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US: Voting On A Virus By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
As you read this, the final word over who wins the US presidential election is being awaited in more or less the same manner people wait for results of COVID-19 tests. America has a very […]
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Business
Experts Insist On Mass Metering Before Implementation of New Tariff By Kehinde Olatunji
Experts have criticised the implementation of the new electricity tariff structure and urged the Federal Government to ensure that electricity consumers are metered first before the commencement to eliminate outrageous billings. Nigerians had heaved a […]
Government
No COVID-19 Respite For Lagos As Nigeria’s Cases Rise Again
By Abankula The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 152 new infections of the Coronavirus, with Lagos accounting for 93. It also said that two deaths from COVID-19 complications, were recorded on Tuesday.. […]
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Immigration Releases Passport of #EndSARS Activist By Austin Elegbede
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has finally released the passport of Modupe Odele, a legal practitioner and member of the Feminist Coalition. The Feminist Coalition raised about N147 million during the cause of promoting the […]
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Forget Social Media Regulation, Focus On Good Governance, Useni Tells FG
By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Former Senator representing Plateau South in the National Assembly, Jeremiah Useni has cautioned against the move to regulate the Social Media in Nigeria saying those seeking the regulation must exercise restraint […]
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Lekki Shootings: Sanwo-Olu Has Lost Credibility, Says FSD | Punch
A group, the Federal Social Democrats, says the credibility and integrity of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have been diminished by the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate […]
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Poor Police By Femi Macaulay
When the widespread non-violent #EndSARS protests degenerated into destructive actions that overwhelmed the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the anarchy showed that the country needs revolutionary change, including the police. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) […]
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Lagos Releases 253 From Custody
Lagos State Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) has advised the courts to immediately free 253 persons arrested by the police in connection with the #EndSARS protest in the state. Onigbanjo said the state’s […]
Government
Lagos State Task Force Orders Illegal Shops’ Owners To Vacate Fagba, Oko-Oba By Taiwo Okanlawon
The Lagos States Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend served a 7-day ‘Removal Order’ to owners/occupiers of all illegal structures/shanties including containerised shops around Fagba along Abbatior new Oko-Oba to remove […]
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Kaduna Records Highest COVID-19 Cases As Nigeria’s Total Falls By Abujah Racheal
Nigeria’s new COVID-19 infections slumped to 59 on Saturday, with Kaduna reporting the highest number, data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed. The NCDC said that the new infections, a quarter of […]
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IGP Withdraws Police Security From Offor, Fani-Kayode, Babachir Lawal, Others
Sixty prominent Nigerians and organisations, including the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and frontline businessman, Emeka Offor, on Saturday lost their privilege of […]
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Bear With Us If We Have Not Done Enough, Buhari Appeals To Nigerians
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians who are yet to feel the impact of his administration and those who believe that the government is not doing enough to bear with the administration. The […]
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Abayomi: Six Persons Just Tested Positive For COVID-19 In A Boarding School | TheCable
Five staff and a student have tested positive for COVID-19 in a secondary school in Lagos State. Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. He said the first COVID-19 […]
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Lekki Shootings: Army Files Papers, Lists Top Generals, Senior Officers As Witnesses | Punch
The Nigerian Army has filed papers at the registry of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20. One […]
Government
#EndSARS: Nigerian Govt Moves Against Protesters, Freezes Bank Accounts | PremiumTimes
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze the accounts of 20 individuals and an organisation linked to the #EndSARS campaign. According to details of the […]
Government
FRSC To Carry Guns – Reps
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria. The House of Representatives Committee on FRSC made the disclosure during the corps’ 2020 budget […]
Government
LASG Announces Closure of Roads For Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project By Aisha Cole
Lagos State Government has announced plans to close down Adejobi Street, Agege, Adegbola Level Crossing and Works Road for three days from Monday for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway project. A statement by the […]
Education
EXTRA: Abia Varsity Asks Students To Pay N15k ‘COVID-19 Prevention Fee’ By Femi Owolabi
TheCablThe Abia State University has asked its students to pay N15,000 as “COVID-19 prevention fee” ahead of the school resumption. Schools were shut months ago, following the outbreak of the pandemic. In a notice issued […]
Issues/Policy
Re: Chad On Our Electricity Grid? By Prof Ben A. Onunwor
SIR: The piece published on page 11 of The Nation of Wednesday, October 28, on the above subject refers. The author did not show understanding of effective and efficient decision-making. He indicated three factors that […]
Government
Senate Queries Aso Villa Over Medical Bills Abroad
The Senate has expressed worry over the rising cost of President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trips abroad. To stop the trend, the upper chamber directed relevant officials to ensure State House Clinic was in good form […]