Erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has charged the Federal Government to urgently provide current information on the $3.3 billion emergency loan it took last August. The emergency crude repayment loan was to stabilise the naira and foreign exchange market. In a statement, yesterday, the 2023 PDP presidential candidate observed: “The curious thing about this transaction […]
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Former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola (left); former Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko; Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal; Governor Seyi Makinde; his Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South, Taofeek Arapaja, during the commissioning of the 8.2 kilometres Agodi Gate-Old Ife-Alakia-Adegbayi Road and the Underpass […]
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara (middle) addressing journalists and stakeholders after the Supreme Court verdict affirming his victory…. yesterday • Use victory to unite party, PDP chairman urges governor • Abe congratulates Fubara, commends Cole Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dedicated his Supreme Court victory to God, urging his opponents in the March governorship […]
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Few days after the commencement of the sale of forms for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), prospective applicants have expressed frustration over their inability to link their telephone lines with their National Identification Number (NIN) or ‘incorrect’ information contained in their NIN details. To address issues of malpractice and impersonation during examination, the […]
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Nigeria’s bad roads and other transportation infrastructure are fueling illegal taxation, human rights violations, and inflation. The development is also worsening the ease of doing business, food wastage, and environmental disaster. Kingsley Jeremiah, in this report, paints a picture of the ordeal. On the fateful day of September 10, 2023, Rabiu Musa embarked on a […]
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By Tunde Odesola Longevity is a predominant gene in Ogunwande’s lineage. His grandfather, Akínsílolá Légbéjure, aka Agbólelelogunyábárá, inhabited the earth for more than a hundred years. His father, Iroko, a First World War soldier, also lived five years beyond hundred. Sangodayo, his mother, breathed her last at 112 while his eldest sibling, Ogunyoyin, was two […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The internal memo at the Central Bank intimating the staff of management’s plan to move certain departments to its other facilities in Abuja, Lagos, and understaffed branches in the country has generated so much negative vibes. The reason given is that the Central Bank offices in the headquarters are congested. The carrying […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has showered praises on his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde for his landmark achievement on infrastructural upgrade of the state, calling on other South West brother states to deepen development partnership. Speaking at the commissioning of the dualised Alakia-Adegbayi -Iwo road, in Ibadan, Adeleke described his host as “an uncommon engineer […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has assured the state’s new Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps [NSCDC], Dr Akintayo Adaralewa of his support in fight crime and criminality happening in the state. Adeleke who spoke while receiving the new NSCDC commandant who who paid him courtesy visit in his office in Osogbo […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday remanded some loyalists of the River State governor for their alleged involvement in the explosion that rocked and razed the Rivers State Assembly complex. An explosion had rocked the complex of the state Assembly amid alleged moves by some lawmakers to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara on […]
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