…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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The federal government says non-resident companies (NRC) are mandated to remit 6% of turnover from digital services provided to Nigerian customers. An NRC is a company not registered or incorporated in Nigeria but makes profits or income from Nigeria. They include Amazon, AliExpress, Twitter, Zoom Inc. and others. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national […]
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Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of federation, says the comment of the south-west governors on the recent activities at Magodo estate phase two is “unjustifiable”. On Wednesday, the south-west governors condemned the alleged role played by Malami in the deployment of police officers to Magodo estate in a bid to enforce a supreme court verdict. “We condemn, in very clear […]
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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government has no plan to lay off workers in the federal public service. Speaking on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme on Thursday, the minister stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had repeatedly said that no worker would be sacked. Ahmed explained that FG needs […]
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Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, says Nigeria’s next president should be someone that will unify the country. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain spoke at the party stakeholders’ meeting in Adamawa. Dokpesi said Nigeria “has never been this disunited”, adding that the country needs someone like Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, to lead the […]
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The government of Ekiti has raised the alarm on an alleged plot by “some political interests” to defame Kayode Fayemi, governor of the state. In a statement, Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s chief press secretary, alleged that some persons within the All Progressive Congress (APC) are uncomfortable with Fayemi’s “rising profile” and are looking for ways […]
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