The Osun State Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, psc, being mindful of his statutory duties and relentless efforts to guarantee tranquility, is using this medium to remind members of the public that the ban on Annual Carnival is still in force. Members of the public are therefore warned to desist from organizing/holding any form…
Any moment from now, you may have to pay an extra cost of N10 for every 1 litre of non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages you consume. This is as the President Muhammadu Buhari administration introduced a ‘Sugar Tax’, which will take effect this year. Ahmed Zainab, the Minister of Finance, disclosed this on Wednesday in…
A literacy guidebook designed to train journalists on spotting and countering authoritarian export in Nigerian Media space was yesterday unveiled in Abuja, Nigeria with participants raising alarm over Chinese role.At a training workshop for journalists as part of the unveiling, guest speakers and participants described the guidebook as an eye opener as it exposes unnoticed…
…Says Mr. President’s Channels TV Interview Full of Lies The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks President Muhammadu Buhari to end his thoughts of a successor as Nigerians will firmly resist any candidate put forward by him and his All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 Presidential election. The PDP also berated President Buhari for embarrassing…
BY MARCELLO ESTEVÃO In 2016, the discovery of two large, previously unreported loans sparked an economic crisis in Mozambique. Donor support to the country froze. The government was forced to make deep cuts in public spending. More recently, when Chad and Zambia asked to restructure their debt under the G-20’s Common Framework for Debt Treatments,…
Not many Chief Executives dare to give cabinet offices to independent minded figures with activism background, especially now that bootlicking is one of the recruitment criteria for such offices. In nominating Mrs Mopelola Abdulmalik-Bashir as commissioner, Governor Abdulrhaman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has shown that he is not afraid of appointees, who will be able…
The Super eagles of Nigeria players have gotten their jersey numbers ahead of the forthcoming 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. In the goalkeepers’ department, Maduka Okoye still retained his number one jersey for the 33rd AFCON which is billed to kick off on Sunday, while Daniel Akpeyi and John Noble will put on 16…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he does not care about his successor in 2023, saying he has no favourite in the forthcoming general elections. The president stated this in an interview he granted to Channels television which was televised on Wednesday evening. According to him, “I am not interested in who becomes the presidential candidate of…
The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, has praised the organised labour for embracing dialogue in agitating for workers’ welfare. Ponle gave the commendation when he received a team of the Radio, Television and Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU), Lagos State chapter, led by Comrade Shitta Sulaimon, on Wednesday in…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC is set to obtain Radio Broadcast Licence soon Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Balarabe Shehu Illela confirmed the expression of interest from the NYSC management. He has expressed satisfaction with the adequate provisions efforts made so far during a visit to the Director General of NYSC in Abuja….
