Throughout the first year of their marriage, her menstrual flow was constant. This cycle would be repeated for the next seven years. And, in those years when her period maintained its constancy, tears and sorrow were her uninvited guests. They never alerted her before they started cascading down her cheeks, leaving her helpless hubby to […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Presidency, on Tuesday, defended the signing into law of the Petroleum Industry Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he was being responsive to the yearning of the majority of Nigerians. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who stated this in an interview, told critics of […]
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The deceased representative of Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Adedayo Omolafe had an uncommon passion to help the needy people whenever they sought his help, his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said. A statement by the Secretary of its Akure South Local Government South Chapter, S A […]
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By Raymond Mordi After six years in power, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is gradually becoming the behemoth that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) used to be before 2015 general elections. Today, there is no vibrant and effective opposition, as opportunistic politicians are exploiting the fact that political platforms in the country are not ideologically […]
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‘Let market forces determine petrol price’ With the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in place, it is now constitutional to deregulate the oil and gas sector of the economy, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, said yesterday. The minister, who declined to speak on the kick-off date, said the downstream petroleum sector would be […]
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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello (left), Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Chairman, APC Anambra State Governorship Campaign Committee/Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, briefing pressmen after the inauguration of the APC Anambra State Governorship Campaign Committee at the party’s Secretariat, Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko – Group solicits inclusion […]
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At least 26 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), failed to provide matching grants to access the basic education development fund last year. This is according to data from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The records show that as of August 17, some states did not provide the 50 per cent matching grants […]
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Warn government against accepting surrender overture of terrorists Says if you free deadly Boko Haram members, then free all detainees, Terrorists, who got a slap on the wrist, were bomb makers, commanders, arsonists, rapists, kidnappers There should be no pity but a full-scale trial for ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has […]
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“The most urgent task, therefore, facing the peoples of Northern Nigeria is to overcome fear and suspicion, jettison unhealthy division and create consensus around common goals and aspirations. These are necessary for creating the enabling environment to address our most stubborn challenges such as insecurity, widespread poverty, the collapse of institutions and services, etc., so […]
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Former Nigerian President and Chairman of Africa Progress Group (APG), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (left); Country Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms. Ulla Mueller; Director-General, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae and Uganda High Commissioner, Nelson Ocheger at the public presentation of the 2020 APG report, themed, ‘‘Making Africa’s Population an Asset,’’ held […]
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