ADP tackles Buhari over high cost of food items The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday, urged the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over pervasive insecurity and other knotty issues confronting Nigeria. Its spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, who […]
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The Nigerian Government Wednesday gave an indication that it might declare a state of emergency in Anambra if the incessant killings and rising insecurity in the state persists. This, it said, is so as to protect the sanctity of the scheduled November 6 governorship election in the state. Attorney of the Federation and Minister of […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe This is about a lady of great influence and power. She lived in wealth and had many servants in her mansion with well-manicured lawns and marble floors. One remarkable part of her life is that whenever a servant did anything wrong in Madam Abara’s view he would get a devastating slap from […]
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It is often said that man is the architect of his fortune. This is a deep pronouncement to which, like most proverbs and wise sayings, the modern man pays scant attention. Hardly do we invite ourselves into serious contemplation of what these reveal about our past and our present and about deep […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter has commiserated with the families of the victims of the rainstorms that ravaged Ikare Akoko last Sunday. It conveyed this in a statement by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. Three persons reportedly died in the disaster in which not less than 150 houses […]
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Nigeria spends N601.51b on importation of vehicles in H1, 2021 Freight rate high because shipping lines, airlines charge for import, export on a single trip Clearing of vehicles in Nigeria is extremely expensive, cheap in Ghana, Benin, Togo Prices of imported secondhand automobiles, popularly known as Tokunbo vehicles, have gone out of the reach of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Tuesday from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, after a two-day visit to the country, attending the second-term inauguration of Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy. The President, who touched down at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 2pm, was received by his Chief of Staff Prof […]
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As countries celebrate the 2021 World Teachers’ Day, Oyo State Government has restated its commitment to teachers’ welfare. It applauded the steadfastness and dedication of teachers in the State and commended them for their immense contributions to the overall development of the state’s education sector. Particularly, it acknowledged the immense contributions of teachers to the […]
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The South-East Governors and traditional rulers on Tuesday condemned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra over the every Monday sit-at-home order that has had crippling effects on socio-economic activities of the zone. The governors rose in a meeting with some selected leaders at the Government House, Enugu, and declared that such order can no longer […]
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