By Dare Babarinsa Today is the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Chief Bola Ige, first elected Governor of old Oyo State (now Oyo and Osun) and deputy leader of Afenifere. He was then the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, serving in the government of his friend, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. It […]
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•President Muhammadu Buhari receiving the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine from his Personal Physician, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi at the Presidential Villa in Abuja … yesterday. With them is an NCDC official Infection afflicting the unvaccinated more, says NPHCDA President Muhammadu Buhari has received his booster dose of Pfizer Biontech vaccine at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]
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The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party has assured members that it will not impose its position on the 17 aspirants in the run-up for the 2022 governorship elections. This is as the aspirants met with stakeholders at a two-day reconciliation meeting to reach a truce concerning the 2022 governorship elections. The meeting convened […]
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Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Telecommunication companies had on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a […]
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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed the 2022 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates of the Federal Government’s budget from the proposed N16,391,023,917,692 to N17,126,873,917,692, an increase by N735,850,000,000. The lawmakers raised the oil benchmark from $57 per barrel to $62. They also increased the National Assembly’s budget by N5bn, from the proposed N134bn […]
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Senators have vowed to override the veto of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act amendment bill. This is just as Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, moves to prevent the embarrassment of the President. But the Nigeria Governors’ Forum supported Buhari for not assenting to the bill, saying his reasons were cogent. The President had withheld […]
Continue ReadingCBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele Amid a surge in demand for more cash by bank customers as the Yuletide season approaches, some Deposit Money Banks have slashed the withdrawal limits of their customers. Findings across bank branches in some key cities in the country revealed that many customers could not withdraw the total amount they […]
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In its quest to ensure that the South East region gets the presidency in 2023, the youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has set up a 20-member committee to lobby other ethnic nationalities, religious organisations and groups in the country. The group disclosed this, yesterday, in a statement issued by its Assistant National Publicity […]
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The Senate has extended implementation of the 2021 budget to March 31, 2022. The resolution at plenary, presided over by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, is to ensure execution of developmental projects across the federation. Consequently, a bill in that respect scaled second and third readings on the floor of the upper legislative chamber, yesterday, in […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill of N483.1billion into law, promising to ensure 80 per cent implementation. He signed the Appropriation Law No. 11, 2021 at the Executive Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt. The governor said: “By the grace of God, we’ll hit the ground running from […]
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