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It’s time for a new economic deal between the EU and Africa
BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI When it comes to the relationship between the European Union and Africa, unfair arrangements have long been skated over for lack of alternatives. Increasingly unsustainable, these one-sided deals have provoked calls from both sides of the Mediterranean for a partnership of equals. At the EU-Africa Summit, leaders from across my continent will gather with their European counterparts…
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Coroner’s inquest: Pistol with 13 live bullets found at Dapo Ojora’s death scene, says police
A police officer, Damian Oguinye, has confirmed that 13 live bullets were found at the death scene of late Lagos socialite and businessman, Dapo Ojora. Oguinye made this known at an Ikeja coroner’s inquest looking into Ojora’s death on Tuesday. The late businessman who was found dead in his room on December 11, 2021 from reported self-inflicted gunshot wounds, was…
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Igbo Catholic Church lacks compassion, guilty of extortion – Chimamanda Adichie
Author, Chimamanda Adichie, has accused the Catholic Church in the South East of lack of compassion during burials. During an interview with TVC which was monitored by Western Post, Adichie said many of the priests in the Catholic churches make demands of people who are meant to be mourning their loved ones. She added that she faced the same issue…
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FG hands over 5G spectrum allocation to NCC
The Federal Government has handed over the spectrum allocation for Fifth Generation, 5G, deployment in the country to the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC. The handing over was done by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Thursday, who presented the official documents on the 3.5GHz spectrum allocation to the NCC. The handing…
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Asiwaju Tinubu Hails New Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, over his appointment as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland and elevation to the zenith of leadership institution in the land. While praying for a long and eventful reign for the new Olubadan, Asiwaju Tinubu expressed the hope that the new monarch would…
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Osun APC: Senator Basiru’s worthy example
By Gbenga Akinwale Senator Ajibola Basiru, Senate Spokesperson from Osun State while on Arise TV yesterday morning, exemplified the proper Omoluabi behaviour which Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola seems to have discarded. It is now an open secret that Senator Basiru and Aregbesola are currently not on same political wavelength. Instead of pouring vitriol on Aregbesola on TV when Reuben Abati and…
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IMF lists how Dangote Refinery can boost Nigeria’s economic recovery
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said the new Dangote Refinery would boost the country’s GDP when it starts operation. In an article published on Monday, IMF said the refinery which is expected to start operations in the third quarter of this year can meet the full demands of domestic consumption of petroleum products in the country. The refinery which…
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Kenya: Kenyatta moves to end family rivalry, rallies support for Raila Odinga’s Presidency
President Uhuru Kenyatta is casting the age-long family feud between his family with that of Odinga Odinga to support the presidential bid of the former opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga. Uhuru’s father and Kenya first post-independent President, Jomo Kenyatta and Raila’s father, Oginga Odinga were political rivals till death. Jomo Kenyetta, a London School of Economics educated…
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Meet Felicia Ogunsheye, Late Colonel Victor Banjo’s Sister Who is Nigeria’s First Female Professor
Felicia Adetoun Omolara Ogunsheye is the first female Professor in Nigeria. She is a Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Ibadan. Ogunsheye was born on December 5, 1926 in Benin City, Nigeria. She is the elder sister of Lieutenant Colonel Victor Banjo and Ademola Banjo. Felicia had her secondary education at Queens College, before becoming the…
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Tinubu Storms Ogun Today in Consultation for 2023 Presidency
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is expected in Ogun State Saturday afternoon in continuation of nationwide consultations towards actualisation of his ambition to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Tinubu who recently returned from the United Kingdom after a weeklong consultations with Nigerians in disapora, is expected to visit…
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