Credit: Twitter / NigeriaFMYS By Abiodun Adeniyi Minister Sunday Dare was lately in the eye of the storm, obviously for the Olympics. He had assumed duties as a minister on the back of an illustrious journalism career, a media entrepreneur, broadcaster, author, public relations manager, and as a public administrator. These trades are service oriented […]
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Govt begins training for information officers, media practitioners Newly appointed Coordinator of the Edo State Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Dr. Georgina Eromosele, has pledged to ensure justice for victims of rape and gender-based violence in the state. Eromosele, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, canvassed support of residents to tackle rape and domestic violence […]
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Credit: Twitter Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, yesterday, charged Nigerians to re-dedicate themselves to the unity, peace and security of the nation. He said the country’s oneness must not be compromised for anything regardless of ethno-religious and political differences. He, therefore, urged the citizens to embrace things that are capable of strengthening the existing unity […]
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Good roads are central to the infrastructural needs of the people and a nation, as qualitative life and steadily growing economy are directly linked to easy movements of goods and services. Major roads in Nigeria have suffered abandonment by successive Nigerian governments, with the attendant harrowing experiences borne by the users of such roads. Nigerian […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has returned to a Federal High Court in Abuja with a request to reverse the bail it granted 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation advocate, Sunday Igboho. In an application filed on Monday by its lawyer, Idowu Awo, the DSS is limiting its request to four of the 12. […]
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Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed By Abachi Ungbo History is replete with countries that plunged into crises on the strength of ever- rising spending and the crushing effect of accumulated debts. For instance, Greece fell into deep economic morass due to its fiscal policies. It kept spending while borrowing continues to make a quick upward trajectory. […]
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President’s pledge to raise education funding is good, but redeeming it is better Perhaps the best news that stakeholders in Nigeria’s educational sector have heard in many years is President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to increase budgetary allocation to the sector by 50 percent over the next two years. Making the pledge alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta […]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reacted to a video wherein a man identified to be a Nigerian diplomat was manhandled in Indonesia by summoning the Ambassador of Indonesia to Nigeria to explain what he knows about it. The unnamed diplomat was seen shouting “I can’t breathe! My neck!” as he was being roughened up. […]
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors will reconvene today to resolve the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. A meeting of the governors on the same issue yesterday hit the rocks forcing the state chief executives to reconvene today Tuesday. The meeting was summoned to determine whether or not the National Chairman of the party, Prince […]
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The Nigerian Correctional Service on Monday provided special transportation from court for Chidinma Ojukwu, prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. A prison official put Miss Ojukwu, without handcuffs, in the front seat of a blue Toyota Camry and whisked her away from the Yaba Magistrates’ […]
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