No reprieve for Ogoni land as multiple oil spills exacerbate dangers, worsen life quality

Between August 2022 and August 2023, over 10 oil spills were recorded in already polluted Ogoni Land, spilling into the farmlands and water sources thereby exacerbating the primary needs of the communities, and worsening their already tough economic landscape, ANN GODWIN in Port Harcourt reports. Among the top 10 countries that produce oil, including the […]

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Nigeria’s slumbering power sector awaits Tinubu’s ‘magic’

• 26 Power Plants Dormant, DisCos, TCN Invested N439b Instead Of N1.3t • Seven Million Customers Billed Arbitrarily Without Meters • 10-year Privatisation Review May Sink Non-performing DisCos, Investors • No Gas To Power Plants Despite 209 Trillion Cubic Feet Reserves With the masses and business owners scampering to share a meagre 3,500 megawatts load […]

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Tinubu’s lawyers debunk insinuations about tribunal’s judgment

The legal team of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, has debunked the insinuations making the rounds about the consolidated copies of the tribunal’s judgment. The tribunal in its September 6 verdict validated Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 Presidential Election and dismissed the petitions of the runners-up Alhaji Atiku Abubakar […]

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Akeredolu thanks Ondo people, says I am back! – Full Text

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHOW OF LOVE. I AM BACK! I am deeply touched by the show of love and affection from eminent individuals, groups, Organisations, political associates, and particularly, the good people of the Sunshine State. Your outpour of love wrapped in prayers, kind words, cheering messages, and affectionate support as well as countless […]

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Osun assembly lifts suspension on staff audit consultant

Osun State House of Assembly has lifted the suspension placed on the consultant handling the staff audit of workers in the employment of the State Government, Sally Tibbot Consulting. The Speaker, Rt Hon Adewale  Egbedun disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists on Saturday, noting that the decision of the House followed the resolution […]

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Decades after creation: NDE fails to rescue Nigeria from mass unemployment

Unemployed youths.Pix: Ripples Nigeria • Joblessness spirals from 5.3% to 33% in 37 years • Agency spends N46b on 750, 525 participants in special public works scheme • Additional N5.6b goes for hoes, cutlasses • ‘Nation’s lending framework killing bankable business plans’ • How to make NDE impactful – experts Despite the creation of the […]

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Police arrest 10 suspects over death of FUOYE missing student

Modupe • Management condoles with parents, shuts school The police in Ekiti State have arrested 10 suspects over the death of Modupe Deborah Atanda, a 200- level Nursing student of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). Atanda was earlier reported missing but later found dead. Her lifeless body was discovered in a shallow grave a few metres […]

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Lagos Assembly rejects two commissioner-nominees, confirms 15 others

Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, again rejected two commissioner-nominees, while confirming 15 of the 18 other nominees recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over yesterday’s sitting, lauded the Chief Whip Fatai Mojeed-led committee for a thorough job. The rejected nominees are former Commissioner for Energy, Olalere Odusote […]

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