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Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:48:39 +0000
Power should shift South in 2023, says Ndume
By Tony Akowe, Abuja All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume on Sunday said the retention of the party’s presidential ticket in the North in 2023 would be tantamount to a third term for the region. He said the pre-2015 ...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:38:10 +0000
Minimum Wage… A bill dead on arrival
The ploy to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive List seems dead on arrival with critical stakeholders promising to ensure it does not see the light, writes TONY AKOWE The minimum wage is as old as the International Labour Organisation (ILO), w...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:29:07 +0000
Asari Dokubo forms Biafra Customary Government
By Alao Abiodun Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force Asari Dokubo has declared the formation of Biafra Customary Government (BCG). He also named officials who will serve as leaders with him. Dokubo vowed to set up provincial structures, ...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:54:00 +0000
COVID-19 test compulsory for FCTA workers
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja All Staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) are to submit themselves for the COVID-19 test, a circular issued by the FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat has stated. The circular, a copy obtained b...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:52:57 +0000
Burna Boy, Wizkid win first Grammy
By Gbenga Bada and Sampson Unamka Burna Boy broke the Nigerian music record at the 63rd Grammy Awards yesterday by winning a Grammy award for his album Twice As Tall. He is the first Nigerian to win a Grammy in his second attempt. Burna Boy’s win w...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:50:55 +0000
Atiku, Saraki, Bruce, Sani, other congratulate Burna Boy, Wizkid
By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Eminent Nigerians, celebrities and social media influencers have taken to twitter to congratulate Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Femi Kuti and his son, Made, on their Grammy Awards win on Sunday night. Burna Boy won the Best...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:48:59 +0000
Kano police arrest 101 suspects in 22 days
By Fanen Ihyongo, Kano The Kano State police command has arrested no fewer than 101 suspects 22 days after its new Commissioner of Police Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko took over in the state. The new police chief said 27 of the suspects are armed robbe...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:45:37 +0000
Banks losing revenue to Fintechs
Banks’ commission and fees are gradually going to financial technology (Fintech) firms. COLLINS NWEZE captures the steady rise and acceptance of Fintechs in the provision of financial services. A 40-year-old engineer, Michael Ojo, was leaving home ...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:43:11 +0000
Demutualisation and the making of a new market
The receipt of final approvals for the conversion of the 60-year-old Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to a public limited liability company ushers in a new horizon for the capital markets and the economy. In this report, Deputy Group Business Editor, Ta...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:42:59 +0000
Hoodlums terrorise Lagos community
By Raymond Mordi Residents of Greenfield Estate, off Ago Palace Way in Okota area of Lagos, are living in fear as hoodlums working for notorious land grabbers in the area now terrorise the neighbourhood in broad daylight, The chairman of Ago Palace W...



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