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President Tinubu needs to convene apolitical national dialogue, By Umar Ardo
Clearly things have deteriorated in Nigeria in the past decade, rather rapidly. Take every facet of the country’s national life and you cannot invalidate this assertion. The economy has now collapsed, evidenced by the exchange rate which keeps on falling inexorably. All across board businesses have been crumbling and investors pulling out of the country. Inflation, high cost of living,…
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Tinubu fiddles while Nigeria is drowning, Atiku lambasts President over trip to France
Former vice-president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of neglecting his duties as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and failing to address the various security crises that have plagued the country. In a post on his verified X, formerly Twitter, account, Atiku criticized…
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FUOYE to honour APC National Secretary Basiru with Special Meritorous Service Award
THE National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru has been nominated by the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State for its highest meritorious service Awards 2024. The nomination was contained in a letter with reference number: FUOYE/VC/CONV/16/Col. IV/310 dated 12th January 2024 and signed by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Fashina. In a statement issued in Abuja,…
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Low-key celebration of my 50th year of journalism practice, By Oloye Lekan Alabi
I wish to put on record that the following narrative is without any embellishment, nor is it intended to be self-serving. It is to be taken as a reporter’s account of a landmark ceremony, please. Sometime in 1974, 50 years ago, the late Mr Philip Bamidele Adedeji, then the Editor of the Sunday Sketch, made a public prediction about my…
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Obaseki orders re-accreditation of vigilantes after kidnappers attack police checkpoint
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday, revealed that a group of kidnappers attacked and took over a police checkpoint in the state. The governor who was speaking at a security meeting with all the security heads in the State, in Benin, said no lives were lost in the attack, but it had triggered the need for a complete overhaul…
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Adeleke commends TCN, seeks early completion of Ede Transmission Project
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has commended the Transmission Company of Nigeria for completing many abandoned transmission.project across the country , describing the TCN as the heartbeat of the Nigerian electricity system. The Governor was at the TCN headquarters to follow up on the preliminary work already done by his Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinleye and the House of…
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Kano governor denies any deal with presidency over supreme court verdict
The Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has denied signing any deal with the presidency to sway the verdict of the supreme court. The supreme court overturned the ruling of the appeal court that removed Yusuf as the governor of Kano on January 12. Sanusi Bature, the spokesperson for the Kano governor, said on Monday that the verdict was based on…
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Sanwo-Olu: We’re committed to providing unparalleled investments, funding, infrastructure to enhance education sector
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday reiterated his administration’s commitment to the education sector, saying his government is committed to providing unparalleled investments, funding and infrastructure to enhance the sector. He disclosed that Lagos State Government is working in partnership with TeachForNigeria to build a sustainable five-year programme to domesticate the initiative in Lagos State as the TeachForLagos…
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Shettima seeks more support for FG’S job creation, agriculture, e-mobility agenda
eceives Tony Blair Institute’s Global MD At Presidential Villa The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has implored development partners to provide more support for the Tinubu administration to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda, especially in priority areas such as e-mobility, job creation, agriculture, food security and the power sector, among others. He said delivering on the priority areas will…
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Oyebanji orders security agencies to fish out killers of two Ekiti monarchs
condemns attack Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has condemned Monday’s dastardly attack in Oke-Ako area in Ikole Local Government, which led to the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers; and ordered security agencies in the state to fish out the killers. The two traditional rulers- the Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and the Elesun of Esun…
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