UNGA: Tinubu addresses world leaders today on illicit financial flows, assets return

• Nigeria to seek partnership for AI development, service provision, others • Tijani assures of positive returns for tech sector, economy President Bola Tinubu will today address world leaders in his debut at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held under the Presidency of Dennis Francis of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at […]

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Why Hard Work Doesn’t Always Lead to Success

Summary: If you feel that you’re putting in the hours and not achieving the desired results, increasing your efforts may not be the answer. When people fail, it’s not because of a lack of effort but because their effort was misdirected or misaligned with their interests. Hard work has been romanticized since corporations existed. In […]

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Fees hike: Students call on Tinubu to intervene

The National Association of University Students, NAUS, has called on President Bola Tinubu go take urgent measures that can address the astronomical increase of school fees in various tertiary institutions across the country. Its Osun State Campus Monitoring Committee lamented the recent increase of school fees of federal universities especially Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, by […]

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OAU students threaten protest over fees hike, issue ultimatum

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife have given the authorities a five-day ultimatum to reverse the recent fees hike in the institution or face a massive protest by students. At a world press conference in the university’s campus on Monday, the President of the institution’s Students Union, Mr. Abbas Akinremi Ojo said that […]

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The death of Françafrique

By Adekeye Adebajo Former French president, François Mitterrand (1981-1995), had prophetically noted in 1957: “Without Africa, France will no longer have a history in the twenty-first century.” From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French slave traders operating out of the ports of Nantes, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, and Le Havre, ferried 1,381,000 African slaves across […]

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$800m stuck funds: Federal Govt directs CBN to settle foreign airlines’ backlog

• Woos aviation investors with tax holidays, other incentives • IATA ranks Nigeria highest in airport charges in Africa President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to create a platform for quarterly reconciliatory meetings with foreign airlines, towards settling accumulated trapped funds. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed […]

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LP knew Obi lost 2023 presidential election – Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has accused the Labour Party of attempting to deceive Nigerians about the outcome of the February 25 election outcome. He made this declaration on Wednesday, during an event titled, “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue”, organised by ‘Africa in the World’, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. He said the […]

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FG conducts computer-based exams for 9,618 public servants

The Federal Government on Wednesday conducted the second phase of the computer-based Confirmatory Promotional Examination (COMPRO II) for junior cadre officers in public service across the country. The examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), had a total of 9,618 candidates from paramilitary and junior officers from the core Ministries, Departments, and […]

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