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FEC okays N19.76tln for 2023 budget, to be presented on Oct. 7

Ahead of its presentation before the National Assembly on October 7, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the 2023 budget estimates. The federal...

Sack of NIPOST Postmaster-General for graft: Buhari appoints Adepoju as successor

Following the sack of the Postmaster- General, Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi for graft, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new...

Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery in Emerging Europe, Central Asia Impeded

The ongoing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic economic recovery for emerging and developing economies in the Europe and Central...

BREAKING: ASUU shorn of its powers as FG registers new varsity-based unions — CONUA, NAMDA

For its intransigent posture on the eight-month-long strike, the wings of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been finally clipped as...

DISAMBIGUATING THE MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKECT: DEMOCRACY BRAND VS DEMOCRACY PHILOSOPHY

By Gbenga Gbesan, veteran journalist, public affairs analyst   “It is necessary to recapitulate what the proponents of the same-faith, Muslim-Muslim ticket, are...

Advertisements: FG sues Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, demands N30bn

Meta Platforms Incorporated — owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp social media platforms — and its agent AT3 Resources Limited have been hauled...

Busted! Lagos billionaire drug baron, N8bn tramadol seized

Another billionaire drug baron has been busted in Lagos, this time in Lekki on the Lagos island, about two weeks after the biggest...

Power outage: Rights groups join call for revocation of 11 DisCos’ licences as PENGASSAN, electricity workers insist

For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government has been urged to revoke the licences of the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in the...

Zero Gas Flaring By 2035: Nigeria’s Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme For Relaunch — NUPRC boss

Towards the attainment of zero routine gas flaring by 2035, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the relaunch of Nigerian...

Nigeria is in a war situation and state of socio-cultural anomie, RCCG General Overseer, Adeboye, says

Nigeria is currently in a war situation and state of socio-cultural anomie, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church...

Unspeakable horrors: Two women’s corpses buried in hospital medical director’s office

The remains of two females have been exhumed from a shallow grave in the office of the Chief Medical Director of Kwara State-owned...

Indonesian stadium tragedy: 174 dead, 180 injured

No fewer 174 people died in a crush at an Indonesian football match, one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Also 180 were...

Burkina Faso coup: Soldiers oust leader, Lt.-Col Damiba

  An Army captain in Burkina Faso has announced on national television that he has ousted military leader, Lt.-Col. Paul-Henri Damiba. Ibrahim Traore...

Buhari administration’s failings: First Lady, Aisha, offers public apologies, begs for forgiveness from Nigerians

In a storm of emotions, Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday humbled herself and offered profuse apologies on behalf of President...