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By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase of N1.32 trillion […]Continue Reading
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  By OLUSEGUN OBASANJO Dear Compatriots and Friends, Happy New Year! May all our national calamities disappear this year. I am constrained to write this letter to all Nigerians especially young Nigerians, friends of Nigeria globally as well as our development partners because of the gravity, responsibility and implications of the collective decision Nigerians, both Continue Reading
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Former Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, demonstrated great leadership and courage which resulted in the unprecedented performance of the 8th Assembly, Hon Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said. In a message celebrating Saraki on the occasion of his 60th birthday anniversary, Hon Dogara commended  Saraki’s Continue Reading
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By Stanley Achonu The 2023 elections loom, with politicians making campaign promises that offer hope. Yet, poverty – probably the biggest threat to Nigerians today – has gone unaddressed. In October, the World Bank released its “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” report[1] outlining progress in the global fight against extreme poverty. According to the report, the Continue Reading
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By Kolawole Oluwadare Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the nine oil producing states in Nigeria to “provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations of projects executed with the money.” The Federal Government recently Continue Reading
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By Luke Mgboh On his assumption of office in 2015, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi aptly dedicated Enugu State to, “The hands of God” and true to this solemn dedication, he anchored his administration on the concept of the “common good” as propounded by St. Thomas Aquinas, the Italian Dominican friar, priest and philosopher. The concept of […]Continue Reading
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Stephanie O. Adams-Douglas Dubawa, a West African fact-checking and verification platform, has announced its fourth annual fact-checking fellowship. Dubawa is a fact-checking and verification platform founded in 2018 by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, which launched its fact-checking fellowship named after Ghaninan Professor of Journalism and Mass Continue Reading
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Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, is expected to literarily come alive on Thursday as former President Goodluck Jonathan and other top dignitaries converge on the city for the public presentation of The Letterman, a book on the ‘secret’ letters of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The book, written by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed, will be Continue Reading
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By Daniel Adaji As the world cup kicked off on the November 20, 2022, many football fans have taken to the social media to express their excitement, sentiments and supports for the various teams of their choice. So far, the social media space has recorded over 460K Instagram hashtags and 5.7 billion TikTok views. According to Ticketgum.com, “It’s evident that […]Continue Reading
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By Daniel Adaji The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, has announced that the Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS), which captures the state of employment in Nigeria, has undergone more notable changes from the previous rounds. According to the NBS boss, NLFS is a strategic […]Continue Reading