Nigerians celebrate June 12 tomorrow, both as the now official Democracy Day and in remembrance of Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola who won the presidential election of June 12, 1993, adjudged to be the best election in the country. Coming closely after the commemoration of May 29 as democracy inauguration day, it is ironic that […]
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But there is only one thing, which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression,” once wrote an English philosopher, John Locke. Once again, as the country marks ‘Democracy Day’ on Saturday, the malignant ghost of the criminal annulment, 28 years ago, of the presidential election hovers over the land. In the struggle that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the All Progressives Congress will decide who succeeds him as president and not himself. He said this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists of Arise TV during an exclusive interview. The President said, “About succession, what this admin can do is to make sure APC lasts beyond this administration. “We […]
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The Director-Information Technology Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs Rakiyat Mohammed, has said that the banking regulator will launch a digital currency before the end of 2021. Muhammed disclosed this during a press briefing on the Bankers’ Committee meeting on Thursday. “As I said before the end of the year, the Central Bank will be […]
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The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Mr Uche Orji, has said children from low-income homes now have access to quality education through the Bridge Schools. A statement by the school said Orji noted that the literacy and numeracy level of the beneficiary kids had improved, adding that its investment in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the All Progressives Congress, not an individual in the party, would decide power rotation in 2023. Buhari, who said this during an interview on Arise Television, also accused state governors of stifling local governments in the country. Although he did not mention governors specifically, he said aside being short-changed […]
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Children of Bab-es Salaam Orphanage Home and Lions Clubs members at the Children’s Day celebration A non-governmental organisation, Touchme Foundation, said it will support efforts at tackling insecurity in Nigeria by giving free education to some underprivileged children in public schools. The president and founder of the non-governmental organisation, Ademuyiwa Oduwole, in an interview with […]
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Emotions ran high on Thursday when security agents locked out protesting pensioners at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Looking dejected, the pensioners under the aegis of the Local Government Pensioners Association, stormed the state secretariat complex as early as 8am to protest the alleged refusal of Governor Dapo Abiodun administration to pay their […]
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Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday CP orders vigilante’s arrest for killing trader The police in Rivers State said they have arrested an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, who allegedly killed a bus driver along the NTA Road, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. The state Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, disclosed […]
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Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Lawyers want EFCC personnel sanctioned for assaulting NBA chair The Nigeria Union of journalists, on Thursday, condemned the attack on a Chief Correspondent with Punch Nigeria Limited, Friday Olokor, by a combined team of security operatives from the Department of State Services and the police, describing it as reprehensible. […]
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