Lagos power company technician electrocuted while working on transformer

Deji Lambo 20 September 2021 Kindly share this story: A technician with the Ikeja Electric, Adebowale Ogunbanwo, has been electrocuted in the Dopemu area of Agege, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the technician was working on a high-tension transformer on Oke Street when power was suddenly restored in the area, as he was electrocuted. The […]

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Borrowing for recurrent expenditure foolish, says Obasanjo

Ademola Olonilua 19 September 2021 Kindly share this story:  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has frowned at the way the Federal Government is taking loans. According to the ex-president, borrowing for recurrent expenditure is ‘foolish’. In a video interview posted on Channel’s Television Facebook page, Obasanjo said that borrowing and accumulating debt for the next generations […]

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VAT-by-states-a-joke comment: Masari under fire, Akeredolu says FIRS planned amendment dead on arrival

Solomon Odeniyi and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Dennis Naku, James Abraham, Peter Dada and Raphael Ede 20 September 2021 Kindly share this story: The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, was on Sunday heavily criticised for dismissing moves by Lagos and Rivers states to start collecting the Value Added Tax directly. Groups, including the Pan Niger Delta Forum, […]

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How a corper made N2m from teaching in a village during his NYSC — Bishop Oyedepo .

.The General Overseer of the mega ministry, Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has advised the youths to be productive…He narrated the story of a Graduate who went to serve in one village during the a recent convention. He said the young graduate studied Economics during his undergraduate days and while other Corp members were […]

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OTA ABEOKUTA ROAD: SEN. TOLU ODEBIYI ASSURES FASHOLA OF ALL NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE BACKING

The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi said that he will ensure that all necessary legislative support is given to the Minister of Works and Housing, His Excellency, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) in fixing the Ota-Abeokuta and Ota-Idiroko roads. Sen. Odebiyi made this assertion in a press […]

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Sen Tofowomo writes Inspector General of Police over alleged libellous petition against him

Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, the Lawmaker representing Ondo South at the National Assembly, has written the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Akali, to explain why a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Akin Sowore is allegedly blackmailing him. Starnews Nigeria reports that penultimate week, a chieftain of the APC in Ondo […]

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Looming strike: Hold FG responsible, ASUU tells parents

Grace Edema, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Armstrong Bakam 15 September 2021 Kindly share this story:  At least two zones of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have asked Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible if the body of university lecturers embarks on another strike. The Abuja and Bauchi zones of the union said this […]

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Full list: UAE names six Nigerians, 47 others as ‘terrorism sponsors’

Sodiq Oyeleke 14 September 2021 Kindly share this story:  Six Nigerians have been designated as terrorism sponsors by the United Arab Emirates. The state-owned news agency, WAM, made this known in a report. The country said the listed individuals and entities, including their affiliates, are being monitored. The Nigerians named are Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu […]

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