By Femi Mimiko VP Osinbajo WAS probably on the side of restructuring, but I doubt if he still is. All he is trying to do now is, political correctness – making himself intelligible to those he now works for, whose opposition to restructuring is as clear as the morning sky. That explains the obvious confusion […]
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Caption: British member of parliament, Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake outside the Nigerian Embassy in London. Photo/Twitter:Tom Brake MP A British member of parliament, Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake launched a protest at Nigerian Nigerian embassy in London, to demand the release of Leah Sharibu. Leah was one of the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped in Dapchi, […]
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Japan’s forward Yuya Osako (C) celebrates with Japan’s defender Yuto Nagatomo (L) and Japan’s midfielder Makoto Hasebe after scoring a goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group H football match between Colombia and Japan at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk on June 19, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ / Japan has cancelled […]
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Retirees across the country have confirmed that they are yet to receive complete payment of the 33.3 per cent pension arrears, meant for Federal Government pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), by the Pension Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD). From a random research conducted recently, it was observed that some of the government pensioners are […]
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– It’s all lies – APC The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sent a petition to both the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of disrespecting the judiciary. It also accused the President and the Federal Government of engaging in what it described […]
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One after the other, state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday announced their decision not to comply with the directive of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC, last week, had declared: “We wish to make the following clarifications on resolutions on mode of primary election. Primary elections into all elective […]
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The nation’s equities market depreciated by N190 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday after 26 stocks recorded price declines. A total of 200.278 million stocks valued at N2.162bn exchanged hands in 3,224 deals. The N35 billion gain recorded in the equities market on Tuesday was lost as the benchmark index continued on a […]
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– TI says many officials divert funds under the guise of security votes – Nigeria loses about $25bn to money laundering yearly – Anti-corruption advocate Transparency International says the President, 36 governors and 774 local government chairmen across the country, spend $670m (N241bn) yearly on security votes which are not subject to audit or legislative […]
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– sets N45m for presidential hopeful, N22.5m governorship The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the timetable for its primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. In the timetable signed by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Emmanuel Ibediro, the APC said the activities would start with the sale of forms from September 5 […]
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– accuse parties of monetising political environment – say system favours the wealthy; fosters cronyism,corruption Nigeria’s two main political parties are asking election hopefuls to pay huge fees for the chance to stand at next year’s general election, in a move criticised as favouring the rich and well-connected. At the last nationwide vote in 2015, […]
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