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Chairman of Japan automaker Suzuki to step down
Suzuki’s chairman Osamu Suzuki will retire after more than four decades at the helm of the Japanese carmaker, the company said Wednesday. The 91-year-old, who married into the firm’s founding
Bauchi Govt launches campaign to vaccinate 2m livestock
Sen. Bala Mohammed, Executive Governor of Bauchi state The Bauchi State Government on Wednesday launched a campaign to vaccinate two million livestock. Speaking at the launch in Galambi village in
Defunct PHCN retirees cry over unpaid benefits
Defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, pensioners, under the aegis of Concerned Pensioners, CPP, have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene over shortfalls in payment of their pension
Why first son is accorded high respect in Igboland — Monarchs, Igbo leaders
By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Chidi Nkwopara, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Nwabueze Okonkwo, Chinenye Ozor, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu & Steve Oko IN Igboland, the first son is generally accorded
Okonjo-Iweala: Africa’s meal ticket at WTO?
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Unarguably, expectations are high across Africa following the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). For a continent that has struggled
Timi Frank faults confirmation of ex-Service Chiefs
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, condemned in strong terms, the Senate’s confirmation of the immediate past Service Chiefs as
Niger Opposition Leader Claims Win Despite Official Results Showing He Lost
Women walk past a campaign poster of Niger’s former president and presidential candidate Mahamane Ousmane on Febuary 18, 2021 in Niamey ahead of Niger’s presidential election runoff on Febuary 21.
UPDATED: Ahead of Nigeria, Ghana receives 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX
By Sola Ogundipe In an unprecedented development, Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, ahead of Nigeria. Ghana is
2016 Coup Attempt: 148 suspects to be detained
Picture from Aljazeera.com Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the detention of 148 people in nationwide raids over their alleged links to a network behind a coup attempt in 2016, local
Union invites EFCC to probe alleged fraud in CAC Housing Scheme
Abuja—Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
