By Ade Oyeyemi Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has granted an absolute pardon to 134 inmates as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. Mutfwang also commuted the death sentences of four inmates to life imprisonment as part of the exercise carried out under the constitutional prerogative of mercy. The governor announced the decision […]
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Sixty-six years after flag independence, millions of Nigerians remain hungry. Millions of children are out of school. Infrastructure is grossly inadequate. The country still depends far too heavily on crude oil income. Nigeria’s resources, including vast arable land, water bodies, oil, gas, solid minerals, a young population, and extraordinary human talent, have yet to translate […]
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Nigeria @66: Prosperity coming after reforms – Tinubu Here is the full address below: FROM REFORM TO PROSPERITY: INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, 1ST OCTOBER 2026 My fellow Nigerians, Sixty-six years ago today, our flag was raised, for the first time, over a free and sovereign […]
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By Olayide Adelami As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence and begins her 67th year as a sovereign nation, October 1 should be more than an occasion for celebration. It should be a moment for sober reflection: Where did we begin? How far have we travelled? What went wrong along the way? And, most importantly, […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation HADIN KAI, have reportedly killed 16 terrorists and recovered several weapons during operations in parts of Adamawa State. The operations, conducted between September 30 and October 1, also saw the troops repel coordinated attacks on two military formations, according to the Theatre Command. The […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Fiidi Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Igbu Terhemen, has reportedly died after he was allegedly attacked and abandoned in a bush near his residence. Terhemen was said to have been discovered unconscious at about 2am on Wednesday in a […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government to urgently reduce the price of petrol, introduce a nationwide wage award and commence negotiations for a new national minimum wage, citing the growing pressure of inflation on workers and households. The NLC made the demands in an Independence Day message signed […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi President Bola Tinubu has announced that reducing the cost of living will be the major priority of his administration as it enters the next phase of its economic programme. The President made the declaration on Thursday in his Independence Day address to Nigerians as the country celebrated 66 years of independence. Tinubu […]
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The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Dr Ademola Iya da Ebeloku, has charged fellow citizens to build a better and more prosperous Nigeria He gave the charge in his message commemorating the nation’s 66th independence anniversary, which he signed. Nigeria attained independence from colonial Britain on October 1, 1960, when the […]
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