Photo/ .facebook/OsunGovernor Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that his administration is working hard to exploit and develop the critical sectors of the state’s economy – agriculture, tourism and mining – to rescue it from over-dependence on federal allocations and turn Osun into the economic hub of the South-West region. He noted that the […]
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (left); his counterparts: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Douye Diri (Bayelsa); Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers) during the wedding ceremony of the son of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu in Umuahia…yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, blamed the several challenges facing the country on the diminishing of family […]
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called for an urgent review of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) bill to improve best practices in the country’s port system. He stated this at the maiden graduation of over 400 trained professionals in freight forwarding and supply chain management at the University […]
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the weekend, said his administration had approved N200 million as Yearly State Education Intervention Fund to raise the bar of learning and academic excellence in the tertiary institutions. He also endowed the best graduating student’s award with N1 million yearly in honour of his late father, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya […]
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With travel restrictions being reinstated against a number of countries in southern Africa by the United Kingdom, United States of America and Singapore, among others, as well as the European Union (EU) and Brazil calling for the same, there are concerns about the risk that the new infectious variant could return many economies to lockdowns. […]
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• Lagos, Ondo, Ogun take proactive actions to prevent attacks Security has been beefed up in border communities across the Southwest states, following an alleged plot by suspected terrorists to attack military formations in the areas, it was learnt yesterday. Government sources said there is increased surveillance in Yewa, Ogun State border towns and Badagry-Seme […]
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• Opposition party can’t rescue the nation, Okechukwu insists • APC youths list benefits of direct primaries Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has said foreign loans taken under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari have turned Nigeria into a beggar in the comity of nations. The party, however, is assured […]
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the growing indiscriminate use of antibiotics. It said the situation has further accelerated Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), resulting in avoidable deaths. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning at the virtual 2021 World Antimicrobial Resistance Week (WAAW) themed, ‘Spread […]
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Senator Ben Obi has faulted former Senate President Ken Nnamani’s claim of scuttling the alleged third term bid of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obi, who represented Anambra Central in the Fifth Senate, noted that he and a number of others were the arrowheads. He told The Guardian that Nnamani’s submission at the recent presentation of his […]
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• PFN: Subsidy removal will worsen Nigerians’ suffering • CAN: Engage stakeholders before withdrawal • N5,000 palliative huge disgrace, naira becoming useless, says Anglican bishop • Catholic knights: Stop subsidy removal to avoid anarchy • CNPP berates labour leaders over silence, vows to lead an anti-subsidy protest • ASUU urges Nigerians to reject N5,000 transport […]
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