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Aketi bows to pressure and hands over to his deputy while he is on medical leave abroad

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu has bowed to pressure and written to the Ondo State House of Assembly handing over the reins of power to his deputy Lucky Aiyedatiwa until July 6 when he will be back from his medical treatment abroad.

 

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Adamawa State House of Assembly elects disabled member as its new speaker in a first for Nigeria

ADAMAWA States House of Assembly has become the first legislature in Nigeria to elected a physically challenged person as its leader after Hon Barthiya Wesley emerged as the speaker at the inaugural plenary session earlier today.

 

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Guinness Book of Records officially confirms Hilda Baci's cooking marathon as the longest

NIGERIAN chef Hilda Baci has finally received her certificate of authentication from the Guinness Book of Records confirming her as the global record holder for participating in the longest cooking marathon ever.

 

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Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abass assume office as new leaders of National Assembly

LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's new 10th National Assembly have elected the leaders of both houses with Senator Godswill Akpabio becoming the senate president and Hon Tajudeen Abbas getting elected as the new speaker of the House of Representatives.

 

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Arsenal's in-form on-loan goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheri invited to Flying Eagles camp

ARSENAL goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheri currently on loan to Finnish side SJK Seinäjoki has been invited to the Flying Eagles camp in recognition of the recent brilliant performances with his clubside.

 

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For Tinubu’s recently-signed students loan bill to be effective, it needs to be backed up with a Nigerian Education Bill that looks something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All Nigerian pupils will be offered free tuition right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Nigeria’s federal government and the 36 states will spend 15% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on education

[3] Free uniforms will be provided in all public schools nationwide

[4] One free school meal will be offered in all state primary and secondary school pupils nationwide

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Tinubu appends signature to his first piece of legislation signing Nigerian Student Loan Bill unto law

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigerian Student Loan Bill which offers interest-free loans for educational purposes and proposes a punishment of N50,000 or a two year prison sentence for defaulters  into law.

 

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With Nigerians now so keen on setting world records, I think Tinubu should get in on the act too by building 10 wonders of the 21st century in Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would construct the world’s first ever mile-long underwater hotel and restaurant stretching from Asaba to Onitsha

[2] I would build the world’s largest hydro-electric power plant at Lokoja capable of generating 30,000MW of electricity

[3] I would build the world’s longest wind farm stretching from Badagry to Calabar. It would be 850km of continuous wind mills

[4] I would build the world’s largest solar farm spanning Borno and Yobo states

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Arewa Youth Consultative Forum calls on Tinubu to arrest and prosecute former aviation minister

AREWA Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) officials have called for the immediate arrest and  prosecution of the former aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika over his role in the recent Nigeria Air scandal that involved the false purchase of a aircraft.

 

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Now that he has a new CBN governor in place, the next people Tinubu needs to invite to Aso Rock are religious leaders. He should refuse to let them leave the villa until they sign up to his Nigerian Religious Finance Masterplan

Ayo Akinfe

[1] No matter how anyone looks at things, religious capital presents Nigeria with the biggest potential source of internal finance for investment. Even if we appoint the most brilliant economist on earth as our finance minister, he or she will never be able to crack the Nigerian economy without tapping into religious finance

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