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New CDS, COAS resume office, promise displined armed forces, safety for Nigerians
The newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa and the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja resumed office on Friday after their appointments by President Bola Tinubu. Maj. Gen. Musa officially took over the mantle of leadership from his predecessor, General Lucky Irabor, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, while Lagabaja took the baton from the…
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Financial system under Emefiele rotten – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu for the first time spoke about the tenure of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, expressing his concerns about the financial system under him. During an interactive session with Nigerians in the Diaspora in France, Tinubu criticised the system, stating that it was rotten. He attributed the reluctance of many Nigerians in the…
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Sex, pastors and pastors’ wives, By Funke Egbemode
Today I’m worried about men of God, wet matchboxes and the fire at the base of the mountains of pastors’ wives. I’m worried about pastors who leave their wives’ needs unattended in the name of doing God’s work. A pastor’s wife was caught pants down with her butt-naked brother-in-law defiling the clergy man’s marriage bed. The video trended for a…
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Tinubu applauds AfDB’s $520m investment IN agro industries
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed an investment of $520 million in specialised agro-processing zones by the African Development Bank (AfDB), praising the leader of the multilateral institution, Dr Adewunmi Adesina, for further opening up the economy for investments that provide job opportunities and reduction in poverty. Receiving Dr Adesina after the two-day summit on A New Global Financing Pact…
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Afreximbank gets Fitch’s ‘BBB’ rating affirmation, agency says outlook stable
By Bolaji Adebiyi in Accra, Ghana African Export-Import Bank’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating’s ‘BBB’ rating with a stable outlook has been affirmed by the global rating agency, Fitch Ratings. Fitch also affirmed Afreximbank’s Short-Term Issuer Default Rating at ‘F2’ and the Long-Term ratings on the Bank’s Global Medium Term Note Programme and Debt Issuances at ‘BBB’. The rating affirmation is…
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‘This is treason, backstabbers will be punished’: Putin visibly angry as he vows to end Wagner rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the actions of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin amounts to treason. “This is treason. Russia will defend itself and repel this hostile move,” Putin told Russians in a morning address hours after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his forces took over parts of Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh. Putin said those who have rebelled…
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Wagner chief vows to topple Russian military leaders
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has vowed to “go all the way” to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”. Yevgeny Prigozhin said his Wagner fighters had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia, entering the city of Rostov-on-Don. Mr Prigozhin said his men would destroy anyone who stood in their way.…
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Lagos blue rail commences passengers’ operations August as LAMATA opens more routes to investors
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), said the blue line rail system will be opened for passengers’ operations in August 2023. This was made known in a statement by the authority’s corporate communication consultant, Kola Ojelabi, quoting the Managing Director, Abimbola Akinajo, who spoke at a business investor forum Akinajo in the statement said the test run activities would soon…
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𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 h𝐞𝐫 s𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 s𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, By Samuel Fasanmi
One of my Pastors will always call me ‘Sanmi instead of Fasanmi. Fasanmi simply means Ifa oracle is profitable to me, and my pastor felt that in calling me Fasanmi, he was indulging in idolatry! Such is the level to which Pentecostalism has tied us to delirious treadmill of profanity in Nigeria. The same pastor feels comfortable with names like…
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IGP Egbetokun moves to create Quick Intervention Squad, meets strategic police commanders
…pledges to uphold justice, fairness, protect human dignity, restore NPF standards, values …appoints CP Tunji Disu as Principal Staff Officer, other aides The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has unveiled new policing strategies for the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP publicized the new strategy aimed at achieving operational successes and re-igniting public trust, during the inaugural conference with…
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