Fixes market price at N234 per litre, says N120b monthly subsidy not sustainable NNPC says no hike until April Tougher time awaits nation’s economy, stakeholders insist Labour raises doubts over NNPC claims, to oppose subsidy removal without substitutes PPPRA silent over the new template After dillydallying, it is now official that the liability Nigerians fear […]
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By Jide Oluwajuyitan Unlike in the developed democracies where politics serves the interest of interest groups, Nigerian politicians serve none but themselves. The ongoing shedding of crocodile tears by politicians over last week’s attempted assassination of Governor Ortom of Benue State by suspected herdsmen has once again confirmed Nigerian politicians respond to inputs from their […]
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Agency threatens to stop vaccine supply ‘We are working to resolve all issues’ A huge showdown which will massively disrupt the COVID-19 vaccination programme, unless urgently resolved, has broken out between the Federal Government and the Lagos State government. Lagos, being the epicenter of the virus pandemic in the country, is also the centre of […]
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Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated bandits will not surrender until they feel safe. He spoke on Wednesday during a virtual meeting hosted by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies. He said: “Nobody can justify criminality, what we are saying is what we saw in the forest is an ethnic war going […]
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One of the umbrella bodies of herdsmen in Nigeria, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, says South-West governors, with their anti-herdsmen stance, are creating problem for the All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Bola Tinubu, and his rumoured presidential ambition in 2023. Spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, spoke on Wednesday while featuring on Punch Online interview programme, The Roundtable. […]
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Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara State, describing it as a “nasty development.” The state government had closed 10 schools over their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. The refusal came from Christian organisations who say […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for better working relations between the legislative arm of government and the executive, saying this would ensure good governance and contribute to the development of the country. Osinbajo who spoke at a legislators’ evening of honour with the theme “The Role of Legislative Aides in Nation Building”, organized by […]
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Fulani socio-cultural group, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has asked the Federal Government to budget N150bn for the ranching of cows and the development of the entire livestock farming value chains in Nigeria. Spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, spoke on Wednesday while featuring on Punch Online interview programme, The Roundtable. According to him, ranching comes with […]
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Founder of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has advised Muslims to leave Kwara schools for their various owners. He said they should look for hijab-wearing schools their children can attend. Ten schools were shut down by the Kwara State Government in February over the crisis on the wearing of Hijab (Islamic […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, called for global collaboration against common challenges such as terrorism, corruption, poverty and climate change among others. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving letters of credence from some envoys at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The statement was […]
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