The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has vowed to shut down the National Assembly, the National Assembly Service Commission, all State Houses of Assembly, all State Houses of Assembly Service Commissions and others over the non – implementation of financial autonomy for the parliamentary arm of government. The workers are asking for full implementation […]
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A health worker displays a vial containing the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, in Suresnes, on February 6, 2021, on the start of a vaccination campaign for health workers with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. – The top French medical authority Haute autorité de Santé has approved the vaccine for use in France, but only for people under 65, […]
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As part of efforts to encourage more enrolment of school-age children and check out-of-school children, Lagos State Government has expressed its readiness to build more schools. The State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo disclosed this during a meeting with the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Lagos State Resilience Office (LASRO), Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki and […]
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By Banji Ayoola About four months after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, in his church in November 2019, the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, in the Ondo State capital, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, has approached the Appeal court to quash the conviction. He […]
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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reacted to condemnations trailing the directive to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to desist from transacting in Cryptocurrencies. In a statement on Sunday, Osita Nwanisobi, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, clarified that the CBN circular of February 5, 2021 did not place any new restrictions on […]
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Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group has criticised the presidency for allegedly always the first to defend criminal herdsmen any time they kill people. Besides, its Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin slammed some Northern leaders for only finding their voice when the victims of criminal herdsmen attacks rise up in resistance. He spoke in an interview […]
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Cryptocurrency has become a widely acceptable means of payment with greater capacity and faster settlement than other traditional financial structures. It is a digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transactions. Cryptocurrency market was started by the group or individual […]
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Hundreds of Nigerian youths have taken to social media to speak against the handover of Lekki toll gate, where Nigerian forces opened fire on unarmed protesters last October, to its owners Lekki Concession Company. Members of the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State government to investigate the October 2020 Lekki shooting voted 5-4 […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda, has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu before the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti over the sack of a pregnant unmarried female corporal, Olajide Omolola. The policewoman attached to the Iye Ekiti Police Station in the Ilejemeje area of Ekiti State, who joined […]
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Gunmen leave trail of death, rape, penury As is the case with most parts of Northern Nigeria and some places down South, insecurity, especially armed banditry and kidnapping, seem to have put everybody’s back against the wall. Gboyega Alaka, who attempts to beam searchlight on this, using two states of Niger and Kaduna, reports. The situation […]
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