By Eze Onyekpere Nigeria’s economy is in free fall and all the macroeconomic indicators are headed south. There is no solution in sight and the managers of the economy have proferred none. The citizens are apparently at the mercy of the authorities and are looking up for help. The managers of the economy seem to […]
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“I cannot afford to continue to drive down to work again, I have packed the car,” Saliu Muhammed, a civil servant at Nigeria’s Ministry of Education, laments as he struggles to stretch his legs. He is riding back home from work in the back seat of a saloon car – one of six passengers in […]
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The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health on Tuesday announced that two Nigerian startups, mDoc Nigeria and Pharmarun Nigeria, are among 30 startups chosen for the programme. Yuval Passov, the Head, Google for Startups and progamme lead, said in a statement that three other African startups were chosen for the programme, making five […]
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The Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, says it has attained yet another medical feat, with the successful conduct of four additional kidney transplants. Dr Kolawole Ogundipe, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, said this on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen at the multi-billion Naira hospital located in Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) in […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates for the off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. It also released the timetable of activities leading to the elections. The Edo State governorship election has been scheduled to be held on 21 September 2024, while that of Ondo State will be held on […]
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Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, as a shining light in Christendom. He described the Bishop as a great man of God and an educationist worth emulating. Abiodun stated this in his goodwill message to mark Bishop Oyedepo’s 69th birthday. The governor, […]
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Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Photo: WomenAfrica About 17,000 federal civil servants, who have failed to comply with the verification exercise introduced by the Federal Government, have been delisted from the payroll. The affected workers have been apprehensive, as anxiety grows among the rank and file, with their salaries […]
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By Opeyemi Bamidele Yesterday, the National Assembly, the truest custodian and guardian of Nigeria’s democracy, resumed plenary after a 49-day annual recess. Contrary to what most people believe, annual recess is not a period of recreation or vacation for us as representatives of the people across 109 senatorial districts and 360 federal constituencies nationwide. Rather, […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said President Bola Tinubu will transmit the 2023 supplementary budget and 2024 appropriation bill to the National Assembly soon. Abbas made the disclosure, yesterday, while delivering his welcome address, following resumption from a two-month recess embarked upon by lawmakers. The speaker, however, did not provide details […]
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Olayemi Cardoso • Projects ambitious $1tr GDP in eight years • Senate confirms Cardoso, four others as CBN governor, deputies • Currency round-tripping concerns grow as exchange rate disparity widens The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Yemi Cardoso as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and four others as deputy governors of the […]
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