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Will the FG-ASUU agreement end strikes in our universities? (1)
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058. You can’t believe this, but it is the truth, uncomfortable and damning as it is: Since the return to civilian rule in 1999…
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FG’s Plan to Ban Cashew Nuts Exportation A Replica of Nigeria Crude Oil and Dead Refineries
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By Wole Adedeji Cashew farmers in the country have called on the Federal Government to discontinue plans to ban exportation of cashew nuts saying it will have adverse effects on…
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FG delighted as Finnish Court jails Biafra agitator six years for terrorism
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The Federal Government has welcomed the landmark judgment of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland today sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator, to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism offences.…
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How not to reward infamy (1)
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In our two part editorial earlier this week titled ‘Before terrorists take over the aviation sector,’ we had warned against the slap on the wrist Mr. Waisu Ayinde Marshall aka…
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Osun Govt. drags FG to court over seized LGs’ February, March, April allocations
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The Osun State Government has dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court for allegedly seizing the monthly allocations accruing to the councils. Osun State local government allocations for the…
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FG kicks as Pat Utomi forms Shadow Govt.
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By Wale Akinselure and Gift Habib Prominent economist and political activist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has inaugurated a shadow government composed of members from various opposition parties. According to Utomi, the…
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Naira-for-Oil policy risky, DAPPMAN warns FG
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The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has raised alarms about potential risks linked to the Naira-for-crude oil policy. The association warned that the policy could jeopardise…
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Minimum Wage: FG, OPS, Governors, Workers offer new proposals
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All the parties involved in the negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers have made fresh proposals following their inability to reach a compromised. The new deal followed…
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N8.4bn Tax War With French Company: FIRS Settles For N5bn
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has agreed to receive from CMA CGM SA, a French shipping company operating in Nigeria, N5 billion only out of its N8.4 billion tax…
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Halt Further Devaluation Of The Naira – Olawepo-Hashim Cautions FG
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…Says decades of devaluation has not made Nigeria an investors’ haven A former Presidential candidate and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has cautioned…
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FG Grants Oyo Approval To Reconstruct Road
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…Makinde set to flag-off work …Donates N2.5M each to families of 7 slain Amotekun corps As part of efforts to continue to develop the state, the Oyo State Government administration…
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FG releases N40 billion earned allowances to ASUU
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The government has released N40billion for the payment of earned academic allowances for varsity lecturers and earned allowances for non-academic staff. Also, the government may release N30 billion revitalisation funds…
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FG carpets Rev. Kukah over critical speech
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…warn religious leaders against calls for regime change The Federal Government has decried attempt by any religious leader to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity. Alhaji…
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Coronavirus: All schools remain closed – FG insists amid Covid-19 spike
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Following the spike in the cases of coronavirus across the country, the federal government has announced that all schools across levels remain closed. The government made this known through a…
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SERAP asks FG, CBN to provide spending details on COVID-19 relief funds, school feeding
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “provide spending details of public funds and private sector donations to provide…
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Lagos lawyer, Abdulahi Tony Dania commends FG, LASG on fight against COVID 19
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…Waives tenants rent in Lagos and Edo States as contribution to the fight Although the Federal Government and Lagos State Government are yet to announce specific payments of funds to…
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Breaking: FG places travel ban on US, Britain, Germany, ten other countries over coronavirus
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The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was made know by the Secretary to the Government of the…
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Nigeria, US And The Question Of Religious Freedom, By Reuben Abati
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ON December 20, the United States government issued a statement, speaking through the US Department of State and US Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, designating Nigeria “a country of…