South should produce President in 2023 – Ndume

All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and Senate Committee Chairman on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has kicked against the idea of the North producing the country’s President in 2023. He said that any attempt to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the north would amount to third term for the North after President Muhammadu Buhari’s second […]

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Coronavirus forcing architects to adopt new trends in office designs

With property developers and investors coming to grips with lower occupational demand in office space, architects are embracing new trends in designs that will pave way for social interaction and collaboration. Despite the adoption of work from home model and the co-working space, there have been major drawbacks, hinged on logistics and technology, especially poor […]

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Ondo land for Fulani herders: A stitch in time – An open letter to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN

Dear Arakunrin, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you. Ordinarily, I would have used the conventional means of writing to you via your office to write this letter, but since I know that this would probably not reach your desk, given the system we practice in this clime when […]

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COVID-19 vaccination: Side effects cases aiding skepticism

• Bottlenecks As States Begin Vaccination• Medical Guild Decries Vaccine Nationalism By West After several months of waiting, Nigeria eventually began nationwide COVID-19 vaccination last week Friday, in Abuja. But despite the excitement that greeted the occasion, there are several concerns and unanswered questions over the vaccination. Besides, accessing COVID-19 vaccines has become an issue, especially […]

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Petrol price hike: Queues persist despite reversal

• Sylva Apologises To Nigerians, Insists No Increment Until Conclusion Of FG, Labour Talks• NNPC Assures Of Adequate Supply Of Product• PPPRA Deletes Template Announcing N212.68 /Litre Pump Price• Hike Can Attract Mass Protest, PDP Cautions In what appeared to be the most uncoordinated situation by agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, headed by President […]

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Our lives in exile: Ogun families displaced by herdsmen speak from Benin Republic

Amid denial by the state government that there are no refugees from Yewa North and Imeko-Afon local government areas in Benin Republic, Kunle Akinrinade‘s visit to the francophone nation revealed that there are more than 5,000 Nigerians from villages in Ogun State taking refuge in Igana, Egelu, Pobe and Gbogo communities in the neighbouring country […]

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Fedpoly Ile Oluji registrar appointed UNIBEN registrar

By Banji Ayoola The  incumbent Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Mr. Ademola A. Bobola, has been appointed as the substantive Registrar of the University of Benin in Edo State after a keenly contested selection process. A statement by the institution’s Head of Information, Protocol & Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, said that: “The […]

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Sanwo-Olu, deputy take COVID-19 vaccine

Lagos begins public vaccination, sets up 88 centres Lagos State Government on Friday commenced its COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccination programme with Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi leading the way at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba. He was followed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat. Sanwo-Olu took the injection at 3:03p.m. while Hamzat was […]

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Nigeria will continue to administer AstraZeneca vaccines – PTF

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday disclosed that available information has shown that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is generally safe and efficacious against the COVID-19 disease. It however stressed that it won’t hesitate to take decisive actions should new data surface to prove that the vaccine is unsafe for Nigerians. Stressing that the […]

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