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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:36:48 +0000
NURTW, RTEAN embrace truce over park operations, others
By Adeyinka Aderibigbe The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have agreed to amicable settlement of all grievances over park operations in Lagos State. Both unions reached the t...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:32:37 +0000
Inflation rate hits 16.47 per cent in January
By John Ofikhenua, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday disclosed that in January 2021, inflation rate rose to 16.47 per cent. It was 15.75 per in December, which is an indication that the rate soared by 0.72 per cent in the perio...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:15:28 +0000
BREAKING: Buhari appoints Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC boss
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The President’s nomination was contained in a letter to the President of the S...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:30:37 +0000
Bandits now attack soldiers, says El-Rufai
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Monday raised the alarm that soldiers are now targets of bandits in the Northwest geo-political zone. The bandits are becoming bolder; they attack military camps and ambush those...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:20:12 +0000
Let Buhari tell Nigerians he does not support criminality, says Akeredolu
By Alao Abiodun Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said he will never support people taking law into their hands. Akeredolu spoke on Monday in an interview on Channels TV. He said: “Sunday Igboho is a child of circumstance, and we must look a...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:15:05 +0000
Sanwo-Olu: those who brutalised protesters won’t go free
By Robert Egbe and Oyebola Owolabi Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said policemen who allegedly brutalised #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters at the Lekki tollgate last Saturday won’t go free. Information and Strategy Commissioner Gbenga O...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:10:44 +0000
Ganduje vs Bala Mohammed
By Gabriel  Amalu   Those who claim that a federal law banning open grazing, if enacted, as proposed by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, will be unlawful, miss the target. In their confusion they conflate a law banning open grazing with the right of her...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:08:05 +0000
Four kids, two others injured in Anambra crash
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Six persons, including four children were injured in an accident in Nteje area of Anambra State. The crash which occurred Sunday evening involved a Toyota Corolla car and Coster bus with 15 persons on board. Read Also; Four d...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:02:04 +0000
Eight warehouses, shanties razed in Lagos
By Tajudeen Adebanjo An inferno swept through Iddo/Otto in Ebute Meta, Lagos Mainland Local Government, destroying eight warehouses and shanty structures. The fire that started around 5pm on Sunday raged on till early hours of Monday. According to th...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:00:56 +0000
Six things to know about new WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
By Samuel Oamen Former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on Monday appointed as Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). Here are six things to know about Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as WTO DG: 1. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was born on 13 June 195...



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