The Senate has passed the 2016 budget, with an unprecedented reduction in the budget’s total. President Muhammadu Buhari presented a N6.08 trillion proposal in December 2015. The Senate passed N6,060,677,358,227 trillion budget after considering its conference report on the budget. It was the first time since 1999 that the …
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By Pius Adesanmi You must excuse the obscenity, “iyalaya anybody”, in my title. When you invite a well-known scholar of African popular cultures to address such a distinguished assembly of actors and professionals in Nigeria’s corporate and entrepreneurial world, you must be prepared to be illuminated by the philosophical nuggets …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced one Favour Eboigbe to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking six girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution. Eboigbe was arraigned on 12 counts before Justice A. A. Okeke. It was gathered that the 37-year-old man was living outside the country …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had sealed a pact with the country’s oil majors to freeze production as proposed last month by Moscow and Saudi Arabia to curb slumping prices. “Yesterday we met with the management of our leading oil firms, and on the whole an agreement …
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By Dotun Olutoke Interestingly, the inspiration for this piece floated in my mind after reading Bayo Olupohunda’s expressive piece titled “Buharists, Wailing Wailers and a Divided Nation.” The article which appeared on Naij.com in the early hours of Wednesday, 6th January, 2016 points in an instructive manner to the dangers …
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INSTITUT SUPERIEUR WE FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE (ISFOP-BENIN UNIVERSITY ),a degree awarding institution accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Benin Republic, have declared it’s readiness to admit students from Nigeria and other countries seeking higher education into its fold. The school has distinctive academic records and standards both locally …
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Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday announced the escape of a Lassa fever patient from hospital in Ebonyi State. The patient, whose identity was not made public, escaped from the health facility, where he was receiving treatment. The minister said this during a meeting of the National Council on …
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MTN is the market leader in Nigeria’s mobile-phone marketMTN Group Ltd.’s biggest market is now its worst headache.Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator (NCC) last week slapped the mobile-phone operator with a $5.2 billion fine, wiping almost 20 percent off its market value over the space of four days. There is a lot …
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The British National Crime Agency has dispatched a team of detectives to Nigeria who are now working with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. It was discovered that the team of investigators …
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Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the wife of one of Nigeria’s most respected politicians, Obafemi Awolowo died earlier today. HID Awolowo Mrs. Awolowo, who was 99 years old, achieved great fame and respect as a confidante of her late husband and custodian of his tremendous political and cultural legacy. Awolowo Saharareporters …
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