Says: “Ohanaeze has no objections to all Igbo in the North returning home so long as all northerners in the South-East would leave the South-East” “The nepotism exhibited by this Federal Government, her duplicity of standards in law enforcement, her undisguised Fulanisation policy is repugnant to the rule of law and good governance. We will […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Wednesday that the performance of his administration in the power sector was “not good enough”, saying that this called for more efforts by Electricity Distribution Companies to provide the needed resources and technical expertise. He stated that the Federal Government would play its own part by improving the transmission of […]
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• Suspension meant to buy time – Afenifere, PANDEF • Disarm herdsmen, Ohanaeze tells FG Nigerians have reacted to the announced suspension of the controversial Ruga project by the Federal Government, describing the development as a ploy to buy time and demanding outright scrapping and disarming of herders, among others. The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, […]
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The city of Alexandria is already feeling the vibration ahead of Saturday’s epic showdown between the Super Eagles and Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. It is one of the round of 16 fixtures in the Egypt 2019 Afcon, which could have been avoided if Nigeria had picked a draw in their last group match against Madagascar. […]
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Outraged at a senator’s assault on a nursing mother, some Nigerians took their protest to the National Assembly on Wednesday. They demanded the immediate arrest and investigation of Senator Elisha Abbo who was caught on camera physically assaulting the woman at an adult sex toys shop in Abuja. Though members of the group, Concerned Nigerian […]
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Rather than suspend, President Muhammadu Buhari should scrap in its entirety the planned establishment of the controversial herders colonies across the country, Nigerians have demanded. The president had on Wednesday doused tension by suspending the plan to settle Fulani herdsmen, but his countrymen and women want more to be done. The suspension was announced after […]
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The Federal Government has approved the release of the admission list of successful candidates into the Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) for the 2019/2020 academic session. Announcing this in his Abuja office on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said the provisional admission into junior secondary in the FUCs are on the […]
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By Yinka Fabowale … Continues from June 26, 2019 No doubt, past governments must carry the can for breeding the current raging monster due to its failure to nip these security challenges in the bud and choosing to wallow in profligacy and corruption at the time. However, the present government has failed to demonstrate capacity […]
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Analyst links incidence to macroeconomic headwinds Following the adoption of IFRS 9, about 10.9 per cent of the loan book in the banking industry, representing ₦1.5trillion are in Stage 3 (impaired), as at December 2018, according to the recently released banking industry report by Agusto & Co. The figure represents 15 per cent increase in […]
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Suspected assailants on Tuesday night besieged the Erinjiyan-Ekiti residence of a former deputy speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Hon. Olusegun Adewumi in Ekiti West Local Government Area. The bandits, who forced their way into the residence around 2am, did not meet Adewumi who reportedly travelled to Canada with his family. It would be recalled […]
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