August 11, 2022

[GIST] FG, elite enabling insecurity, not media

[GIST] FG, elite enabling insecurity, not media

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THE recent imposition of a N5 million fine each on Trust Television Network, Multichoice (DSTV), TSTV and NTA-Startimes by the National Broadcasting Commission for airing a documentary on bandits, and threats against the BBC for a similar programme are misplaced and diversionary. Earlier, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had threatened sanctions against


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August 10, 2022

[GIST] Who is this Auxiliary?

[GIST] Who is this Auxiliary?

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Over the last three decades, Oyo State has always been notorious for bloodletting, maiming and high-profile killing whenever general elections approach. Some hoodlums would offer themselves as readymade tools and instruments of human destruction onto the hands of unscrupulous political leaders. Tokyo, whose real name is Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, reigned supreme during the Peoples Democratic


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[GIST] NECA seeks better approach to boost economy

[GIST] NECA seeks better approach to boost economy

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The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has said that Nigeria’s economy currently hangs on the precipice and will require a holistic approach to put it back on course. The Director-General of NECA, Mr. Wale Oyerinde, noted that the economy was plagued by various challenges. He said, “With dire combination of spiraling inflation, rising energy cost (aviation


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[GIST] FG disburses N100bn to local pharma firms

[GIST] FG disburses N100bn to local pharma firms

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• To engage diasporan doctors to check ‘brain drain’ The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said the Federal Government has so far disbursed N100bn to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital base and boost local production of medicines and consumables. He also revealed that FG was


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[GIST] FG issues 1.9 million passports, inaugurates production centre

[GIST] FG issues 1.9 million passports, inaugurates production centre

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The Federal Government has said no fewer than 1.9 million passports have been issued to Nigerians between January 2021 and June 2022. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this during the inauguration of the Enhanced Passport Production Centre in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. A statement by his Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, also quoted Aregbesola


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[GIST] Polaris Bank, partners firm to reduce maternal mortality

[GIST] Polaris Bank, partners firm to reduce maternal mortality

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Polaris Bank in partnership with Societal Healthcare Organisation  has organised a training for community midwives and health extension workers in Northern Nigeria themed ‘Life saving skills’. It said in a statement that the three-day intensive training was aimed at reducing mortality and morbidity associated with major causes of maternal and neonatal death in the Nigeria.


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[GIST] FCMB, two others to create 10,000 jobs

[GIST] FCMB, two others to create 10,000 jobs

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Africa’s cassava-based sorbitol factory constructed by Psaltry International Limited is partnering with First City Monument Bank and Unilever Nigeria to create over 10,000 jobs in Oyo State. According to the statement, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, while speaking at the commissioning of the factory, said, “We are glad that the strategies adopted to boost agribusiness


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[GIST] Some people mocked me when I lost my son – Adeboye

[GIST] Some people mocked me when I lost my son – Adeboye

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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway monitored by The PUNCH. The programme with the


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August 9, 2022

[GIST] Lagos residents lament drain blockage, govt promises intervention

[GIST] Lagos residents lament drain blockage, govt promises intervention

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Residents of Cluster One Estate, Lekki, have lamented the incidents of flooding in the estate allegedly caused by the blockage of the main drainage by a building developer. The developer, Ken Akpiti, allegedly blocked the drain which led into the Ikota canal when he executed a project in a neighbouring estate. The Chairman of COE,


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[GIST] Ekiti varsity major beneficiary of ASUU’s struggle –Union

[GIST] Ekiti varsity major beneficiary of ASUU’s struggle –Union

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, owned by Ekiti State Government is a major beneficiary of the joint struggles of Nigerian public universities under the aegis of ASUU. The Chairman, ASUU, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Dr Kayode Arogundade, said the university had been benefitting immensely from the


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[GIST] Lagos counsels PLWDs on health insurance

[GIST] Lagos counsels PLWDs on health insurance

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The Lagos State Government has advised People Living With Disabilities on the need to enrol on the state’s health insurance scheme in order to access affordable healthcare services. The General Manager, Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, Mr Oluwadamilare Ogundairo, stated this, according to a statement on Monday, during a meeting held with the leader


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[GIST] ASUP decries shortage of staff in Delta polytechnics

[GIST] ASUP decries shortage of staff in Delta polytechnics

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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Delta State, has decried the shortage of staff in the two Polytechnics in the state. They called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency address the situation. The ASUP Zonal Coordinator, South-South & South-East, Mr Precious Nwakodo, and the chapter Chairmen, Delta State Polytechnics Ogwashi-Uku and


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[GIST] Infrastructure challenges, others affecting research output, says expert

[GIST] Infrastructure challenges, others affecting research output, says expert

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The Chief Technical Officer, 9Mobile, Mr Baqi Salihu, has said infrastructural challenges such as lack of power and research laboratories and an unstable academic environment are affecting technology research output. While mentioning other problems affecting the evolution of research into innovation, he said lack of entrepreneurial spirit, lack of synergy between knowledge centres and the


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[GIST] Reps probe NPA, terminal operator over unremitted $68m

[GIST] Reps probe NPA, terminal operator over unremitted $68m

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The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives is investigating the Nigerian Ports Authority and Ports and Terminal Operators (Nigeria) Limited for allegedly failing to remit lease and throughput fees collected between 2006 and June 2022, amounting to $68.473m to the Federal Government. The committee is also investigating PTOL for allegedly using an exchange


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[GIST] Restoring democratic momentum in Tunisia

[GIST] Restoring democratic momentum in Tunisia

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DEMOCRACY is under threat in Tunisia, the birthplace of the 2011 Arab Spring. The incremental power grab by President Kais Saied has reversed major democratic gains the Arab nation recorded after the momentous protests. With a dodgy referendum that gave him new sweeping constitutional powers last month, the last surviving spark of democracy in the


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[GIST] SMEs growth in ICT crucial for innovation — UNCTAD

[GIST] SMEs growth in ICT crucial for innovation — UNCTAD

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has said the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the Information Communication Technology sector of Nigeria and other African countries is crucial for innovation and the sustained growth of the sector. It said because of its high technology-intensive and capital requirement, the continent’s ICT sector


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August 8, 2022

[GIST] Lagos govt, UNHCR partner to train refugees

[GIST] Lagos govt, UNHCR partner to train refugees

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ThE Lagos State Government has said it is ready to collaborate with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to equip refugees in the five divisions of the state with vocational skills. According to a statement on Sunday, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Cecilia Dada, disclosed this during a courtesy visit


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[GIST] Rent spikes will continue in 2022 — Report

[GIST] Rent spikes will continue in 2022 — Report

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The rapid increase in the rent as well as land value will be a permanent fixture in the real estate sector for the rest of 2022, the UbosiEleh Annual (2021) Real Estate Report stated. The UbosiEleh Report is a research publication that evaluates trends in the real estate sector on a yearly basis with a


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[GIST] Ogun trains town planners on legal matters

[GIST] Ogun trains town planners on legal matters

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Town Planners in Ogun State have been trained on how to ensure compliance with the rule of law in the discharge of their duties, to reduce incidences of litigation against the State Government to the barest minimum. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olatunji Odunlami, who spoke in Abeokuta at a training for the


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[GIST] Sovereign Trust grows premium by 14.4%

[GIST] Sovereign Trust grows premium by 14.4%

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Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc said its gross premium rose by 14.4 per cent in the 2021 financial period. The Head, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, STI, Mr Segun Bankole, said this in a statement on its upcoming annual general meeting in Lagos. “Despite the wavering business environment in 2021, the company recorded gross premium written


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