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Dualise Ore-Akure Road, Ondo acting governor appeals to FG
Ondo State Acting Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa has appealed to the Federal Ministry of Works on the need to dualise the Ore-Ondo-Akure Express road in Ondo State. He said, dualising the road will benefit hugely the life, social and economy of residents and users of the road. Aiyedatiwa made this demand on Friday, while hosting the Minister of Works, Senator…
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Mohamed Al Fayed: Former Harrods and Fulham FC owner dies at 94
Mohamed Al Fayed has died at the age of 94. His family say he “passed away peacefully of old age” on Wednesday. Sky News understands Al Fayed was buried after Friday prayers at London Central Mosque in Regent’s Park. The Egyptian-born businessman was best known as a former owner of the Harrods department store and Fulham football club in London.…
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Soludo meets manufacturers, importers, exporters in Anambra
Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on Friday met with manufacturers, importers, and Exporters in the state. In aa post on his Facebook page, Soludo said the meeting was to discuss ways leading industrial brands will originate and rise from Anambra. He said he gathered the stakeholders together to see how his government can do to move them from Importation to…
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Tinubu replaces Ondo, Cross River reps on NDDC board
President Bola Tinubu has replaced the representatives on Ondo and Cross River states on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngalale on Friday. According to the statement, Tinubu replaced Victor Akinjo from Ondo State with Otito Atikase, while Asi…
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Tinubu appoints 32-year-old entrepreneur Khalil Halilu NASENI CEO
President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of Khalil Suleiman Halilu as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngalale on Friday. The statement said the 32-year-old Halilu’s appointment…
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No LG allocation missing, JAAC members tell Ogun assembly
Members of the Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC), in Ogun State have denied the allegation of fund diversion against the state government. They told members of the state House of Assembly that every fund approved by the Committee consisting of stakeholders passed through the accounts of the various local government councils. The committee members, who appeared before the lawmakers,…
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Macron: Without France there will be no Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
Without France’s military operations in the Sahel, “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger,” French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication Le Point. Macron was referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s, Operations Serval and Barkhane. French troops were moved from Mali to Niger…
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FG, states, LGs shared N4.37tn FAAC allocations in six months – NEITI
The federal, state and local governments shared N4.37 trillion from the federation account as statutory revenue allocations between January and June 2023. This is contained in the latest report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on the federation account revenue allocations for the first half of the year. NEITI executive secretary Orji Ogbonnanya Orji, who announced the report…
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Kashim Shettima, books and an enlightened leadership, By Tunji Olaopa
At first glance, interrogating the reading list of leaders, or asking about the books leaders read, seems like one of those hair-splitting pastimes of scholars and intellectuals. In other words, what has the reading habit of leaders got to do with more fundamental and critical issues of governance and development and the social contact leaders ought to strive to respect…
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NLC to begin two-day warning strike Tuesday
…set for ‘total shutdown’ in 21 days The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will embark on a two-day warning strike starting from Tuesday next week to drive home it’s demands. This was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by NLC President Joe Ajaero and its Secretary Emmanuel Ugboaja after the National Executive Council meeting on Friday. The NLC said the…
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