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18 Years After: RMAFC moves to review president, governors, lawmakers’ pay

18 Years After: RMAFC moves to review president, governors, lawmakers’ pay

By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has completed the review of the remuneration of political office holders, 18 years after their salaries were last reviewed by law, saying the proposed new remuneration and revenue allocation Bills will reach the National Assembly before the end of the year. Chairman […]

Plateau: Alake warns illegal miners to desist from abandoned mining pits

Plateau: Alake warns illegal miners to desist from abandoned mining pits

IN reaction to the recent collapse of an abandoned tin mine pit in Kassa, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State that killed seven persons, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, weekend, warned illegal miners to stop mining from abandoned pits without licences by committing suicide.

The Itsekiri Moment

The Itsekiri Moment

By Michael Tidi History occasionally presents a people with moments they cannot afford to waste. Such moments are often disguised as anniversaries, festivals and celebrations. They arrive with colour and pageantry, yet beneath the excitement lies a more enduring question: Will this generation merely celebrate its inheritance, or will it enlarge it? The Itsekiri nation has […]

Uwa Bu Ahia: Trading ideas for development

Uwa Bu Ahia: Trading ideas for development

By Emeka Mba There is a proverb the Igbo publicly render with relish and pride: Uwa bu afia — the world is a marketplace. We say it to explain our pursuit of communal and personal value, our enterprise, our presence in every corner of the globe where commerce thrives. From Ariaria, in Abia state to Alaba, in […]