Am I the only one who noticed that the Niger Delta appeared to have been totally ignored during the recent election campaign? It is now up to Tinubu to make the region centrestage again 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] From henceforth, the Nigerian Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) will become a quasi-government body with 50% of its directors coming from the private sector

[2] The NDDC will have 10 public sector directors, one from each of its nine member states and one representing the federal government. They will sit on the board along with the 10 private sector directors

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NLC calls on its members working for CBN to be prepared for industrial action over cash crunch

NIGERIAN Labour Congress (NLC) leaders  have to all workers to picket on the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide to embark on industrial action in response to the cash crunch afflicting the country.

 

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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour says he will only agree to reconciliation once there is justice

 

LABOUR Party gubernatorial candidate on Lagos State Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has responded to the recent call by Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for reconciliation and healing by saying justice needs to be provided first.

 

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Outgoing Ebonyi State governor Dave Umahi joins the race to become senate president

OUTGOING Ebonyi State governor and the new senator-elect for Ebonyi South Senatorial District Senator Dave Umahi has joined the race to become Nigeria's next senate president when the new National Assembly resumes in May.

 

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President-elect Tinubu reportedly flown abroad for medical treatment as he fell ill during guber polls

ONLINE news media outlet Sahara Reporters has reported that Nigeria's new president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been flown out of the country for medical treatment after he fell ill last weekend.

 

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Arsenal plan to purchase Swiss-Nigerian striker Noah Okafor from Austria in the summer

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal gave begun drawing up plans to sign Nigerian-Swiss-born attacker Noah Okafor from Red Bull Salzburg in Austria during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

 

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I hope Bola Tinubu devotes at least 50% of his energy to manufacturing as low productivity is the root cause of most of our current problems 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Here is a pie chart, which offers a breakdown of the Nigerian economy into its component sectors. As you can see, manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP). This for me is at the root of all our problems

[2] Do you know the global average with regards to manufacturing as a percentage of national GDP is 30%. When we only have about one quarter of that, you can see why we are in trouble

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Atiku dismisses Tinubu's call for national healing as hypocritical after the APC's violence in Lagos

FORMER vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dismissed calls by the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for healing after the recent bruising elections as hypocritical.

 

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Peter Obi formally files election petition asking tribunal to cancel polls and order Inec to conduct fresh ones

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has formally filed a petition with the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll in which he was one of the contestants.

 

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Tranmere Rovers welcome son of its first ever black player Elkanah Onyeali to Prenton Park

MERSEYSIDE giants Tranmere Rivers have welcomed Obidinma Onyeali the son of one of its first ever Nigerian Elkanah to Prenton Park as part of a partnership programme aimed at helping young black footballers.

 

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