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Education minister lauds Governor Eno’s drive in educational development
The imprints of Governor Umo Eno’s Arise Agenda on basic education infrastructure in Akwa Ibom State as evident in the ongoing remodelling of CKS Primary School to be replicated in the 31 Local Government Areas of the State has attracted accolades from the Federal Government. The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, conveyed the commendations during a tour of the…
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A matter of principle, By Muhammadu Buhari
When an anonymous contractual dispute ballooned into a multibillion-dollar arbitration award, Nigeria decided it was time to fight back, writes Muhammadu Buhari RARELY in modern times can so few have tried to take so much from so many. If Nigeria had lost its arbitration dispute with Process & Industrial Development in a London court on 23 October, it would have…
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Olubunmi-Ojo, Wike, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye: Kudos, knocks for Tinubu’s ministers, By Bolanle Bolawole
With the verdict, last Thursday, of the Supreme Court of Nigeria confirming the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, 25 February, 2023 presidential election and the duly elected President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of its Armed Forces as declared by INEC, those challenging the outcome of the said election came to the end…
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Tinubu mourns Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Ado Ibrahim
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and people of Kogi State on the passing of the revered traditional ruler, His Majesty, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The President said the death of the Ohinoyi is a painful loss, describing the late monarch as peace-loving, affable, and cerebral. “The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland was in a class of…
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Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Ado Ibrahim, dies
The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, is dead. Aged 95, the paramount ruler of Ebiraland died in the early hours of Sunday from an undisclosed illness. More details later…
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Abiodun mourns Alaba Lawson, says she was a blessing to many
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has described the death of the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief (Mrs) Alaba Lawson, as a huge loss to the nation. Abiodun, who said he received the news of the passing of the business magnate, educational entrepreneur and administrator with great shock, said he took solace in the fact that the deceased left huge landmarks across…
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Work to begin soon on Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway – Abiodun
…to launch CNG mass buses on Monday. The harrowing experience motorists go through on the Lagos- Ota-Abeokuta Expressway would soon be a thing of the past as the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has promised that construction work would soon commence on the road The governor also disclosed that the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Mass Transit Buses would be…
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First lady tasks participants to practise lessons from seminar on protocol
Wives of top government functionaries and other top female officials in Nigeria say they will strive to enhance the image of the country by paying more attention to their public conduct and security. They made this collective resolution at the end of a three-day seminar on protocol and security, convened by the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,…
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For the records: The powerful valedictory speech by Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad
SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD,JSC, CFR, AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HIS HONOUR, AT THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA, ABUJA,ON FRIDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 My lord, the Honourable the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola GCON permit me to adopt and rely on the protocols you earlier established at this event. With…
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Amaechi should please grow up and stop all these lies, By Hadiza Bala-Usman
Recent newspaper reports of false claims attributed to the eternally petty ex-Minister of Transportation, His Excellency Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, about me did not come to me as a surprise. In his over two decades in public office, Nigerians must be used to the fluidity with which he tells lies, manipulates facts, and talks out of turn. Here is someone who…
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