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… Becomes the first governor to win during the first term … Formal presentation to hold Dec 6 Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum had emerged a winner of the 2019 Zik prize for leadership, as announced by Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy on Thursday afternoon. Zulum, who was of eight winners of […]Continue Reading
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A consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has asked the federal government to entrench the deregulation drive of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry by enacting appropriate legislation or embedding it as part of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) expected to be submitted to the National Assembly soon. The consortium also demanded that the […]Continue Reading
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By Eric Teniola The presidential pardon granted by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to former Nationalist and Minister, Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (1923-2010), and also to Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (1929-1989), former Governor of the defunct Bendel state and endorsed by the National Council of State is most welcome. I hope the pardon will be extended […]Continue Reading
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As an international humanitarian organization, Humanity First, clocks 25 years in service to mankind, Nigerians who have benefitted from its popular programme tagged the ‘Gift of Sight’, will have cause to commend its good works inclusive of community services for the good of society. Regarding the stated ’Gift’, it concerns the eyes. Your eyes are […]Continue Reading
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By Theophilus Abbah They don’t belong to the bracket of quack doctors, who dispense drugs and inject victims with satanic and murderous dosage of chemicals. They are not medical college dropouts, who hypnotize unsuspecting public with precise medical language and overstretch their incomplete knowledge to administer pharmaceutical drugs and perform surgeries that maim and Continue Reading
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Judicial Commission Report in 2001supported the creation of a separate state for the marginalized people of Southern Kaduna By Theophilus Abbah The Judicial Commission into the religious disturbances in Kaduna, also referred to as Shariah Riot, in 2000, after providing evidence of ethnic, religious, and social disharmony in Kaduna State, recommended that, in the interest Continue Reading
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Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the half-year ended June 30, 2020, as gross earnings rose by 4% from N332 billion in June 2019 to N346 billion, with an interim dividend of 30k per share to be paid to its shareholders for the half-year 2020 amid the ravaging impact of the coronavirus […]Continue Reading
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Weeks after being cleared of abuse of office, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has been re-elected into office for a second term. The election, which took place on August 27, 2020, would see Adesina begin a new five-year term on September 1, 2020. The election saw Adesina re-elected with 100% of […]Continue Reading
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Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, and Africa’s foremost philanthropist, Aliko Dangote has urged governments across Africa, the Federal Government of Nigeria, and State governments to increase their budget allocations to the healthcare sector, to help ensure improved basic healthcare for the people. Dangote, in his remarks at the formal certification of Wild Poliovirus Continue Reading
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“We are in a democracy, there is a process by which things can be done” In an effort to allay fears expressed by the leadership of the Church about the recently enacted Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has said concerns can be processed through possible amendment of the […]Continue Reading
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By David Hundeyin Imagine you woke up from a bad dream yesterday, only to find out that you are in another bad dream today. Then you wake up from it tomorrow, only to find yourself in another bad dream, which gives way to yet another nightmare and so on in that manner, like an everlasting […]Continue Reading