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I would like to see President Buhari’s New Year’s Day address set production targets in several key sectors with punitive measures for ministers for fail to fulfill their quotas
By Ayo Akinfe Can someone please explain to me why we should not meet these targets? (1) Steel - 10m tonnes (2) Cocoa - 1.5m tonnes (3) Natural gas - 100m cubic metres (4) Rice - 10m tonnes (5) Distributed electricity - 20,000MW (6)...
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Kwara State's Governor Abdulrazaq seizes Saraki's land and plans using it for secretariat
GOVERNOR Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has announced plans to build a secretariat on the piece of land in Ilorin reclaimed from one of his predecessors the former senate president Senator Bukola Saraki. Between 2003 and 2011,...
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Igbo Presidency Project Movement 2023 warns northerners not to abandon zoning
IGBO Presidency Project Movement 2023 officials have warned politicians of northern extraction to respect the zoning of the presidency and relinquish power to the south of the country come 2023. Although not constitutional, Nigeria's...
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World Bank warns that 35m more Nigerians could fall into extreme poverty over the next decade
NIGERIA is facing the prospect of increased poverty over the next decade with an extra 10m people becoming extremely poor unless the government dramatically increases productivity and enhances growth according to a new World Bank...
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NFF offers Rohr new contract compelling him to live in Nigeria and only have three holidays a year
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has been offered an extension to his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with several new conditions including one stipulating that he must live in Nigeria and only can only travel abroad on...
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However you look at things without an Owambe tax and religious investment Nigeria’s budget is akin to trying to feed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Like many of you, I have gone over the details of the 2020 budget and alas, the more I look at it, the more depressing it is. Trying to cater for 200m people with a paltry budget of $28bn is tantamount to embarking on a mission...
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Pioneer Kanu Heart Foundation beneficiary Enitan passes away from malaria aged just 21
ONE of the first beneficiaries of the Kanu Heart Foundation's coronary operations simply known as Enitan has died of malaria at just 21 in Nigeria where she was working with the charity to assist other affected children. Enitan was one...
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Dangote gives 11 governors a joint tour of his new Lekki refinery and petrochemical plant
ELEVEN Nigerian state governors have paid a joint visit to Aliko Dangote's refinery and petrochemicals plant currently under construction in the Lekki area of Lagos State to assess ongoing work at the facility. In an ambitious plan...
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