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Buhari restates commitment to 30 gigawatts energy target by 2030
…calls on US for financial, technical assistance President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Washington, USA, restated the determination of the Nigerian government towards achieving the vision of 30 Gigawatts of energy by the year 2030. The President said this during the discussion panel on Just Energy Transition at the ongoing US-Africa Leaders Summit in the American city. He used the opportunity…
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2023: IGP meets stakeholders, strategises for better security
…as Police PRO’s design communication plan for seamless elections The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has engaged in tactical meetings and conferences with various stakeholders to build solid Standard Operating Procedure and strategic communication action plan geared towards having a seamless electoral process for the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed in a statement by the Force Public…
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What has Obaigbena done to Thisday/Arise TV? By Jesutega Onokpasa
Having most woefully failed to blackmail and intimidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu into dancing to its tune and attending its usually rowdy and rambunctious events, Arise Tv, alongside its sister outfit, Thisday Newspaper, has been resorting to all manner of the most shamefully unprofessional shenanigans to get back at Tinubu including the deployment of the most atrociously fake news items, as…
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PHOTO NEWS: Kagame attends US-Africa space Forum in Washington
President Paul Kagame has arrived in Washington alongside other African leaders for the US-African Business Summit which is hosted by President Joe Biden. Forty nine African leaders have already arrived the US capital with business leaders. Ahead of the official opening of the Summit, the Rwandan leader attended a US-African Space Forum event on Tuesday morning. Sharing the pictures of…
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FG allows Nigerians abroad with expired passports to return
The Federal Government says Nigerians with expired passports can return to the country. This was contained in a letter signed by B. M. Lawal, Special Assistant on Foreign Desk to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The letter directed that all airlines should allow Nigerians in this category board their flights back…
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At Kaduna APC rally, Tinubu promises national industrial revolution, completion of AKK gas pipeline
…hails El-Rufai as dependable ally All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised widespread industrialisation across the country if elected president. Tinubu stated this at the party’s presidential rally in Kaduna on Tuesday, where he addressed a mammoth crowd who welcomed him to the ancient city and former capital of the Northern region. While addressing party…
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2023: I won’t vote Atiku except PDP gives South West national chairman position
Former National Vice Chairman South West of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)< Chief Olabode George has declared that as things stand, he will not vote for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 general elections. George who was speaking in an interview with Arise News on Tuesday, accused the party of marginalising the South West region. Asking that…
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FG stops compulsory COVID-19 test for air travellers
The Federal Government has stopped the compulsory PCR tests for passengers boarding airlines in the country. This was contained in a memo signed by NCAA Director-General, Musa Nuhu, on Tuesday. It said the regulations were relaxed because COVID-19 “has been persistently rare in Nigeria and most of the rest of the world”. “Pre-departure and Post-arrival COVID-19 PCR tests are no…
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Putting African aspirations first, By Ebenezer Obadare
This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit could not have come at a more opportune moment. The first since President Barack Obama hosted African leaders in 2014, it is taking place against the backdrop of a certain urgency, induced by a noticeable shift in the temper of U.S.-Africa relations. The reasons behind this shift are not far-fetched, the most predominant one being…
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Soyinka, Pyrates Confraternity and the God Factor, By Tunji Olaopa
The invitation of Professor Wole Soyinka to the just concluded Lagos Book and Art Festival was, as is usual with WS, an event all by itself. From poetry to activism, and from scholarship to Nigerian politics, Wole Soyinka’s intellectual pungency has not been diminished by age. At the occasion, he put paid to all speculations about his religious affiliation. When…
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