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For me, the worst thing about this Muslim/Muslim partnership is that it will not even deliver the benefits of Islamic finance to Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Over the weekend, we just celebrated Sallah across Nigeria. There were durbars held in several tiowns and cities across Nigeria but has anyone ever been able to make the festival a comercoak success as happens with say Christmas in Europe?

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Middle Belt Youth Forum describes APC decision to pick Shettima as callous and senseless

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been accused of ignoring Nigeria's Christian faithful by the Middle Belt Youth Forum (MBYF) following his decision to pick a fellow Muslim as his running mate.

 

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PDP governors attend Wike's son's graduation in UK ahead of London meeting with Atiku

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and three other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are currently in the UK for the graduation of his son Jordan who has just graduated from the University of Exeter.

 

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Tinubu ended up opting for Shettima after Zulum repeatedly rejected the offer to run

ASIWAJU Bola Tinubu ended up picking Senator Kashim Shettima as his All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate for next year's presidential elections because his first choice Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State rejected the offer.

 

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UCH abandons plans to charge patients daily N1,000 electricity fee to cover diesel costs

NIGERIA'S University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan has rescinded its recent decision to charge all patients a sum N1,000 per day to cover the cost of generating electricity as the facility is now wholly dependent on generators.

 

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Wolves become the latest English club to signify and interest in signing Paul Onuachu

WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers have become the latest English Premier League side to express an interest in signing Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu with a view to bringing him to Molineux this summer.

 

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With his one singular act of going for a Muslim running mate, Bola Tinubu has thwarted all attempts to combat religious intolerance and crate an equilibrium across Nigeria. Maybe he can redeem himself with a Nigerian Religious Bill

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will establish a Religious Parades Commission to determine the route, timing, date and duration of all religious marches across the country

[2] All faith houses will pay a 40% rate of corporation tax to the government

[3] There will be a complete separation of religion and state. No government officials are allowed to fund religious campaigns or give public money to churches, mosques or other faith groups

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Usaid provides Nigeria with an extra $5m to help fund the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine

NIGERIA has received an extra $5m in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) to support the administering of the Covid-19 vaccine across the country.

 

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I am waiting for one of the 2023 presidential candidates to come up with an audacious plan to make Nigeria the global capital of bamboo bicycles

[1] Do you know that China, India, the European Union, Taiwan and Japan are responsible for 87% of global bicycle production, churning out about 150m units annually

[2] As recently as 1965, world production of cars and bikes was essentially the same, with each at nearly 20m but as of 2003, bike production had climbed to over 100m per year compared with 42m cars. With the growing emphasis on the environment, the gulf will only widen

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Kemi Badenoch throws her hat into the ring as the race to succeed Boris Johnson hears up

NIGERIAN-born former British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has announced that she will be standing to become the leader of the Conservative Party as the race to succeed Boris Johnson begins following his recent resignation.

 

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