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PROFESSOR BENE MADINAGU LIVESON, BY SEGUN AYOBOLU Nigerians have become amazingly numb and inured to shock as regards the astounding and ever increasing scale of corruption in the country and this is understandable. Hardly have we been dealt heavy blows by revelations of monumental theft of public funds by those in positions of trust who are custodians of such resources …
Read More »FG PROCURING ESSENTIAL MEDICINES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, SAY PATE
FG PROCURING ESSENTIAL MEDICINES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, SAYS PATE Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says the federal government is pool-procuring essential medicines in public hospitals. Pate spoke in Abuja on Thursday at an event marking Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. This year’s commemoration had the theme, “Health on the house of government”. “We recognise the …
Read More »REMOVE DELE FAROUNBI FROM LAWYERS’ LIST – AFE BABALOLA PETITIONS LPDC
REMOVE FAROUNBI FROM LAWYERS’ LIST – AFE BABALOLA PETITIONS LPDC Afe Babalola’s law firm has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) seeking the removal of Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and human rights activist, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The firm in a 90-page petition dated December 6, 2024, and signed by Ola Faro, a partner in the …
Read More »RIVERS ALLOCATION: FUBARA FLOORS WIKE AS APPEAL COURT QUASHES HIGH COURT RULING
RIVERS ALLOCATION: FUBARA FLOORS WIKE AS APPEAL COURT QUASHES HIGH COURT RULING Court of Appeal has halted attempt to seize Rivers State federal allocation by House of Assembly members loyal to Nyesom Wike. In a decisive judgment delivered on Friday, the Court of Appeal has quashed an attempt to seize Rivers State’s statutory allocation. Justice Barka, in his ruling, slammed …
Read More »VICTIMS EXPLAIN WHY IGBO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM IS FAILING
VICTIMS EXPLAIN WHY IGBO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM IS FAILING Jude Eze looks frail. At his Orhom Orba village in Udenu LGA of Enugu State, Jude appears to be living in anguish of wasted years of apprenticeship in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He claims that his dream of becoming a self-made man before the age of 30 is now a mirage.“I am 44,” …
Read More »I IDENTIFY MORE AS A YORUBA THAN NIGERIAN – KEMI BADENOCH, UK PARTY LEADER
: I IDENTIFY MORE AS A YORUBA THAN A NIGERIAN – KEMI BADENOCH, UK PARTY LEADER I Have Nothing In Common With ‘Boko Haram’ Northern Nigeria – UK Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch Replies Vice-President [i] Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has stated that she identifies more with her Yoruba heritage than with Nigeria as a …
Read More »DONALD TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR
DONALD TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR AGAIN Time Magazine has named Donald Trump as their person of the year for the second time. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a- generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is TIME’S 2024 Person of the Year,” …
Read More »ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPROVES NEW REVENUE COMMISSION LEGISLATION
ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPROVES NEW REVENUE COMMISSION LEGISLATION The National Economic Council (NEC), chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has endorsed a draft bill to repeal and renew the law establishing the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This decision followed deliberations at the council’s last meeting for 2024, as revealed by Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, during a …
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