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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has listed the provision of N25,000 monthly for three months to 15 million Nigerians and tax waivers as solutions to citizens’ economic hardship. President Tinubu disclosed this on Sunday while speaking on his administration’s economic programme in an interview to mark the Man-Of-The-Year Honour bestowed on him by the Nation Newspaper.…
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Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, has extolled the leadership qualities of his Abia State counterpart, Dr Alex Otti, saying that Abia is now enviable under the ex-banker. Uzodinma who spoke Sunday at the Thanksgiving ceremony of the Minister of State for Labour, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at Isuochi, commended Otti for his developmental strides. He…
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government has transformed the State’s education sector using the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) Programme, repositioning the State as a reference point for education reforms in Africa. Obaseki said this while giving his closing remark at the festival of nine lessons and carols with the…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a high level of corruption across various sectors in the three arms of government and private sector. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, Tunde Babawale, a professor, said this at the validation meeting of the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) Survey…
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Former Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has disclosed that former President Goodluck Jonathan restricted each of his ministers to the use of only two cars during the fuel subsidy removal crisis in 2012. He stated that Jonathan also stopped members of his cabinet from travelling in first class with a view to…
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has told friends, family members, well-wishers and the general public not to organise any birthday party, gift or newspaper advertisement in commemoration of his 56th birthday billed for Thursday, December 21st. Insadad of advertisement placements, gifts or social gatherings, Governor Oyebanji said anyone willing to celebrate with…
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FLASH: Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu is today, set to commission the first phase of the Greenwich Gardens housing project built by the Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area(LCDA), Hon. Mayor Dele Osinowo @HonMayorDele which was constructed through a Public Private Partnership initiative.
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Members of the family of the leader, the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, have rejected the Supreme Court’s verdict on his terrorism case. Kanu’s younger brother, Emma, told journalists that the court verdict was unfortunate. He said no family member is happy about the verdict. He said, “It is extremely unfortunate that the Supreme…
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The Organised labour in Rivers State today Friday 15th December met in labour house and issued a communique on the stand of the labour union in the crisis rocking the political space of the state. Attached pictures are the details of the labour union decision.