By Banji Ayoola A former two-time governorship aspirant, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Alexander Olusola Oke, SAN, has declared his intention to contest the coming 2024 Governorship Election in Ondo State on the APC platform. On why he is joining the race for the third time, he said he is running […]
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Inmates Security dogs earn higher budget, get N800 per diem 50,401 awaiting trial, 3,271 on death row nationwide Gross underfunding of custodial centres and perennial dehumanisation of persons reached a new height with the daily cost of feeding each inmate now N750. The Guardian findings confirmed that even security dogs in custody of the Nigerian […]
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The House of Representatives is setting up a committee to look into discrepancies in the remittances of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board into the coffers of the Federal Government. The decision to set up the committee followed the non-reconciliation discovered in the books of the examination body and the account of the Office of […]
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A former Secretary to the Lagos State Government and lawyer, Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, on Wednesday, said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the tension between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was constitutional. Basorun, who spoke in a telephone chat, said the President did the […]
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By Niran Adedokun President Bola Tinubu’s latest intervention in the political imbroglio in River State is statesmanlike. No president of Tinubu’s political stature and sagacity would sit comfortably and watch a frontline state like Rivers go up in flames. This is not just due to the state’s economic significance but also to the potential impact […]
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• L-R: Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen; CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, and Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala during the awards in Marrakech, Morocco …on Monday. Photo: CAF NIGERIA’S uninspiring football administrators should seize the platform presented by the individual awards handed out by the Confederation of African Football to three Nigerians in the 2023 ceremonies to […]
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THE revelation by the World Health Organisation that Nigeria and four other countries contributed to the five million new cases of malaria in the world from 2020 to 2022 demonstrates the stark reality that much more efforts are required to stamp out the disease in the country. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali […]
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AFTER the Central Bank of Nigeria’s farcical redesign of the naira a year ago ended in chaos, cash scarcity has returned in force. Since November, Nigerians have been traumatised while trying to withdraw cash at banking halls and ATMs. Many have resorted to PoS operators, who have promptly raised their charges. Coming ahead of the […]
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, said the need to bring governance back to the people spurred his desire to vie for the governorship in 2024. Speaking with journalists at his residence during his annual hosting of media practitioners in Benin, the deputy governor said if elected as governor, he would partner the […]
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The Federal Government’s appetite for foreign loans is waning, the latest data from the Debt Management Office has revealed. This is as total debt public debt rose to N87.91tn as of the end of September. Rather than increase its foreign debt stock as has been the case before now, a significant reduction was witnessed overall. […]
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