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The Positive Sides of Tinubunomics by Reuben Abati
The other day President Bola Tinubu announced that Nigerians are going through the equivalent of childbirth pains, but his administration is determined to ameliorate the pains, provide succor and make life better for all. During his Presidential campaigns, he told Nigerians – emi lo kan, that is in Yoruba -“it is my turn”. He also…
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Just In: Court Grants Emefiele Bail Application
A federal high court in Lagos has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of N20 million In a ruling on Tuesday, Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, said the charges against Emefiele are bailable. The bail was granted with one surety. Earlier, Emefiele pleaded not…
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Emefiele: Court Rejects FG’s Objection, Hears Emefiele’s Bail Application
The Federal High Court, Lagos has rejected the Federal Government’s claim that it had not received a copy of the bail application filed by the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in his alleged gun possession trial. In a short ruling on the issue, Justice Nicholas Oweibo held that there was evidence…
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Three Undergraduates Hospitalized After Gunmen Open Fire on Barber’s Shop in Osun
Punch Newspaper Three students of the Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa, have been shot by gunmen suspected to be cultists near the institution’s campus. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at a barber’s shop in Amuta Junction, Ilesa, where the victims had gone to charge their mobile phones. Sources in the school told…
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Corps Member Dies in Osun Orientation Camp, NYSC Reacts
A corps member simply identified as Bright has passed away at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Ede, Osun state. Details of his death remain sketchy as of the time of this report. Funmi Okundaye, the state NYSC spokesperson, told PUNCH on Monday that the corps member died in his sleep. “What…
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ASUU President Reacts To Fees Increment in Unity Schools, Varsities
The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has urged the Federal Government to review the hike in fees in its schools. He urged the government to do so and find a safe landing for the nation’s future leaders. Mr Osodeke was speaking against the backdrop of the recent hike in…
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Police Announce Registration For Cadets Degree Programme (Apply)
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has invited qualified applicants to apply for admission into its academy’s tenth regular course cadet degree programme. In a statement on Monday, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, force public relations officer, said the online registration process will run from July 24 to September 3 and is open to male and female Nigerians aged…
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Tinubu hugs deadline, replaces 4 names on ministerial list
Vanguard News About four days to the expiration of the 60-day provision for the President to submit names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, President Bola Tinubu is yet to fulfil this constitutional provision. Recall that President Tinubu took the oath of office on May 29, when former President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Recruitment: NDLEA Releases Final List of Successful Candidates
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has released the final lists of successful candidates for the 2023 recruitment exercise for Narcotic Officer and Narcotic Assistant cadres. A statement released on Sunday by the agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said successful candidates for cadet, trainees are to report at the NDLEA Academy in Jos and NSCDC College…
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#EndSARS: Lagos Govt Reacts To Viral Memo
The Lagos state government says the bodies of 103 victims of #EndSARS protest in 2020 prepared for mass burial were not from the Lekki tollgate. The state government, in a statement released on Sunday, said no dead body was retrieved from the Lekki tollgate as against the content in the now Viral Memo . “For…
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