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A tribute to Pastor E.A. Adeboye at 80, By Yemi Osinbajo
Dolapo and I are honoured to write this tribute to Daddy on his 80th Birthday. Very few leaders will ever have the geographical and spiritual reach of influence that Pastor E.A. Adeboye has. He is neither the Pope nor the leader of the free world, but he heads a denomination that since his assumption of office as its General Overseer,…
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World Bank-IMF joint statement condemns Russia’s war in Ukraine
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank Group President David Malpass today issued the following statement on the war in Ukraine. “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the devastating human and economic toll brought by the war in Ukraine. People are being killed, injured, and forced to flee, and massive damage is caused to the…
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World Bank names 23 countries with improved laws to advance economic rights for women, says 2.4billion women disadvantaged
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Globally, women still have…
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The friendly fire between minister of education and NANS, By Aliyu Tilde
My brother, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, did the right thing. I expected a worse reaction than this. I thought he would even leave before the NANS President finished his speech. But he was patient enough to listen to him until he landed. Equilibrium In the end, both parties exercised their rights: the students exercised their freedom of…
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EXCLUSIVE: How Gov Oyetola quietly resigned from APC caretaker panel ahead Osun 2022 poll
Unknown to many, Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had quietly resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress National Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee long before the Saturday February 19, 2022 governorship primary of the party in the state, Western Post can reveal today. In the direct primary conducted by the party’s electoral panel chaired by Kwara State Governor…
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Canadian High Commissioner, sailors take part in chess tournament at Oshodi under bridge
Canadian High Commissioner, Kevin Tokarr, and some sailors participated in a chess tournament with some children at the Oshodi Underbridge in Lagos on Tuesday. Sharing it on his Twitter handle, Chess in Slums initiative founder Tunde Onakoya described it as a historic day. “On this day in history, the Canadian high commission visited Oshodi under bridge. We received the Canadian…
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ICYMI: 80 good deeds of Pastor Adeboye at 80
General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye celebrates his 80th birthday today. Already leaders across the world and Nigeria including President Muhammadu Buhari, Governors and other leaders of thought have sent goodwill messages to celebrate a man who was named among 100 most influential people in the world by Times Magazine. Pastor Adeboye is widely…
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Investing in people: A more accurate perspective, By Bola Tinubu
It is indeed a high moment when the President alters his schedule to participate in this event. I am humbled and honored by your presence today, Mr. President. May the collective dream of progressive governance and positive reform in Nigeria never fade and always be the vision that guides us. Despite the hurdles and difficulties that come, let this noble…
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Oyetola nominated for 2021 Vanguard Newspapers’ Governor of the Year award
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has been nominated as the 2021 Governor of the Year by Vanguard Neswpapers. The paper’s leadership and management presented a nomination letter to Oyetola at Government Secretariat, Abere, Osogbo on Monday. According to Vanguard, the Governor’s choice for the award was basically on empirical facts and indisputable statistics on the geometric transformation that the State…
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‘No plan to shift APC Convention again’
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, say they are not pushing for a postponement of the party’s national convention scheduled for March 26. Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, told journalists at the state house, Abuja on Tuesday after the governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Bagudu said the…
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