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Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency)
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
By Davies Ngere Ify The Naira exchanged for N430.67 against the dollar on Tuesday at the Investors and Exporters window. Comparing the figure to the N430 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday, it showed a decrease of 0.16 percent. The open indicative rate closed at N429.88 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate […]
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Africa & World Politics
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
Ghanaian Nurse in trouble for threatening to kill all her patients By Ashimedua Adebiyi Investigations into uncovering the identify of a nurse who in a Tik Tok video, threatened to kill patients that plan to visit the hospital where she works has commenced. Ghana’s Nursing and Midwifery Council which disassociated itself from the video released […]
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Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
By John Owen Nwachukwu Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has told the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to apologise to his predecessor and former boss, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. HURIWA said Wike should apologise to the former Minister of Transportation for what it described as needless political war of vendetta to Amaechi, who […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
By Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) and Murtala Adewale (Kano) • Wike’s camp properly briefed about postponement, a shift in venue to Abuja – Atiku team • No comment from Wike, Obi after a midnight meeting • Away from the norm, Wike commissions project by himself despite inviting the Bauchi governor • Says he’s not interested […]
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Articles, Columnists, Labour Party (LP), NNP Columnists, Party Politics, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 17, 2022 – The All Peoples Congress (APC) presidential primaries was a parade of the colorful and flamboyant, bumptious and presumptuous, arrogant and megalomaniac, and diffident and self-effacing. I was very impressed by Yemi Osibanjo, our scholarly, urbane and deftly discerning vice president. I was taken by his […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | NNP | August 17, 2022 MY THOUGHTS ON ASUU STRIKE Lagos State universities are not on strike! I am yet to understand why academic staff of state-owned universities often abandon their classrooms when ASUU declares a trade dispute with the Federal Government, not State Governments, over noncompliance with agreements […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
16th August 2022 in National 0 Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development says the Federal Government is throwing its political will and weight behind the promotion of the solid mineral sector. Adegbite made this known at the pre-press briefing of the Annual 6th Nigeria Mining Week on Tuesday in Abuja. The 2022 Nigeria […]
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Elections, Elections 2023, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
PDP Chairman, Dr. Ayu (middle), flanked by the party, Atiku Abubakar(right) and running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. The Director-General of Niger Delta Support Group (NIDSG), Pastor Vincent Udume Odogbor has berated the choice of Atiku/Okowa presidential tickets of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as the most insensitive political decision in the history of Nigeria. […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
By Biodun Busari The Court of Appeal in Kano State, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif Aminu sentenced to death by a Sharia court over alleged blasphemy. Aminu, represented in the appellate court by his counsel, Kola Alapini, was convicted on January 21, 2021, but appealed the verdict. The Kano state government had […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
By Wole Mosadomi, Minna Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB (rtd) has called on Nigerians not to lose hope, saying with prayers and patience, the current situation will soon become history. General Babangida spoke when members of the Correspondent Chapel of Nigerian Union of Journalists, Niger State Chapter, led by its Chairman, Mustapha […]