five-year-old Kano pupil

Outrage has greeted the abduction and murder of a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar in Kano state. Until her demise, Hanifa attended Noble Kids Academy located in Kwanar Dakata in Nassarawa local government area of Kano. Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the school. In connection to her death, the Police in Kano […]

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