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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Nigeria risks food crisis in 2023, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund has said that Nigerians should brace up for higher food prices/ risks in 2023 due to recent floods and high fertilizer prices. Accor…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Stalemate: Aggrieved PDP govs weigh fresh options

The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors on Sunday met with other party heavyweights where they discussed fresh options as the hopes of reconciling wit…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Kola Abiola, Building National Cohesion

The speculation surrounding the likelihood of Alhaji Kola Abiola throwing his hat into the ring to contest for the biggest office in the land started long before th…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Tinubu Takes Campaign to CAN Leadership

The standard flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured the christian community and the leadership of the Christian Association…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Operators, Analysts Hail Buhari’s Planned Supervision of Oil Drilling in Northeast

Some players in the Nigerian oil and gas industry as well as analysts have lauded the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to personally supervise, for the second tim…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

To Lift 100m People Out of Poverty, Nigeria Must Build Elite Consensus, Says Report

*Suggests need for exchange rate, electricity tariffs reforms *Calls for legislated social protection programme A new report by the Institute for Governance and Eco…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

NIBSS Joins Stakeholders to Discuss Financial Inclusion at IFIC’22

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) would join other stakeholders at the upcoming International Financial Inclusion Conference (IFIC) to examine opport…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

ABCON Foresees Stronger Naira After Banknotes’ Redesign

The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has predicted that the naira exchange rate would appreciate after the ongoing redesigning of some d…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Ijaw Youths Back Amnesty Programme’s Recent Reforms

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), has thrown its weight behind the desire of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

G-5 Govs’ Meeting Disrupted in Lagos, Amid Chant of Atiku! Atiku! Atiku!

* Rebrands self Integrity Group, reiterates readiness for reconciliation Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by a group of five govern…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Kwankwaso: I’ll Never Step Down For Atiku Abubakar

*Promises to re-negotiate nation’s debt *Says APC, PDP 24 years responsible for insecurity, woes *Insists on restructuring, pledges to employ two million police, mi…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

ActionAid raises concern as NBS ranks Bayelsa second poorest state

ActionAid Nigeria has raised concern over the recently released Multidimesional Poverty Index by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics that ranked Bayelsa, an oil-rich…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Doubts over use of Second Niger Bridge for yuletide

Despite the completion of the Second Niger Bridge connecting Onitsha, Anambra State in the Southeast and Asaba, Delta State in the South-South, there are indication…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Next government to inherit N71.5tr debts, liabilities after May 29

• FG blames oil theft for massive borrowing • Economists prescribe securitisation for flexible repayment, urge govt to pursue growth policies • There is so much cor…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

2023: Again, Buhari reads riot act, urges men to show good examples

President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, reiterated the need for Nigerian men to stay off activities that could jeopardise the peaceful conduct of the…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

Ronaldo says row with Man Utd ‘won’t shake’ Portugal team

Cristiano Ronaldo said Monday that his row with Manchester United would not have an adverse effect on the Portugal team at the World Cup in Qatar. Reduced to a peri…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 21, 2022

No problem between me, Soludo, says Obi

• Youth leader carpets gov over comment on LP candidate The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said there is no rancour between him and…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Nov 18, 2022

Iran protesters set fire to Khomeini’s ancestral home

Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movemen…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Nov 18, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes to be sentenced in Theranos fraud trial

Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes faces sentencing on Friday after being found guilty of defrauding investors and endangering patients in a case that became a…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Nov 18, 2022

Nigeria’s largest pool of voters divided before election

Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in their country’s electi…

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