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Buhari approves request to open hajj operational office in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria's (Nahcon) request to open an operational office in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah to help cater for the large number of pilgrims who flock there.

 

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Prof Banji Akintoye resigns as Ninas chairman as Ilana Omo Oodua quits self-determination alliance

MAJOR disagreements appear to have surfaced in the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (Ninas) over recent days leading to the resignation of its chairman Professor Banji Akintoye and the withdrawal of his association from the body.

 

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Court rules that Lamido Sanusi's banishment breached his fundamental human rights

FORMER Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi has just secured a major legal victory after an Abuja high court ruled that his banishment to Awe in Nasarawa State after he was deposed was illegal and breached his fundamental human rights.

 

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South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association rejects rise in import duties

MEMBERS of the South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (Seamata) have rejected the recent increase on the import duties on cargoes introduced by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) describing it as exploitative.

 

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Central Association of Nigerians in the UK welcomes seven new members into its fold

NIGERIA'S diaspora community in Britain is now several organisations stronger after the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) recently welcomed seven new members into its ranks after they met its stringent membership criteria.

 

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It is time to invoke the spirit of Sango, the god of thunder and patron saint of electricity

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Sango, the third alaafin of Oyo is regarded as Nigeria’s patron saint of electricity. His statue was erected outside the Nepa headquarters along Marina in Lagos as he is considered the embodiment of power. He and his famous axe are still mounted outside distribution companies today

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Justice ministry officials said to be selling seized properties and pocketing the proceeds

SEVERAL justice ministry officials and political aides to the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami have been indicted for acquiring and selling off properties seized the federal government.

 

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World Bank officials criticises Central Bank of Nigeria's exchange rate management policy

WORLD Bank officials have criticised the Nigerian government’s exchange rate management policies saying they are discouraging investments and fuelling inflation in the country.

 

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Aviation agencies asked by Customs to ground 91 private jets over owed import duties

GOVERNMENT ministers have directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to ground 91 private jets belonging to several wealthy Nigerians over their alleged refusal to pay import duties running to over N30bn ($73m).

 

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President Buhari's 2022 New Year's Day speech just has to be simple and modest. All he needs to do is set Nigeria the soft target of catching up with several other developing nations in a few vital areas

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will boost generated electricity from the current 7,000MW to South Africa’s 50,000MW

[2] This government will increase the kilometres of tarred roads from the current 200,000km to South Africa’s 750,000km

[3] Between now and when we leave office, we will increase the length of our railway network from the current 4,000km to Pakistan’s 8,000km

[4] By April 2022, we will increase our literacy rate from the current 60% to Brazil’s 91.7%

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