• CSO asks Yari, others to challenge amendment in court Barely two weeks after the 10th Senate faced an impeachment scare, the chamber, yesterday, amended its standing rule, barring first-term lawmakers from seeking election as Senate President or Deputy Senate President. Adopting a motion sponsored by Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate amended Section Three […]
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• Rising unfunded fiscal deficit threatens 2023 budget implementation • Ministries directed to streamline operation • MDAs freeze new hiring, consider revenue-generating measures • Liquidity crisis worsened as CBN pulls the plug on cheap money • Over N5b monthly wage top-up pushes up payroll burden Ahead of the 2024 budget presentation, President Bola Tinubu’s administration […]
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By Banji Ayoola Upon motion, incessant motion does the world turn around, receive from higher spheres, get loaded like the honey bees, and give out of its rich abundance to fructify and bless all its inhabitants. In constant motion does the world, the earth, and everything in it connect with Life, does it draw and […]
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The Chicago State University on Monday released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu following requests by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. This followed the order by an Illinois court instructing the varsity to release the academic records as requested by Atiku, who is the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the February 25, 2023 presidential […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday went ahead with its plan to probe the allegations leveled against the Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as it directed afresh the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to immediately set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations. It said the court cannot stop the impeachment exercise, […]
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (Photo by AFP) The recent statement by the presidential spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, that Nigeria is considering applying to join the G-20, an […]
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Photo Credit: Premium Times Ameh Occhojila, in this report, examines the argument about separating the offices of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from that of the Minister of Justice, as well as the propriety of the President serving as the minister of Petroleum. The debates over the need to bifurcate the office of […]
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A coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) support groups has hailed the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, for his reconciliation move in the ongoing impeachment crisis in Ondo State. The coalition also described as a welcome development the move by Ganduje to establish a nine-man committee chaired by the former Governor of Katsina […]
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Ajaero • Manufacturers commend 7.5% AGO waiver • Salary top-up akin to abandoning 99% of Nigerians, says Middle Belt Forum • Lukman: Nigeria so poor, can’t cope with high pay demands by workers After exerting some concrete agreements to some of its demands, Organised Labour last night, sheathed its sword upturning its earlier advertised indefinite […]
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Chicago State University (CSU) has released the school documents of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The subpoena was issued after a federal judge in the United States ordered the university to turn over records pertaining to Tinubu’s time there in the late 1970s. Tinubu […]
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