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Osun election: HURIWA commends voters, INEC, security agencies, condemns vote buying

Osun election: HURIWA commends voters, INEC, security agencies, condemns vote buying

— Says poll offers Nigeria roadmap for peaceful, credible elections By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Sunday commended the people of Osun State for their courage and vigilance during Saturday’s governorship election, saying the largely peaceful conduct of the poll offers Nigeria a roadmap for credible elections. In a […]
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Ikeja Lions donate to abandoned children

Ikeja Lions donate to abandoned children

PRIVILEGED Nigerians have been charged to join viable non governmental organizations like the Lions Clubs International, with a view to using them to alleviate the suffering of the masses as government alone could not meet all the peoples needs. The move will go a very long way to reduce crime, which sometimes stemmed from frustration. […]

Rebranding Nigeria: Akpabio challenges Nigerians on political justice, ethnicity

Rebranding Nigeria: Akpabio challenges Nigerians on political justice, ethnicity

NIGERIAN leaders at all levels have been asked to embrace justice and good governance as a major step towards the success of the current rebranding project. Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, who made the call when the minister of information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Uyo, stressed […]

FIRS reopens PAN after closure over tax default

FIRS reopens PAN after closure over tax default

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna – THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday reopened the factory of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) with a warning that it would clamp down on more companies that default in the payment of tax to government. The FIRS had, last Thursday, shut down the Kaduna headquarters factory of PAN, Nigeria’s only […]

Nigeria earns $6.9bn from oil; economy grows by 5.1% in second quarter

Nigeria earns $6.9bn from oil; economy grows by 5.1% in second quarter

By Babajide Komolafe NIGERIA recorded $6.9 billion from crude oil exports in the second quarter of the year while the economy grew by 5.13 per cent. The Central Bank (CBN) in its economic report for the second quarter said the country exported 113.75 million barrels of oil during the quarter sold at an average price […]

Shiite disowns Boko Haram

Shiite disowns Boko Haram

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna – THE Shiite Islamic sect  otherwise known as Islamic Movement of Nigeria denied, yesterday, any link with the Boko Haram Islamic sect, saying it could not be against western education when it currently has over 300 schools across Nigeria teaching both western and Islamic education. In a statement signed by the […]