By Abimbola Adelakun There is a book my friend frequently alludes to when we talk about Nigeria’s issues, and it is titled Planning Without Facts: Lessons in Resource Allocation from Nigeria’s Development by Wolfgang Stolper. The funny thing is that the book was published in 1966. That tells us that Nigeria’s penchant for chaos is […]
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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Gift Habib and Adeyinka Adedipe The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is ready for the upcoming Edo State governorship election, scheduled for September 21, 2024. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Benin City on Wednesday, urging all political parties and candidates […]
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Nigeria-born law professor Dapo Akande The United Kingdom government has announced its intention to nominate Dapo Akande, a professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford, for election as a judge at the International Court of Justice in 2026. This was disclosed by Joanna Roper, the UK’s Ambassador to The Netherlands and representative […]
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Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo As primary and secondary schools set to resume for first term academic activities across Anambra State on September 17, the state government has vowed to sanction no fewer than 2,000 unaccredited schools operating in the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, in a statement on […]
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President Bola Tinubu Beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s student loan scheme across the country have lamented the delay in the payment of the August monthly stipend. Some of the students, in separate interviews with our correspondent, expressed their disappointment in the payment delay. Students can choose to apply for upkeep loan apart from institutional loans, […]
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Protesters during Day six of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Credit: NAN Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted bail to 10 activists, who are being prosecuted by the Federal Government over the recent #Hunger or #Endbadgovernance protests. The judge, in a ruling on Wednesday, said […]
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The House of Representatives has vowed to take necessary steps to address the challenge arising from the non-implementation of Presidential directives to remove universities and other tertiary institutions from IPPIS. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Honourable Abubakar Fulata, Chairman, the House of Representatives Committee on University Education, made this known when the […]
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Petroleum marketers, refiners, and depot owners in Nigeria have called for the full deregulation of the downstream oil sector, seeking to end government price controls due to subsidies. The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria, African Refiners […]
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Victims sleep on streets, NEMA opens nine IDP camps, Bayelsa flooded after downpour At least 414,000 people have been displaced and another 30 killed by the devastating flood in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, The PUNCH reports. National Emergency Management Agency said the flood began after the Alau Dam overflowed following heavy rains […]
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By Segun Akintoye The political election campaign is the pivot on which political elective offices are canvassed. It is the premier test politicians of all shades and colours will face unveiling their intellectual packages or programmes to be implemented for the people if elected into power. This is supposed to be based purely on viable […]
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