Former president Jimmy Carter is seen at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on September 30, 2018. Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Incoming American President Donald Trump, incumbent Joe Biden, and ex-Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have all publicly paid glowing tributes to the ‘humble public servant’ from Plains, Georgia, the former President Jimmy Carter who died […]
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On hearing of the death of ex-American president, Jimmy Carter, that country’s former President Obama wrote the following tribute… For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews. And standing in front of them, asking […]
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The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, said under the expected personal income tax regime, about 90 per cent of workers in the public service and private sector will pay lower taxes. Many Nigerians, including top politicians, have expressed fear about the new personal income tax being proposed by […]
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2024 wasn’t a happy year for many globally. A profound economic crisis and sweltering experience further sunk many below the breadline and complicated their despair in Nigeria. Yet at the confluence of these trends is a new nation of foraging Nigerians that has made the world its home. As bleak as the home front appears, […]
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara presenting the 2025 budget to the State House of Assembly on Monday, December 30, 2024 [Credit: X | #SimFubaraKSC] Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, presented N1.18tn budgetary estimate for 2025 to the factional state House of Assembly comprising three lawmakers. The development was a repeat of last year’s […]
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara presenting the 2025 budget to the State House of Assembly on Monday, December 30, 2024 [Credit: X | #SimFubaraKSC] Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday presented N1.188 trillion as a budgetary estimate for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. This figure […]
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Petrol has become unaffordable to ordinary Nigerians despite the availability of two facilities refining the nation’s crude oil. This has spiked inflation, making life difficult for the citizenry whose hope of cheaper fuels depended heavily on local refineries, DARE OLAWIN reports Years ago, Nigerians were made to believe that the only road to affordable petroleum […]
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Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, on Monday, assented to the N427,746, 925,170 budget passed by the legislature for year 2025 into law. Adeleke after signing the budget directed the state’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure its full implementation for the benefits of the people. “We are here to further demonstrate our readiness to […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, presenting the 2025 budget at the State House of Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti on Monday Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has signed the 2025 Appropriation bill of N375.7 billion, tagged “Budget of Sustainable Impact,” into law following its passage by the State House of Assembly. He assented to the bill on […]
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Covid-19 EG.5.Pix: Yahoo The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet. Covid-19 killed millions of people, shredded economies and crippled health systems. “We continue to call on China to share data […]
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