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This Omicron travel ban is basically down to the fact that we have not earned the right to be respected and the rest of the world still sees is the way Lugard did in 1926

Ayo Akinfe 

In character and temperament, the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person. Lacking in self control, discipline and foresight. 

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Buhari concedes that Nigeria has a brain drain problem with the loss of medical doctors

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has conceded that Nigeria has a serious problem on its hands relating to the loss of medical professionals as the high rate at which doctors and nurses were emigrating was alarming.

 

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Bauchi State House of Assembly passes vote of no confidence in education commissioner

MEMBERS of the Bauchi State House of Assembly have passed a vote of no confidence in the education commissioner Dr Aliyu Tilde for treating them with disdain when he was summoned to come and defend his budget submissions.

 

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Onitsha traders lament the cost of Ipob's weekly shutdown every Monday on their businesses

LOCAL Onitsha traders are counting the cost of today's sit-at-home order called by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) to protest the arrest of its leader Nnamdi Kanu saying the ongoing shutdowns are becoming too expensive.

 

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Anthony Joshua could consider multi-million pound offer to stand aside and allow Usyk-Fury fight

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua is considering a multi-million pound offer to step aside and allow Oleksandr Usyk who defeated him  to engage in a unification fight with Tyson Fury.

 

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Airlines start cutting flights to Nigeria as red list categorisation hits aviation industry hard

FOREIGN airlines operating in Nigeria have begin initiating plans to significantly reduce their flight frequencies into Nigeria in response to the recent travel bans introduced by the UK and Canada that is certain to curtail passenger volumes significantly.

 

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Given how much Ndigbo travel especially at Xmas I am surprised that the South East Governors Forum does not have a national transport programme

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is Xmas again and as from this weekend, our Igbo brethren will be converging on the southeast, coming from all over Nigeria

[2] Transport fares to cities like Enugu, Umuahia, Aba, Awka, Owerri, Onitsha, etc will double. Owning a national bus company that plies southeast Nigeria is a licence to print money at Xmas

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Virology professor blames Nigerian government's negligence for Omicron debacle

VIROLOGY expert Professor Oyewale Tomori has blamed the Nigerian government for the recent travel bans imposed on its citizens by Canada and the United Kingdom saying it happened due to sheer negligence.

 

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European clubs latch on to Omicron strain using it as an excuse to withhold players from Nations Cup

NIGERIA may have problems getting hold of members of the Super Eagles for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations because top European clubs are stepping up their objections to player release for the tournament.

 

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EFCC objects to bail request by social insurance trust fund boss fearing she will abscond

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have urged the federal high court in Abuja not to grant Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) chairperson Dr Ngozi Olejeme to travel abroad for medical treatment.

 

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