Tag: National Unity
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2023: The familiar as Unknown (2) – Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside . Last week we started a series about possible scenarios in our match to the decisive year 2023. The year 2023 represents a watershed of a sort because the forces at play today in the political space and national life constitute a credible threat to National Unity. We have never been this…
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Yoruba elders task Buhari on national unity, true federalism, others
The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure true federalism and national unity. Its Secretary-General, Dr. Kunle Olajide, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the President needed to return the nation to the era of revenue generation and not sharing of allocation. Olajide, who is also a retired…
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Labour hails Buhari on non-negotiable National Unity
Organized labour has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s appreciation speech on Monday describing it as “truly presidential” “timely” and “reassuring on the unity and “indissolubility” of Nigeria as a Federal Republic. In a statement in Kaduna, Comrade Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of the National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, (NUTGWN) an affiliate…
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Creative industry offers veritable tool for national unity – DG, National Gallery of Art
Arowosola Ibironke, Abuja The Director General of National Gallery of Art, Abdullahi Muku as said if well harnessed, the creative industry offers an indispensable tool for national unity and development. Muku said this at the opening of the 4th edition of the Art of Friendship exhibition which took recently took place in Abuja. In his…
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Dogara @ 49: Saraki hails Speaker, says he is a symbol of national unity
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday, described the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, as a young, innovative political leader who continues to serve as a bridge between the various sections of the country. In a message on the 49th birthday of the Speaker, signed by his Special Adviser…