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As Tinubu moves to rev up economic recovery with consumer credit, By Temitope Ajayi
As the new year 2024 begins with a positive outlook, Nigerians can look forward to a great and economically rewarding year as the Federal Government is set to launch a massive consumer credit system in the country. While seeking the mandate of Nigerians during the last electioneering season, President Bola Tinubu was big and loud on the catalytic effect of…
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Humanitarian minister visits Plateau, commences deployment of relief materials to affected communities
The Federal Government has commenced the immediate deployment of food and non-food relief materials to communities and survivors affected by the Christmas Eve attacks by marauding gunmen in Plateau state. Nigeria’s Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Jos, the Plateau state capital. The Minister who visited affected communities for…
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Turkey detains 34 on suspicion of spying for Israel
Turkey says it has seized 34 people who are alleged to have been involved in spying and planning abductions for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Officials said 57 addresses were raided in Istanbul and elsewhere and they were still searching for 12 more suspects. There was no immediate comment from Israel, but relations between the two countries have declined dramatically during…
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US Senator Bob Menendez accused of accepting gifts from Qatar
US Senator Bob Menendez has been accused in a new federal indictment of accepting bribes from Qatar – the second foreign country he is alleged to have improperly aided. The latest allegations accuse him of a corruption scheme from 2021-23. A lawyer for the New Jersey senator said the justice department claims were “baseless” and “bizarre conjectures”. Mr Menendez, a…
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PHOTO NEWS: Akwa-Ibom opens ultra-modern ecumenical centre in Uyo
The Government of Akwa-Ibom State has formally dedicated an ultramodern Christian ecumenical Centre in Uyo where inter-denominational services will be taking place. The project started during the administration of the immediate past Governor Udom Emmanuel who joined the current Governor Umo Eno and other senior government officials and clergy at the dedication service. Taking to his X early Wednesday morning,…
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Online publishing: Can you give this business what it takes this year? By Kunle Awosiyan
Nigeria’s Online Publishers have started again to publish similar news items and use the same formula to circulate it. “The WhatsApp Sharing”, X sharing and other social media platforms to optimise the SEO.” It is good, yet it raises questions of investment and creativity. May I say that only publishers who can give this online publishing what it takes will…
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Culture minister, Musawa, seeks support for Zack Orji after brain surgery
Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, on Tuesday that ailing Nollywood actor Zack Orji has undergone brain surgery at a private hospital he was transferred to from the National Hospital. Musawa speaks after she visited Orji at the private hospital in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister was received by the wife of the ailing thespian, Ngozi…
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Fayemi reveals how he almost rejected Buhari’s ministerial offer in 2015
Former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed that he was reluctant to accept the ministerial appointment offered to him by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. In an interview with THISDAY, Fayemi said he was worried that he knew nothing about the solid minerals sector, which he was assigned to oversee as a minister. “Before I became a minister, I…
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APC defends Tinubu’s new year message, blasts PDP for irrationality
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for dismissing President Bola Tinubu’s new year message as “empty and uninspiring”. In a press statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC accused the PDP of being “incapable of serving as a sensible or credible opposition party” and exhibiting “nagging irrationality” that…
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The University of Lagos and its transformational impact, By Toyin Falola
The ideological foregrounding of the University of Lagos was heralded as a discerning response to the charted trajectories of the City of Lagos, Nigeria’s federal capital, the Lagos State, West Africa, and Africa. Tracing back through time, within which Lagos has grown, and the resounding projection of an encouraging future for the city, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has accompanied…
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