. calls for recognition of teachers in nation building . commends Ondo govt for huge investment in public schools The Executive Chairman of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt Hon Victor Olabimtan has disclosed that the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu arministradmin had spent N22 billion to revamp public schools in the state. He dislosed this […]
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. as NIS clears 204,332 passports backlog The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Wednesday, said Nigerians applying for international passports would soon have the option to upload their passport photographs and supporting documents online, eliminating the need for in-person visits to offices of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS. He added that Nigerians would […]
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The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the ministerial nomination of Abbas Lawal Balarabe from Kaduna State, whose name was forwarded by President Bola Tinubu in replacement for ex-Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate. The Senate also confirmed the ministerial nomination of 37-year-old Dr Jamila Ibrahim from Kwara State and 34-year-old Ayodele […]
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The Presidency on Wednesday insisted that the academic records released by Chicago State University, United States, had vindicated President Bola Tinubu and confirmed him as an alumnus of the school. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Temitope Ajayi, also submitted that the CSU never said the certificate presented to […]
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Access, Fidelity, Zenith lend states N46bn in six months as govs battle poor IGR Fiscal Responsibility Commission issues guidelines to banks on lending to states, MDAs State governments borrow about N46.17bn from three banks to pay salaries between January and June 2023, according to findings. The findings were based on an analysis of the half-year […]
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By Banji Ayoola Throwing ourselves into despair or distress, lamenting, complaining, or grumbling against what is brought across our path or laid on our table as a ‘delicacy’ which we must ‘enjoy’, against whatever unpalatable fate that befalls us is a rebellion against this experience, a rejection of the fate. This is protesting against what […]
Continue ReadingThe continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by the Department of State Services (DSS), has understandably remained controversial. While there are divergences of perspectives on this subject, the call for a political solution to the protracted issue rather than judicial resolution is gaining momentum partly because the […]
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NIGERIAN Tribune on Wednesday lost one of its editorial staffers, Tijani Adeyemi. The deceased, who covered the Senate, gasped for breath and gave up the ghost before he could be conveyed to the Clinic of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. His remains were subsequently interred at the Gudu Cemetery […]
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• Lawan, Bamidele mourn death of Tribune correspondent • Senate investigates alleged killings, imprisonment of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia • Senate confirms Balarabe Lawal, two others Death, yesterday, crept into the Senate wing of the National Assembly with the collapse of two persons during plenary. While a ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, […]
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SSA owes only two percent of global capital stocks The World Bank has urged Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to ensure cost-effective private sector reforms, uniform policy enforcement across firm sizes, and regulatory alignment with regional trading partners among other policies to overcome the challenge of slowing growth and create jobs. It […]
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