FORMER President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that any conditions that encourage coups in the continent should be avoided as much as possible. The former President made the submission while speaking with a group of youths under the aegis of ‘Africa for Africa Youth Initiative’, (A4A), at the …
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*Says stable Naira to economic growth, foreign investment THE United States yesterday called for the digitization of government services in Nigeria stressing this is critical to curbing corruption in the country U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, made this call at a press briefing in Lagos to round …
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FOUR yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a 60-year-old Poultry Farmer, Mr. Kayode Ajayi and his daughter at his Poultry farm located at Laluba village in Asa local government council area of Kwara state. Sources close to the family of the victim told journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday that, “Mr Kayode …
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BANDITS have reportedly levied three communities in Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, N3 million each (about $3000 USD) to be paid to a notorious bandit kingpin, known as Dan Bokolo, to avert attacks by the group terrorizing the communities. There are reports that the levy is …
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THE national electricity grid has collapsed again barely a week after Nigerians were thrown into darkness. According to Guardian, the power generation dropped from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at about 1 am on Tuesday morning to a meagre 42.7MW as of the point of writing this report. Only …
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ONLINE platform X could introduce a monthly fee for all users, its owner Elon Musk said Monday, citing the need to cut down on bots. The tech tycoon has made multiple changes since taking over the site for $44 billion in October last year when it was known as Twitter. …
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THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has approached the Supreme Court seeking a nullification of the Presidential Election Petition Court’s judgement, which on September 6, upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku in the Notice of …
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LAGOS State Police Commissioner, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, yesterday, inaugurated a 13-man Special Investigation Team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigerian singer and Naira Marley’s former protege, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad, on September 12, in Lagos. This came as Nigerian celebrities and aggrieved fans of Mohbad are …
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emphasizes the need to build parliamentary capacity in security sector governance THE Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria has tasked Clerks of relevant Standing Committees on the security sector in the National Assembly on the need to delve into the systemic and structural drivers of conflict across …
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday said that it is only the presidency and not the Ministry of Labour and Employment that can take decisions on some of the contentious issues that led to the warning strike such as wage award, the issue of CNG, refineries and others. This …
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