Labaran Maku
16 Aug
A former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Labaran Maku and former Minister of State for Works, Adedayo Adeyeye, have enjoined Nigerian students to be focused, reassuring that their future is bright.
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Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North, has said that it is preferable to have 774 local government chairmen who are corrupt than a single centralised leader who controls all the resources. Oshiomhole made the statement during a forum on local government autonomy organised by the House of Representatives on Monday. The former Governor of Edo…
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The federal government has begun distributing a new malaria vaccine in Bayelsa and Kebbi states for the first time, aiming to address
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Nigerian Singer, Inetimi Alfred, aka Timaya, has revealed that Grammy-winning artiste, Burna Boy, once asked singers Omawumi and Waje to leave a studio session after they doubted his prediction that he would one day be paid to fly in private jets. In an interview with Naija FM, Lagos, on Monday, December 2, 2024, Timaya described…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described 2024 as the most challenging for workers in the country. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, said this at the 2024 “Harmattan School” on Monday in Abuja, with theme “Trade unions and the Quest for a New Social Contract”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
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Teresa Clarke, Chair, CEO, and Executive Editor of Africa.com, interviewed Paulin Basinga on advancing public health initiatives in Africa. In an era where global narratives about Africa often oscillate between despair and paternalism, Dr Paulin Basinga the newly appointed leader of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Africa, spoke of a vision of philanthropy…
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The Ado Bayero family has said the tax reform bills have nothing to do with moving the venue of the wedding of their daughter, Maryam Nasir Ado Bayero, to Jibrin (Abba) Barau, the son of the Deputy President of the Senate. Reports had claimed that the wedding was relocated from Kano to Abuja due to…
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Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said that 90 per cent of Nigerians support the tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly. Taiwo, who stated this on Monday at a special town hall on the tax reform bills on Channels TV, said his team conducted a…
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The Department of State Service (DSS) has challenged a popular civil society organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), to implement what it preaches to society. DSS aggrieved staff, who are pressing legal charges against SERAP, used an adage that "it is easier to criticize than to do the right thing" to validate what…
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Tragedy struck Akankan, Ede North Local Council of Osun State, in the early hours of yesterday when a fire claimed the lives of a Nigeria Customs officer, Tijani Kabiru, his wife, and four of their children.