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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, Local Govt, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 12th, 2022

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | NNP | Nov. 12, 2022 – The concern of some of us who know is that, this failure by state governors to release to the Local Government Councils their monthly statutory allocation from the Federation Account has contributed to the blight of poverty in our communities, dilapidated primary schools and […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 12th, 2022

By Jideofor Adibe | NNP | November 12, 2022 | In recent years, ‘vote buying’ has become a popular phrase in our political discourses. But what does this really mean? Is it the same as ‘vote trading’? Does it have any impact on the country’s efforts at deepening its democracy? And what can be done to […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
The remains of Tunde Mark, son of the former President of the Senate, David Mark, has been laid to rest in his home town Otukpo, Benue amidst tears. Tunde who died on Oct. 21, 2022 in a London hospital at the age of 51, had battled with cancer for over a year. This is contained […]
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Africa & World Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Gov Diri denies link to sex tape scandal in South Africa By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Saturday, said he does not know nor have contact or relationship with a South African parliamentarian, Zanele Sifuba. Sifuba is at the centre of a trending sex scandal in South Africa over a […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Real reason CBN is redesigning Naira notes By Lydia Ngwakwe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday said counterfeiting and hoarding were the reasons for redesigning and issuing new naira notes. Mrs Amina Abdulmalik, Deputy Director, Currency Operations Department, CBN, said this at the apex bank’s special day, at the ongoing 36th Lagos International […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Woman who jumped into Lagos lagoon was DSS operative — Source By Biodun Busari The woman who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on Thursday has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a member of staff of the country’s secret police known as the Department of State Services (DSS). A source confirmed in a report published by […]