We are all together
By Femi Adesina Those who are younger than 55 or thereabout may not easily get the joke in the expression, ‘We are all together,’ which I’ve chosen as headline of this piece today. The event happened 45 years ago in…
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Southwest pensioners back labour, reject removal of salaries from exclusive list
…give FG 21 days ultimatum to address pension increase Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Southwest zone on Thursday backed Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and rejected the bill proposing the removal of workers’ salaries and wages from…
NDLEA seizes N60bn illicit drugs in 2 months
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized illicit drugs worth more than N60 billion in the last two months, its chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, has said. Marwa made the disclosure on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti at a colloquium…
Ogun former governorship candidate, Paseda directs supporters to join APC
Two-time former governorship candidate of Ogun State, Otunba Rotimi Paseda who contested under the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN and the Social Democratic Party, SDP in 2015 and 2019 respectively, has directed all members of his structure across the 36…
COVID-19 Vaccine: Ogun sets up vaccination centre for journalists
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta As part of efforts aimed at ensuring that the AstraXeneca COVID-19 vaccine is brought nearer to the people, Ogun State Government will begin to innoculate journalists against COVID-19 on Friday. A statement by Kunle Somorin, Chief Press…
COVID-19: Many countries are prepared for immunisation – World Bank
The World Bank has said although countries have gaps in readiness, most have prepared well enough across most essential areas to begin their immunisation drives as soon as they receive vaccines. It said this in a new report it released…
Active voice subscribers dropped to 204m in Q4 — NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the number of active voice subscribers in Nigeria dropped to 204.60 million people in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020). This is against the 205.25 million subscribers recorded in the third…
N24bn Police Pension fraud: Veronica Oyegbula bought N54.9m Abuja home in her daughter’s name —Witness
The trial of a former Director of Police Pension Office, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Veronica Oyegbula and four others continued before Justice Hussien Baba Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday March 17, 2021 as prosecution witness, Mustapha…
Fresh $2.5bn arms scandal: Buhari Presidency, APC stink — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the revelation of another $2.5bn arms purchase scandal in which officials of the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration were named is another ugly testament of the stench of corruption oozing out from…
Convention: Group urges APC to zone party national chairman to North Central
A political support group has urged the Leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the party’s national chairmanship to the North-Central geo-political zone, ahead of its national convention. The group known as APC Patriotic Ambassadors of Nigeria made the…