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Nigeria’s Debt Servicing Outpaces Social Spending

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s rising debt burden, warning that the country’s fiscal priorities are increasingly skewed toward debt servicing at the expense of critical sectors like health, education, and poverty alleviation. Reacting to recent remarks by President Bola Tinubu on Monday during a foreign tour, Obi...
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FG To Launch Radio Station For Adult Education

The Federal Government is set to launch a dedicated radio station to broadcast lessons for adult and nonformal education learners across the country. The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) Director of Literacy and Development John Edeh confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja at the weekend....
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Kwankwaso Reveals Understanding With Obi, Faults Yusuf

Former Kano State Governor and chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed disappointment over what he described as political betrayal by some of his close associates, including Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf. Kwankwaso, who spoke during a two-hour media chat held at his residence in Kano on Sunday, addressed issues...
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Senate Vows Speedy Action On State Police

Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele yesterday condemned in absolute terms the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo states within 24 hours despite $30 million globally raised in 2014 to secure public and private schools across Nigeria. Bamidele, also Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution,...
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Lagos APC Primary Turns Violent, Supporter Shot Dead

There was tension in the Ikotun area of Lagos State after armed men stormed the area, shot an unidentified man, and others sustained various degrees of injuries following the All Progressives Congress primary election. New Telegraph gathered that the incident happened in a primary school in the Ile-Iwe, Egbe area of the community when the...
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