Alade John-Rotimi
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Mr President, Good morning. The #EndBadGovernance protests has come and ended. You were forewarned. That your policies has thrown the economy into anarchy is too obvious for all who live here to see. The population asked for policy reversals and gave an ultimatum. Your administration response was to summon primitive mechanism to hush the voice…
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Russia on Monday ordered new evacuations in its border region of Belgorod, the governor said, as it battled to contain a Ukrainian offensive in the neighbouring Kursk region. "The enemy is active on the border of the Krasnoyaruzhsky district", Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. "For the health and security of our population, we're beginning to…
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• NUEE seeks release of abducted member The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded an immediate apology from the Federal Government and the police for the unwarranted invasion of its headquarters last week Wednesday. The Congress also called for a forensic security audit of its headquarters to ascertain its safety and continued suitability for…
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• As minister pledges new framework, standards A High-level meeting of regulatory bodies in the built environment has met with the ministerial committee on building collapse and agreed on a five-point agenda that would bring sanity to the country’s construction industry. The engagement marks a significant step forward in the ministry's ongoing efforts to enhance…
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Barring any last-minute intervention, Nigerians will, in two months, start paying the full cost of electricity as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) seeks to eliminate the stabilisation role of the Federal Government to transition the sector’s commercial framework to a bilateral model. Nigeria’s weak fiscal position is compounded by N2.1 trillion electricity subsidy, which the…
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For the first time in several months, the banking index led the gainers' chart on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) with 5.1 per cent, following 14.7 per cent, 9.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent price appreciation recorded by United Bank for Africa PLC (UBA) Plc, FBN Holdings Plc and Zenith Bank Plc last week.…
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President Bola Tinubu may have capitulated to political intrigues in the Presidency as well as other vested interests and called off his earlier resolve to sanitise leading government-owned enterprises (GOEs), which led to the inauguration of Jim Obazee panel, The Guardian learnt at the weekend. The abrupt closure of what was meant to be an…