The recent decision by the Federal Government to share the cost of paying electricity subsidies with the States and Local Government Areas, LGAs, is a consequential adjustment to the current realities in our power sector environment. It is another determined effort to reduce the parasitic dependence of sub-national governments on the centre. At a recent […]
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Nearly 25 million naturalised citizens in the United States, among whom are Nigerians may have their US citizenship revoked……
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By Olawuni Rebecca Toyin THIS piece will be incomplete discussing Museum Education without the definition of museum. Therefore, a museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artefact and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or
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Nairagram, a leading pan-African payments and financial infrastructure company, has successfully completed its ₦10 billion Commercial Paper issuance, fully subscribed within 48 hours of going to the market. The Commercial Paper program received final regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on January 26, 2026. Following the completion of market preparations on February
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The telecommunications industry opened with a bang in early 2000 after a snail-walk in the previous years of political uncertainties and economic decisions that were at best tentative. The industry was not only deregulated but phone ownership was so democratised that the development mocked previous assertions that telephones were for the rich. It was the birth
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Well before he arrived Nigeria from Egypt, Nasir el-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State and frontline promoter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the new political home of the major opposition figures that have sworn to unseat President Bola Tinubu, had announced that he would be arrested upon arrival in the country. More than a
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“All things are possible in politics”— Douglas Reed After two weeks of examining the language and practice of loyalty in Nigerian politics, one conclusion stands out with unsettling clarity: the phrase “I remain loyal” has become both a confession and an indictment. It confesses the fragility of conviction in our political culture and indictes a system
Before now, not many people outside the South-West, especially inner Lagos circles knew, or bothered about the “City Boy” phenomenon. It was a byname invented for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by his followers at the outset of the 2023 political season to emblematise his “street-smart” persona which has enabled him to streak from nowhere to President
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Global cocoa prices are retreating sharply after months of historic highs, easing below $4,000 per metric ton in recent weeks as im…
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Mr Basil Ejidike, Anambra APC Chairman revealed this at the stakeholders’ meeting of the party in Awka, Anambra State.
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