Wole Soyinka (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP) By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical lessons on television production when I told the future Nobel Laureate’s steward, the Ghanaian lad Francis, to […]
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Uncompleted building near Otedola Estate, along Lagos –Ibadan Expressway Photo: Ayodele Adeniran Residents cry to state government for help, seek ban on illegal occupation We’re working on due processes – Govt Residents have called on the Lagos State Government to enforce the ban on illegal occupation of abandoned buildings and properties under construction across the […]
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Minister of State for Transport, Senator Gbemisola Saraki (left); former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, at the ninth memorial of former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin…yesterday Lauds PDP’s performance in Anambra governorship poll Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has […]
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Men of the Nigeria State Secret Police (SSS) escorts Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu (2nd L), outside the Federal High Court during the trial of the IPOB leader who is facing a 7-count amended charge on alleged treasonable felony and terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 21, 2021. […]
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It’s cheap blackmail – Akeredolu Timber merchants under the aegis of Ondo State Concerned Timber Merchants, OSCTIM, has raised alarm over an alleged clandestine plot by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to siphon all resources of the state before leaving office by February 2025. This came barely 48 hours after the state government lifted the ban on […]
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Call for 10% increase in sector’s budget The Chancellor of Wellspring University, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, have berated President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria’s failed educational system. They countered Buhari who had earlier stated in Paris on Friday that the competitiveness Nigerians display abroad is a result of the […]
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Nigeria and 44 nations have pledged to invest in sustainable farming to protect nature. Also, 95 high-profile companies have committed to being ‘nature positive,’ and have agreed to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030. The Press and Public Affairs Officer, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Ndidiamaka Eze, in a statement, […]
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•Librarian, six others confirm abduction by terrorist group •CNG urges students’ wing to shelve protest over Zaria kidnap •UNIABUJA honours 44 staff for role in rescue of abducted don Barely three days after some soldiers, including a General, were killed in a deadly attack, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, […]
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Skyrocketing prices of food items and utilities have greatly eroded the average disposable and purchasing incomes of Nigerians. In this report, Assistant Business Editor, Chikodi Okereocha; Tofunmi Sanusi, Chidalu Ezekiel and Chibugo Oyeneze examine the underlying issues and effects on the average living standards For many Nigerians, life has become a grind. The skyrocketing price […]
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• Epileptic power supply, exchange rate raise cost of production by 30% • Stakeholders urge FG to reschedule existing loans, grant tax holiday to firms • Local sourcing of raw materials solution to forex scarcity, says MAN The harsh operating environment aggravated by COVID-19 disruptions and foreign exchange liquidity crisis has caused the fortunes of […]
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