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BREAKING: Patriots Group inaugurates constitution committee, appoints Kila chairman
The Emeka Anyaoku led group of eminent Nigerians popularly known as The Patriots has inaugurated an Advocacy Committee for the Actualisation of the Peoples Constitution. The 17-member committee will be led by Prof Anthony Kila, a renowned political economist and professor of strategy and development. The Committee’s task will be to engage major stakeholders and members of the public across…
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Stop weaponising insecurity- Okonjo-Iweala tells politicians
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged politicians in Nigeria to stop weaponising insecurity against their opposition in office. She spoke before a room filled with lawyers at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Sunday. The…
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BREAKING: Many injured as mini bus rams into Okada in Ajegunle
Many feared injured on Monday in a motor accident involving a fully loaded mini commercial bus, commonly known as Korope, and motorcycle rider (Okada man) in Ajegunle area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the accident occurred at about 8:55am near Marine Beach area of Ajegunle. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in a post on its…
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Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala advocates policy consistency for economic development
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advocated policy consistency in Nigeria regardless of change from one administration to another. Okonjo-Iweala told a room filled with lawyers at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos on Sunday. She added “Maintaining good economic and social policies; maintaining policy consistency and adding more reforms on top of…
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BREAKING: Resident doctors declare 7-day warning strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday declared a 7-day warning strike to clamour for the release of its kidnapped member, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in captivity for over 8 months. Details later….
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Fire razes two-storey building in Ebute-Metta
A two-storey building was gutted by fire in the Ebute-Metta area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said the incident happened at No. 14 Okobaba Street, off Ibadan Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. He said the agency responded to…
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SERAP asks 36 Govs, Wike to disclose details of Chinese loans, lliabilities, repayment
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 governors and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to disclose details of any Chinese loans, liabilities, and other external borrowing obtained, and guaranteed by the Federal Government as well the terms and conditions for any such borrowing including the provisions on collateral. SERAP made this call on Sunday in a…
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DSS frees investigative journalist, Soyinka
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Nigerian investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, after detaining him for more than six hours on Sunday. DSS operatives arrested Soyinka, the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, on his arrival from the United Kingdom via a Virgin…
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Shettima seeks strong family ties for national unity
Kunle Sanni Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on parents and couples to exercise patience and love in their families which will reflect on the larger Nigerian society. Shettima who was a special guest at the wedding of Keziah Kefas, daughter of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, in Jalingo, on Saturday also reflected on the bittersweet nature of parenthood. This…
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DSS detains investigative journalist Soyinka at Lagos Airport
The Department of State Services has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by DSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday upon his arrival from…
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