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$418m absurd fees: Desperate consultants unrelenting, By Yemi Adebowale
The six consultants aiming to grab a massive US$418 million state and local government money, supposedly for facilitating refunds of the over-deductions on their accounts by the federal government in obligations to Paris Club, are not in any way relenting in their desperate bid. They are on an appalling advocacy spree. It is shocking that these consultants are not sober…
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Governor Emmanuel celebrates Prelate Emeritus Sunday Mbang at 86
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has congratulated the Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Mbang, who turns 86 on Saturday. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary and Senior Special Assistant, Media, Ekerete Udoh, Governor Emmanuel praised Mbang for his contributions to Nigeria and Akwa Ibom. He also prayed for long life and…
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PHOTO NEWS: APC NWC visits Tinubu, Shettima at campaign office
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, led members of the APC NWC to visit Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Office at Central Business District, Abuja on Friday. The visiting team was received by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
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Meeting with Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, others in Nigeria’s interest – Wike
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said his meetings with various politicians in the country while in London was in the interest of Nigeria. WesternPost had reported that Wike met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He also met with the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in company of former President Olusegun Obasanjo…
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You’re uninformed, we aren’t quack, EKSU replies ASUU president
Ekiti State University has described the statement credited to the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, calling some state universities as quacks as reckless. Osodeke had while speaking on Arise TV, mentioned some state-owned universities in Nigeria as quacks and irrelevant. In the same interview with Dr. Reuben Abati, he also listed some first generation…
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While I wore sneakers to NBA conference – Shettima
Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has given reasons for wearing sneakers to the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). Shettima’s dressing has continued to spark wide debates on the internet with Nigerians creating #ShettimaChallenge where many people dressed like him flooding the social media with pictures. In a video posted on…
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COVID-19: Unvaccinated Djokovic withdraws from the US Open
Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in order to receive a visa and enter the country. The 35-year-old Serbian…
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Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong leaves prison one month after imprisonment
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has been released from the Uyo Correctional Centre, one month after he was jailed by Chief Justice of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot for contempt of court. He was thereafter committed to the Ikot Ekpene Custodial Center of the Nigeria Correctional Service where he served the first two weeks of his one-month term before being…
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Buhari welcomes corperation between Nigerian scientists, BioNTech on vaccine production
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja welcomed exploratory interactions between Nigerian biomedical scientists, officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and BioNTech company, to support the production of messenger RNA vaccines in Nigeria. The President met with Mr. Holm Keller, Executive Chairman of KENUP Foundation and representative of the CEO of BioNTech, the mRNA vaccine patent holder, in Africa. The…
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Time to suspend the battle, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Obviously frustrated by the prospects of an indefinite strike by the nation’s university teachers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, many Nigerians have started to call for a truce and an end to the raging hostility. In aid to the frustration, several media outlets have yielded their platforms to the complaining public, including notable public intellectuals…
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