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BudgIT queries works ministry’s award of N9.3bn road project to microfinance bank
BudgIT, a civic organisation that tracks public spending, has raised questions about the award of a road project worth N9.3 billion to a microfinance bank by the Federal Ministry of Works. In a statement released on Friday by its Head of Tracka, Ayomide Ladipo, BudgIT revealed that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, paid N8.6 billion to FIMS Microfinance Bank…
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FG urges mine explosives firms to tighten logistics, curb leakages
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr.Oladele Alake has called on manufacturers of mine explosives to combat alleged leakages from their factories by tightening the security and logistics of their operations. Speaking at an emergency meeting with the manufacturers in his office on Friday in Abuja, Alake said there is popular outcry against the role of the manufacturers in the easy…
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Non-Aligned Movement and Nigeria’s quest for equal access to capital, By Tunde Rahman
Is the Non-Aligned Movement still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Professor Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State University don, slammed on me the moment I informed him of my mission in Kampala, Uganda. Professor Okoro and I had met on our way to Addis-Ababa, me en route Kampala and he,…
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Jet carrying VIPs overshoots runway in Ibadan
A private jet carrying about 10 people, including some VIPs, went off the runway and into the bush at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The incident occurred on Friday morning around 11 am. The jet, with the registration number N580KR, had flown from Abuja and was trying to land when it missed the…
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Lagos court sentences Pastor, Feyi Daniels, to life imprisonment for rape
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry”, in the Lekki area of Lagos, Bishop Feyiropo Daniels to Life Imprisonment for the rape of one of his church members. Justice Rahman Oshodi also sentenced the bishop to three years imprisonment for the offence of sexual assault of two members of…
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Jurgen Klopp to step down as Liverpool manager at end of season
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is to step down from the role at the end of the season, saying he is “running out of energy”. Klopp was appointed in October 2015 and his contract was due to run until 2026. He won the Champions League in 2019 before leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years in 2019-20. “I…
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Supreme Court upholds Farouk Lawan five-year jail sentence for bribery
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the conviction of former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan’s, who was sentenced to five-year imprisonment for taking $500,000 bribe from businessman, Femi Otedola, the owner of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd. The apex court upheld the 2022 verdict of the Court of Appeal, which confirmed the 2021 ruling of the High…
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Heroic welcome for Wale Akinterinwa as he arrives Ondo State
Wale Akinterinwa, former Commissioner of Finance under late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, is gradually emerging as the candidate to beat. He may defeat Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the forthcoming primaries of the APC as most of the party elders have endorsed his aspiration. He is also from Ondo South. Western Post sources also said he may have also informed President Tinubu…
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Clark ask Tinubu to call Wike to order, says minister not ready for peace in Rivers
Edwin Clark, convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has told President Bola Tinubu that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was not ready for peace in the political crisis rocking the state. In a statement yesterday, in Abuja, Clark said: “The continuous activities of Wike are clear indications that he is…
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FG moves to end crude oil theft, says Uzodimma
The federal Government is taking steps to stop the illegal extraction of crude oil in Nigeria, which has cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenue. This was disclosed by Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo state and the head of the NEC sub-committee on crude oil theft prevention, after meeting with Vice-President Kashima Shettima in Abuja on Thursday.…
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