Executive Director, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi, flanked by the Policy and Research Officer, CAPPA, Zikora Ibe (left) and Abiodun Bakare of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Technical, Recreational and Employee Services (AUPCTRE) at a press briefing to begin Africa Week of Action against Water Privatisation, in Lagos Our Water Our […]
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• Lagos government airlifts 310 pilgrims from Jerusalem • Freeman: Nigerians in Israel safe, we’re not fighting Muslims but terrorists • Hamas not a terrorist group, fighting a just cause – Palestinian Ambassador Despite repeated assurances of safety by the Israeli ambassador to Nigeria as the shelling of missiles and killings in the disputed Gaza […]
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Black market surfaces, sells N1,000 per litre The crisis rocking the downstream sector of the petroleum industry went from bad to worse in Abuja, yesterday, as scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Coming barely 24 hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) denied the return of subsidy […]
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(L-R) IMF Press officer Randa Elnagar, IMF Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Tobias Adrian, IMF Deputy Director for Monetary and Capital Markets Department Fabio Natalucci, and IMF Assistant Director of Monetary and Capital Markets Department Jason Wu take part in a press briefing on the second day of the annual meetings of […]
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• Materials to spike variation cost by 50% • Operatives rue increase in cement cost, ripple effects in housing sector • Return to site or face revocation, FG orders contractors, as Tinubu backs Umahi on use of concrete The Federal Government’s budget for road infrastructure may double if the authorities dump asphalt pavement for concrete […]
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The United States, yesterday, formally declared the ousting of Niger’s democratically-elected president a coup d’état, more than two months after mutinous soldiers seized power in that country. According to senior administration officials, the U.S. was taking action after exhausting all avenues to preserve constitutional order in the West African nation, including urging the military leaders […]
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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has struck out a suit filed by the state’s deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, against his planned impeachment by the state’s House of Assembly. It ruled that it was a gross abuse of the court process to engage in what it described as forum shopping, by instituting […]
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The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) 58 days after the final paper was written on August 11. The NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announcing the result at a news conference in Minna, Niger, on Tuesday said the 2023 SSCE was the best in recent years. Wushishi, who […]
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The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to implement monetary policy adjustments to stabilise the currency. It was a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ismaila Dabo (APC-Bauchi state) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. Morning the motion, Dabo recalled that in June 2023, President Bola Tinubu through the […]
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• 22 million residents in five states depend on UNTH, Ibadan, north, Lagos public hospitals • A woman dies of breast cancer every 68 seconds • UNTH oncology centre now has better equipment, says Lasebikan The fight against cancer, especially in the area of prevention and treatment, may be far from being won due to […]
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