The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase and Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu, have called for full autonomy for local governments in Nigeria, stating that it is the only way dividends of democracy can get to the people at the grass roots. Wase and Elumelu made the call in Abuja […]
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By Dr Joe Okei Odumakin If breath was the currency of life and its legal tender…then, Yinka spent his breath on causes. The medics said his oxygen level was running low but my husband was reaching out for his tab to type out his column… He was never frugal in spending that oxygen on his […]
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Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has stated that bandits and terrorists tormenting the country have all lost their right to life and should be wiped out. He spoke at the town hall meeting on national security hosted by the Ministry of Information and Culture in Kaduna with the theme “Setting benchmarks for enhanced security and national […]
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It is a delight to be part of this unveiling of a chapter of our history – a story that has not been told in full until now. The story of The Guardian Newspaper is significant, for the redefinition it meant for print media in Nigeria, and for its uniqueness in bringing public intellectuals and […]
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By Bolu Adeosun To say the very least, Nigeria is currently at a crossroads security-wise. Only this week, hoodlums invaded the fortress housing the Imo State police command and the Owerri prisons, setting buildings and vehicles ablaze and freeing inmates. According to reports, policemen in the South-East geopolitical zone are afraid to put on their uniforms, […]
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The battle over the appropriate structure of the state is by no means over. The other day, in fiscal garb, it surfaced on the floor of the Nigerian upper legislative chamber, the Senate. The scuffle is over the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), now the preference of countries who believe in saving for the rainy day. […]
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its zonal congresses. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said the NWC had scaled […]
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Pa Ayo Adebanjo, recently stepped in as new leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere after Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the former leader stepped aside due to old age. He spoke with Seye Olumide on the dangers ahead, if President Muhammadu Buhari refuses to restructure the country before another general elections hold in 2023. • If my […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former first lady Dr. Patience Jonathan, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are among the dignitaries honouring the First Lady, Aisha Buhari at the presentation of her book, “Aisha Buhari, Being Different.” Other dignitaries include Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege and the former Minister […]
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Cemetery workers carry the coffin of a victim of COVID-19 at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 23, 2021. Miguel Schincariol / AFP WHO reports 4m new infections, 71,000 casualties in seven days With the exception of Nigeria and some other few African countries, COVID-19 cases rose for a sixth consecutive […]
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