Dr. Oby Ezekwesili The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday said she would work to build and deliver a prosperous Nigeria if elected.Ezekwesili, a former Vice-President of World Bank, made the pledge while speaking with newsmen in Lagos. She spoke on her blueprint to lift 80 […]
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Japanese researchers said Friday they have transplanted stem cells into the brain of a patient in the first stage of an innovative trial to cure Parkinson’s disease. The research team at Kyoto University injected induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body — into the […]
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Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, has revealed that she and her husband, ex-President Barack Obama, had their two children — Malia and Sasha — through the in-vitro fertilisation. Michelle said that after marriage, she and the ex-president had trouble getting pregnant; and that when she finally did, she suffered a miscarriage. […]
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Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyelogun and his Deputy, Iroju Ogundeji, have been impeached. They were removed as a result of alleged financial impropriety, incompetence and high handedness.Subsequently, Hon. Olamide George of All Progressives Congress, APC, has been sworn in as the new speaker of the House while Hon. Abimbola Fajolu […]
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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria says 11,550 candidates passed the Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers, representing 68 per cent of the total number of candidates. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, however, said that 5,405 candidates failed the examination. The […]
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Don’t delay bill, labour tells Buhari Presidency insists no figure has been approved The organised labour Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to send to the National Assembly, without any delay, a bill fixing N30,000 as national minimum wage or “we will take the appropriate decision,” “We expect the matter to be properly concluded, and for […]
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By Kayode Komolafe The legitimate advocacy for restructuring to correct the distortions of the Nigerian federalism suffers from a major draw back: those making the arguments for restructuring are not playing the politics of it well. It was a senior advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, who alluded to this fact a few months ago at […]
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By Olusegun Adeniyi After no fewer than 16 meetings and protracted negotiations with the organised private sector, the authorities in the 36 states and the federal government, the Ama Pepple-led national minimum wage tripartite committee finally submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. And with the presidential endorsement of the recommendation, the sum […]
Continue ReadingBabatunde Fashola – Nigeria now generates 7,000MW – AfDB says 645m people without electricity in AfricaAlthough, there are about 645 million people without electricity in Africa, with about 90 million Nigerians affected, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Federal Government is doing everything possible to reverse the trend in […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria to watch her rising debt service/ revenue ratio with a view to taking steps to halt the rise. While admitting that Nigeria’s Debt /GDP ratio of between 20-25 per cent was within a tolerable limit, the Fund noted that debt servicing, which takes about 50 per cent […]
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