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Biden tests positive for COVID, will self-isolate in Delaware
U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive for COVID-19 while visiting Las Vegas on Wednesday and is self-isolating after experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after Biden cancelled a speech due to the diagnosis. “He is…
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Ebedi International Writers’ Residency: The go-to for literary talents
The Ebedi International Writers’ Residency has emerged as the meeting point for budding African writers to converge, hone their skills and blossom. Situated in Iseyin town in Oyo State, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, the writers’ residency is in a serene environment suitable for creative work. The founder is an award-winning Nigerian author of many novels,…
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Fanatical mindset, by Salihu Moh. Lukman
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Sen. Ali Ndume was removed as Chief Whip of the Senate and replaced with Sen. Tahir Monguno following a directive contained in a letter sent to the APC Caucus in the Senate signed by Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Sen. Basiru Ajibola, APC National Chairman and National Secretary respectively. In the letter, Sen. Ndume was…
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Olatunji Dare at 80: The man of letters as a repairer, by Wale Adebanwi
As the intellectual class contested, overtly and covertly, the attempt by the military to dismiss or destroy the collective will of Nigerians, the social and cultural ferment that defined the second half of the 1980s and 1990s Nigeria represented the last chapter of a country that once existed: a country in which the quality of public debate not only pointed…
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Tinubu seeks NASS approval for additional N6.2 trillion in 2024 Appropriation
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has requested a N6.2 trillion increase to the 2024 Appropriation Act from the National Assembly. The request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the Senate floor on Wednesday. If approved, the proposed increase would raise the 2024 budget from the initial N28.7 trillion, signed into law on January 1,…
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Aáwé’s day of glory and development challenges, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
July 5 2024 was a historic day in the political and cultural annals of Aáwé town. That day was the memorable culmination of more than thirty years of a struggle to achieve the status of a beaded monarch for the Alaawe of Aáwé, Oba Cornelius Taiwo Oladokun. And the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, made this feat possible by…
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LG autonomy: Supreme Court ruling and the vindication of Sanwo-Olu’s Lagos, by Segun Ajayi
While many state governors waited with bated breath for Thursday,11 July Supreme Court ruling on full autonomy of local governments in Nigeria, one of them stood out, unperturbed by the development. For Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the suit brought before the apex court seeking to strengthen the local government councils by granting them financial autonomy has only vindicated…
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PHOTOS: FRSC Corps Marshal pays courtesy visit to Soyinka
On Tuesday, Corps Marshal of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed paid a courtesy call to Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka at his Lagos home. The Corps Marshal showed his appreciation and affection for Prof. Soyinka by taking the opportunity to wish the literary great a happy birthday. In response, Prof. Soyinka praised the Federal Road Safety Corps’…
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Why Governors should align with President Tinubu on LG autonomy, by Tunde Rahman
Governors have been acting tongue-in-cheek in their reactions to last Thursday’s verdict of the Supreme Court, which stripped them of their suffocating grip over the money meant for local governments in the country. As a collective, the governors unreservedly endorsed the judgement. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazak AbdulRahman, who spoke on behalf of the…
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Zambia made education free, now classrooms are crammed
It’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary School, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. “You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago I came late and I ended…
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