Fayose praises Buhari for taking his advice

For what is perhaps the first time ever, the Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has found a reason to commend President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose, in a statement signed by his special Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, praised the President’s decision to negotiate with Niger Delta militants rather than use military... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Opinion: The one year hangover from change

by Sir Farouk The messiah of Nigeria and supreme anti-corruption crusader who is friend to everybody and belongs to nobody (who cares what he said, he translated Hausa to English and thought it would sound as good, it sounds better in Hausa) has spent a year in office. We have had a year of the... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Femi Aribisala: Change for the worse, litany of failures and contradictions galore

Propaganda has an expiration date, and it must now be abundantly clear that the expiration date for the hot air of Buhari’s government has long passed. George Santayana says: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If Nigerians were not so forgetful, we would not now be saddled with the burdensome... Read More

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June 7, 2016

US to Nigeria: ‘Dialogue with Niger Delta militants’

The United States Mission to Nigeria has expressed concern over the recent attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta. The US Mission on Tuesday, said it supports dialogue for the resolution of the situation – where Niger Delta Avengers have been destroying oil pipelines in the region. While stating that it was monitoring reports... Read More

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June 7, 2016

An unforgettable experience for Etisalat GEM customers in Milan

Top Etisalat GEM customers were recently rewarded with an Unforgettable all-expense-paid trip to Milan to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League final match, between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the San Siro Satduim, Milan, Spain. These customers were selected as the top spenders on the Etisalat network for 2015.... Read More

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June 7, 2016

We want Buhari to succeed, but… – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has promised to produce the next President of Nigeria in the next general election in 2019. Leaders of the opposition party on Tuesday, converged at the National Secretariat of the PDP to witness the official handover of the party’s affairs by the Board of Trustees to the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee,... Read More

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June 7, 2016

FG to withdraw license, sanction banks who fire staff

The Federal Government has threatened to withdraw the operating license of any bank or telecommunication company that breaches its directive to stop mass sack of workers. As a result of the spate of retrenchment of bank employees, the government had last week, directed employers in the financial sector to stop further dismissal of staff. Subsequent... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Nigerian doctors to go on strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria has announced the commencement of a nationwide strike from Thursday, June 9. The National President of the association, Muhammad Askira made the announcement on Tuesday, June 7. Speaking with journalists in Kano, Askira said the decision was arrived at during the ordinary general meeting of the National... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Sam Omatseye: One year of Governor Ambode in Lagos

by Sam Omatseye Lagos has always been a place of small beginnings. A small port town, a puny army, a humble royalty, a seeming patch of land, straggles of settlers. During the Yoruba Wars, it snorted under the shadows of valiant horsemen and kabooms of gunfire exchanges. But it has not taken its smallness with... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Opinion: Nigerians want to see the real change

by Ray Ekpu Before July 23, 2014, Muhammadu Buhari thought the Boko Haram insurgents were a bunch of near-harmless agitators calling for the killing of Western education in Northern Nigeria. He reportedly asked that the terrorists be wooed into an amnesty programme so that they would surrender their arms and amulets and make room for... Read More

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June 7, 2016

I’m proud to have established 12 universities – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that he built hundreds of primary and secondary schools as well as 12 state universities during his tenure as President. The former President said this while speaking on Democracy and Equality at the Bloomberg studios in London. The speech, which was titled “Civis Nigerianus Sum” – I am... Read More

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June 7, 2016

Get ready… domestic airlines to hike price of tickets

Following the increase in the price of aviation fuel, domestic airlines in Nigeria may hike the price of air tickets, the Punch reports. The price of jet fuel was increased from N115 per litre to N150, according to a circular issued to airline operators in Lagos last week. The airline operators made their position known... Read More

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June 7, 2016

‘Our prayer is that this works’ | FG begins negotiations with Niger Delta militants

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian military to halt its operations in the Niger Delta for two weeks to enable the government dialogue with militant groups. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, revealed this in Abuja on Monday. To this effect,... Read More

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June 7, 2016

‘We’ll deal with Igbo leaders who visited Buhari’ – IPOB

Secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, described Igbo leaders who visited President Muhammadu Buhari a day after the May 30 violent clash as Igbo traitors. A statement signed by the group’s coordinator, Clifford Iroanya, noted that the group will decide on how best to deal with the traitors for not condemning the... Read More

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