Foremost Yoruba Traditional Ruler, the Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja the Second, has advised how to adequately empower the youths to positively tap their fabulous energy towards development and veer them off crime and other anti social occupations. In this interview, the royal father speaks of the numerous […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps says it is illegal to receive or make telephone calls while driving, regardless of any wireless gadget used for such communication. It also said drivers who make or receive calls behind the wheels with AirPods, EarPods or any form of wired or wireless earphones and hands free mode risk six […]
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Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari at no time passed a vote of no confidence on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba. Alhaji Abdu Labaran, Director-General, Media to Masari, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Katsina. This clarifications came on the heels of reports suggesting that the governor passed a vote of no […]
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Internally displaced people (IDP), mostly women and children sacked by Boko Haram jihadists, block a highway to protest against shortage of food and diversion of aid supplies meant for them by camp officials in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 27, 2019. – Thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram violence poured into the streets of the […]
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1. Due to the current travails Nigeria is currently undergoing such as: insecurity, insurgency, ethnic clashes, religious wars, threats of secession, cybercrime, a National Dialogue is imperative. 2. Due to the fact that True Federalism is not practiced in Nigeria, Decentralization, should be considered because it is a fundamental political and economic strategy for achieving […]
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned that unregulated goods and products are harmful to human health. The agency’s Director General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning on Thursday in Benin City, Edo State, at the continuation of its nation-wide sensitisation programme. She said that it has become apparent to […]
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This report examines Nigeria’s rising poverty despite various poverty-alleviation programmes launched by successive administrations since return to democratic rule in 1999 In November 2020, a report by the World Poverty Clock rated Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world. According to that report, Nigeria had overtaken India, which according to United Nations data, had […]
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The Federal Government has said it did everything possible to stop the ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, which has paralysed activities in government hospitals across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige stated this while addressing the Nigerian Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly meeting in Abuja, according to […]
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By Banji Ayoola Some eminent Nigerians including human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN; Dr (Mrs Aluko of the Department of Local Government Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife; and a former National President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Comrade Deji Akinwalere, have recommended national dialogue as an imperative to resolve […]
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A foremost Nigerian bank, Access Bank Plc, has announced a total assets worth of a whopping N10.06 trillion for the half year ended June 30, 2021 as against N8.68 trillion reported in full year ended December 31, 2020 indicating 16 per cent increase. It said that the impressive increase in total assets was driven by […]
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