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Kwara targets 2% of global garment market, begins Ops Q1 2024
Kwara State is now positioned to capture at least 2 per cent of the global garment market when it begins full operations, with daily production of 10,000 garments from its newly set up factory that is the biggest in West Africa subregion, a top official has said. The garment factory is one of the many initiatives of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq…
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Tinubu departs for Maiduguri
President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The president took off from the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport, at about ten-thirty-five this Monday morning. President Tinubu who is visiting the north-eastern part of the country for the first time since assumption of office, is to attend the Nigerian Army Annual Conference, as the…
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BREAKING: 27 Rivers assembly members dump PDP for APC
27 out of the 32 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in River State have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. The PDP lawmakers are said to be loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, who is said to be at war with the Governor of the State, Siminialayi Fubara. The defecting lawmaker cited…
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Lagos to prioritise food security, says Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says food security will continue to receive priority attention to reduce the cost of food commodities in the state. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance during the 2023 Lagos Food Festival at the Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, on Sunday in Lagos. The governor was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. The theme for the…
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Atiku: Kokori was a principled fighter for democracy
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep sadness over the news of the passing on of elder statesman and erstwhile General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria, (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori. In a statement issued on Sunday, 10th December 2023, by his Media Office in Abuja, Atiku described Chief…
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Now that the draft UNSC resolution on humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza has collapsed, By Femi Mimiko
With the US veto of the UAE draft resolution on humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, it has become clear that the solution to the current conflict in the territory may not lie with the UN. This is not a surprise, though, as it had become evident soon after the world body was created in 1945 that it would only be effective…
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Issuance Of 5000 CofOs to Ogun residents: Another promise kept, By Femi Ogbonnikan
It is a new dawn for prospective investors willing to establish genuine businesses in Ogun State. Since the inception of the present administration on May 29, 2019, it has been a major commitment of Governor Dapo Abiodun to make the state one of the most investor-friendly environment for industrial investments in Nigeria through a seamless process of land acquisition. Recently,…
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Oba Awon University (OAU): The foundation of glory, By Toyin Falola
It was Professor Akin Alao, my former student and a professor of legal history, who first told me about the conversion of the acronym of OAU from Obafemi Awolowo University to Oba Awon University. I laughed so loud that water rolled out of my eyes. Brilliant! The students composed their anthem, boasting that any other OAU is a counterfeit. Nigerian…
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Tinubu and Frank Kokori: A reporter remembers, Festus Adedayo
It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June 12, 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers…
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Nigeria’s credit-rating bounce and President Tinubu’s reforms, By Fredrick Nwabufo
The reports are coming in. And they betoken blue skies and clement weather for Nigeria’s economy. In November 2023, Morgan Stanley made a fetching prognosis on Nigeria’s economic health. The global financial services firm said President Bola Tinubu’s “policy reforms could spur economic growth and the rise of a mass consumer market, with potential opportunities in mobile banking and consumer…
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