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Lagos opens Iyana-Era road, Ojo to motorists after construction of bridge
The Lagos State government has completed the reconstruction of a failed portion of the Iyama-Era Road in Ojo Local Government Area of the State. Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on New Media, Jubril Gawat disclosed this in a Facebook post on Monday. According to him, the completion was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which stopped the contractor…
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Nigeria Ain’t Just Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo, By Bamidele Johnson
One morning in 2003, an old omo onile (the troublesome descendants of original land-owning families) saw me on a road between a plot of land I had just bought and that of my friend, who had just started building. The omo onile knew us together and wanted me to deliver a message to my friend who, he said, was owing…
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ASUU strike: How to save the University system from total collapse, By Tukur Sa’ad
I believe I am misquoted by one of the contributors above. I am not saying universities should be privatised. We have seen what privatisation means in Nigeria and we also see how the existing private universities are mostly dependent on Government universities to run. We have lecturers on sabbatical, adjunct, part time, leave of absence, visiting or whatever ASUU decides…
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Gallant Falconets bow out of U-20 Women’s World Cup
A litany of factors, including poor finishing, hard luck and dodgy officiating by Costa Rican official Marianela Araya saw the Nigeria U20 girls bow out of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with a two-goal defeat by The Netherlands in their quarter-final match in Alajuela. Flourish Sabastine, who scored Nigeria’s three-point winner against France in the opening match of Group…
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Ned Nwoko’s claims on Paris Club refund lies, half-truths – Governors
The Nigeria Governors Forum have accused one of the consultants in the Paris Club refund Ned Nwoko of dishing out blatant lies and half-truths in his interview on Saturday. Nwoko had said $100m was requested and given to the NGF for prosecuting the Ondo and Ekiti governorship elections. He also said that the amount being owed the consultants was $68m…
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NLNG Ltd receives road infrastructure tax credit certificate for Bonny-Bodo Road from FIRS
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), one of the companies undertaking the construction of roads under the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme has received its Tax Credit Certificate from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), for the construction of the Bonny – Bodo Road, in Rivers State. The certificate was received by the Company’s Deputy…
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APC appoints Onanuga, Alake, Keyamo to lead campaign’s media directorate
The All Progressives Congress has appointed members who will lead its campaign directorate. This was contained in a statement signed by Director of Media and Publicity of the party’s presidential campaign council. According to the statement, the directorate, approved by the presidential candidate is made up of three departments. The three departments are Public Affairs, Media and Publicity and Strategic…
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Mafab gets 5-month extension to roll out services
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the 5G Spectrum licence of Mafab Communication by five month. According to a statement by Mafab, the extension was granted following the delays in receiving its unified operational license (USAL) and Numbering plan, which did not happen until the end of July. “We are fully committed to bringing the benefits of 5G services…
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We’ll collate 2023 elections results manually – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will collate results of the 2023 general elections manually. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in an interview with The PUNCH. He said the commission would continue to collate manually because that was what was stipulated in the electoral act. He said…
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Adeleke’s imagination on LG funds diversion is illogical, false – Osun govt
Government of Osun State has described as illogical and false, the allegation by the governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke that the local governments have been directed to return part of their allocations to the state. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Adebayo Adeleke, the government said the allegation was not only frivolous but again…
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