Are the labours of the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not in vain today? In 2015, it became the ruling party, having won the presidential poll. Last year, President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected on its platform. The puzzle, however, are: Has APC been able to manage its achievements? Has the party been […]
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The suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said last night that claim by Deputy National Secretary Victor Giadom that he had taken over as acting chairman is against common sense. According to him, the party is ruled by its guidelines. He spoke on a Channels Television programme. The Court […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-doors meeting with Service Chiefs at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Service Chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin arrived at the seat of power at 08:50 GMT and proceeded straight to the Council Chambers. President Buhari joined the meeting […]
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Children engaged in an online learning If education is expensive, one is often told to try ignorance. However, the various fees charged by private schools in Nigeria to provide online classes seem to have left parents between a rock and a hard place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal. Easily excited […]
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The Senate has berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its over 210 per cent subsidy expenditure rise in two months – March to May 2018 – that skyrocketed from N774 million to N2.4 billion daily during the period. Chairman of its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Upstream), Senator Sabo Muhammad Nakudu (APC […]
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The gruesome death of George Floyd which reverberated all over the world has poignantly reopened the issue of race relationship not just in America, but in the whole of the Western world. Frank Luntz, a Republican in the U.S. said to be a ‘focus group expert’ speaking in the context of polling he conducted, believes […]
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Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared ₦547.309 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for May, 2020. From this amount, inclusive of VAT, Exchange Gain and Excess Bank Charges recovered, the Federal Government received N219.799 billon, States N152.436 billion while the Local Government councils got N114.095 […]
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The feud between Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has continued unabated with the duo firing salvos and tantrums at one another on a daily basis. RRazaq Ibrahim examines the implication of the brawl on the fortunes of the All Progressive Congress (APC) […]
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offers soft loans, VAT removal, free COVID-19 tests as palliatives The Federal Government has pledged to bail out the local aviation sector with N27 billion as part of measures to restart air travel and keep the airports safer. The sum, already proposed to some of the operators, will, besides supporting the airlines, also fast-track the […]
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Nigeria ready for global action against disease, says Buhari The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday endorsed dexamethasone as ‘cure’ drug for saving lives of critically ill coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. Dexamethasone is a breakthrough in the global race to discover a safe and effective drug for treatment and prevention of the disease. The WHO welcomed […]
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