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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 21, 2022

Buhari endorses party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket, confident of 2023

• Shettima assures he won’t serve Islam, Hausa-Fulani-Kanuri interests as VP • CAN disowns bishops who graced Shettima’s unveiling • Protesting APC members storm pa…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

President Gives Minister Two-week Ultimatum to Resolve ASUU Strike

An end may be in sight to the over five-month old strike in Nigerian public universities as President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday directed the Minister of Education,…

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Investment & Entrepreneurship Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

Fighting Inflation, CBN Raises Interest Rate

•MPR now 14% •Says monetary tightening may continue if consumer price index rises further •To disburse N20bn as rebates to exporters for RT200 The Monetary Policy C…

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Health Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

FG to Spend N1.4tn on Health Insurance Premium for Vulnerable Nigerians

To ensure effective implementation of its 22 year old National Health Insurance scheme (NHIS), the federal government would spend a whooping N1.4 trillion for the h…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

ASUU knocks Buhari for ordering minister to end varsity strikes in two weeks

• Says ultimatum pointless without FG’s ‘strong commitment’ • ERC, NUP back NLC on proposed two-day protest President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed Minister…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

APC unveils Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate despite opposition

• Replace Shettima with a Christian, APC Muslim youths tell Tinubu • We’ll reject Muslim-Muslim ticket, insists CAN youth wing • Tinubu picked Shettima for our comm…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

NNPC Ltd to disclose new asset base – Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) says its huge asset base will be disclosed soon in view of its current status. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Ch…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

Correctional service urges INEC to extend voting rights to inmates

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Tuesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend voting rights to inmates to allow them to e…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 20, 2022

ASUU tackles Ngige, says strike continues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ruled out any possibility of suspending its six months old strike. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, m…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Tinubu to unveil Shettima in Abuja Wednesday

The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has rescheduled the presentation of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, for Wed…

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General Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Unpaid salaries: Rivers poly lecturer turns bus conductor

A lecturer at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola in Port Harcourt, Zoe Tamunotonye, has turned into a bus conductor for survival over the alleged refusal…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Breakaway ASUU faction dissociates self from strike

A breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike in Ni…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

ASUU meets August 1, strike enters 155th day

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to hold its meeting in the first week of August, 2022, The PUNCH ha…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

ASUU: NUC Seeks VCs’ Support to End Protracted Strike

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities’ Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed has urged Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities to intervene in t…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Buhari Rejoices with New NBA President, Maikyau

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on the successful conclusion of its conference which culminated in the election o…

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Investment & Entrepreneurship Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

AfDB, SEC Sign Agreement on Market Surveillance System Project

In a bid to modernise Nigeria’s capital market and ensure that it is well positioned to support economic transformation driven by private sector investment, the Sec…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Seven Takeaways from Osun Gubernatorial Election

Last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, which saw candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, emerged winner,…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Winners and Losers: How They Shaped Osun Governorship Poll

Last weekend’s governorship election in Osun State, was a keenly contested exercise, which threw up quite a surprise, and further left in its trail, natural expecta…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Take Away from Osun Governorship Poll

Last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had lots of preparation put in place for the c…

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Politics & Governance Abiola Obayomi • Jul 19, 2022

Another Rivers APC Chieftain, Tolofari, Resigns

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, George Fubara Tolofari, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tolofari in a resignation letter addressed t…

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