Month: August 2022

Work mainly for Tinubu’s election as Nigeria’s next president, Iji charges coalition’s Ondo exco at inauguration

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By Banji Ayoola The South West Zonal Coordinator of the Asiwaju Tinubu/Shettima Coalition for Good Governance (ATSCGG.), Ambassador Sola Iji, on Wednesday charged the newly inaugurated Ondo State Executive Committee of the coalition to shun distractions and work mainly for the election of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running […]

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Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dies at 91

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In this file photo taken on October 31, 2009 former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev attends a commemorative event in Berlin. – Mikhail Gorbachev, the last surviving Cold War leader who helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze, has died in Moscow at age 91.In power from 1985 to 1991, he […]

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How Nigeria can make N13.58tr yearly from traditional medicine, by experts

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Herbs Ahead of African Traditional Medicine Day (ATMD), today, experts have said Nigeria could make more than $19.4 billion (N13.58 trillion) yearly from ‘developing’ some aspects of traditional medicine (TM). They also made recommendations on how TM could be maximised to boost foreign exchange earnings and healthcare in the country. A professor of taxonomy and […]

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We need to act fast on ASUU strike, Osinbajo tells APC governors

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Okowa tasks FG on Delta education model to end the stalemate FG has done enough for varsities, minister insists Govt to meet VCs, and councils on September 6 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, received some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his office, where he called for urgent action to address dwindling […]

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In 2023, I won’t interfere, condone intimidation, Buhari tells APC governors

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President pledges to bequeath a legacy of non-interference after Ekiti, Osun polls APC dispels rumour of cold war between Tinubu, Adamu over campaign council Atiku tackles APC, FG over the economy, rising poverty, unemployment Rejects move to secure N11tr fresh loan President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that government will ensure Nigerians don’t get intimidated or […]

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After N14.6b, Nigeria Air misses fifth take-off amid investors’ apathy

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Concerns as Nigeria Air gulps N14.6b in four years, under 5% govt’s equity Industry awaits delivery of Sirika’s aviation roadmap seven years on, nine months to go Consultants and stakeholders disagree on prospects of new airline Nigeria’s bid to float a new national carrier appears to have entered the wrong time zone, with credible investors […]

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Strike: FG to meet VCs, Councils September 6

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The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has convened a meeting with the vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and management of Federal universities in line with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The meeting is expected to hold on September 6, 2022, at the NUC secretariat in Abuja. This was convened in […]

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Osinbajo rallies APC governors on economy, ASUU strike

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Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governors were on a felicitation visit to the vice-president as he recovered from the leg surgery done in July. The vice president expressed his appreciation to the […]

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Delta Airline suspends New York to Lagos flight operations

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Delta Airlines, United States’ longest serving flight operator in Nigeria, said it will from October 4, 2022, suspend flight operations between JFK airport, New York and Lagos. The airline which is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier, disclosed this in a statement. The airline which resumed operations on […]

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