Tajudeen Yusuf
6 Aug 2024
The prevailing anger in the country, exacerbated by socioeconomic hardship, has been blamed on the federal government’s failure to establish an effective system for delivering palliatives to most Nigerians. Worse still, inadequate oversight by legislative bodies and other government agencies allows a select few to exploit the situation, undermining the government’s efforts, AZIMAZI MOMOH JIMOH reports. …
1 Jun 2024
In the last one year, you can say you have one, two, three ministers who have shown character of presence. But there is one major policy somersault; it is a good thing to do but was not properly articulated and managed.
28 May 2024
Former member of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Yusuf, has dismissed the possibility of an alliance between Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reports of an alliance between Obi and Atiku, presidential candidates in the 2023 elections, gained momentum following a meeting between the pair…
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Business activities at the Ibadan branch of MTN Nigeria were paralysed on Wednesday by a protest staged by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students’ body, under the Joint Campus Committee (JCC) in Oyo State, carried placards with inscriptions protesting the hike in telecommunication tariffs.…
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A group of nine surveyors who had been abducted in Ondo about a week ago have been released by their abductors after a sum of ₦20 million ransom was paid to secure their freedom. They were working in a field in Ilu-Abo, a community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, when unknown…
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Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) rescued seven kidnapped victims in Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State yesterday. The rescue mission followed offensive operations conducted by troops of OPSH under the ongoing Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A at Attakar high grounds in the Ganawuri district of Riyom LGA. The operations, carried out based on intelligence…
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The High Court of Justice of Adamawa State, sitting in the Yola Judicial Division, has issued a significant court order directing the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and produce Mr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, the former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, over allegations surrounding his conduct during the 2023 governorship…
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to compensate the family of a 12-year-old student who tragically lost his life following a diphtheria outbreak at King’s College, Lagos. Adopting a motion of urgent national importance by Rep. Akin Rotimi, the House also called on the Federal Ministry of Education to take immediate…
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The Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa (CGGEJA) on Wednesday, faulted the claim by former Gov. Godwin Obaseki on the endorsement of the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) programme by World Bank. Mr. John Mayaki, the Country Director of CGGEJA, a civil rights group, stated this in a statement made available…