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With Tinubu’s ministerial list expected this week, I hope that at least a third of his appointees are women as part of an ambitious gender-balancing programme

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Tinubu should forward a bill to the National Assembly that will scrap all laws which limit a woman's right to inherit family property

[2] Child marriages will become criminalised immediately with a minimum 10 year prison sentence for convicted criminals

[3] 50% women's representation will be guaranteed in all elected and appointed positions as from 2024

[4] Free smear tests will be made available in all states of the federation

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Tinubu urged to set aside 10% of all appointments for persons living with disabilities

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been urged to set aside 10% of all federal appointments for persons living with disabilities in line with the spirit of the Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Prohibition Act 2018.

 

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Being a Lagosian, one would expect Tinubu to have a coherent fisheries policy which seeks to turn the industry into a major revenue earner

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria has got to be the only country in the world with 853km of Atlantic coastline and is yet still a net importer of fish. For me, the absence of a fishing industry in Nigeria highlights the effects of this atrocious oil doom and our shameless dependency on petroleum

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Gbenga Daniels asks Dapo Abiodun to stop paying him ex-governors generous pension package

FORMER Ogun State governor Senator Gbenga Daniel has asked the incumbent Dapo Abiodun to stop paying him a monthly pension under the current extravagant arrangement that provides for a handsome retirement packages for past chiefs executives.

 

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King Charles's charity Prince’s Trust International launched in Nigeria to help train youths

BRITISH non-profit organisation the Prince’s Trust International (PTI) established by King Charles III has been launched in Nigeria as part of a drive to address the urgent issue of youth unemployment on a global scale.

 

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Nigerian winger Cyriel Dessers signs four year contract with Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers

SUPER Eagles winger Cyriel Dessers has just signed a four year contract with Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers that will keep him at Ibrox until the end of the 2026/27 season in a deal said to be worth about €6.5m.

 

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Given that security is the government’s number one challenge at the moment, I hope Tinubu and his service chiefs agreed on a Lake Chad plan which looks something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] An unprecedented Blitzkreig operation will be inleashed over the next few weeks to recapture those parts of Borno State still not under government control . A pincer movement will be launched in conjunction with the Chadian army to recover the entire area

[2] Nigeria will expand the Lake Chad Basin Force into a fully fledged Ecomog Army of about 20,000 men

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Tinubu approves the conducting of a national census exercise later this year to help planning

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved plans for a national census to be conducted later this year as part of plans to enable his government enact policies using reliable statistics that are a genuine reflection of Nigeria's population distribution.

 

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Ganduje summoned by Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission

FORMER Kano State governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has been summoned for questioning by the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) over a video that went viral four years ago showing him stuffing dollars into his pockets.

 

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Cardiff City hopeful of signing Chidera Ejuke after he suspends his contract with CSKA Moscow

ENGLISH Championship side Cardiff City are looking to step in to sign Super Eagles playmaker Chidera Ejuke after he decided to suspend his contract with CSKA Moscow as the Russian-Ukraine conflict shows no sign of abating.

 

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