‘War Must End’ -Ramaphosa Tells Putin

South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled…

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10th Senate: ‘Disclose Pensions Paid To You As Ex-Governors’, SERAP Tells Akpabio, Others

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other 13 former governors in the 10th Senate to “disclose the total amount of life pensions, if any, that have been received from your states as former governors.” In a statement on Sunday, SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urged the…

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Fall of Water tank kills man in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command said a water tank fell off and killed a young man sleeping in his room in the Ikotun area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his Twitter Page on Saturday. He wrote, “Today in Ikotun. Tank stand gave way. Full water tank fell…

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Governor Adeleke Mobilises Agencies for Flood Control

Governor Ademola Adeleke is determined to protect the lives and property of the people of Osun State, hence, he has released funds for the ministry of environment to commence flood control operations across the state Permanent secretary ministry of environment, Mr Oladele Olawuni made the assertion on IMOLE AYO, an enlightenment programme on OSBC Radio…

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North Africa to boost PPP  to Support Economic Development

“Diversifying the sources of funding for public infrastructure projects means seeking innovative approaches that integrate public-private partnerships in particular,”  the Tunisian Prime Minister, Ms Najla Bouden, told participants of a seminar titled Public-Private Partnerships in North Africa for sustainable and inclusive growth that was held on 15-16 June in Tunis.   The event, organized by…

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OPINION: Nuhu Ribadu and NSA’s Statutory Mandates

By Yushau A. ShuaibRecently when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced his Special Advisers and named Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the adviser on security, many were confused if this designation would be the same as that of the National Security Adviser (NSA). In my previous article titled, “The person needed as President Tinubu’s NSA,” I mentioned that while…

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