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The maltreatment of pensioners in Nigeria got to an abysmal level last week when policemen in Lagos tear-gassed senior citizens protesting unpaid pension increases, wage awards and other outstanding benefits.

According to him, these measures have helped address distortions that had weakened the foundations of the Nigerian economy, stressing that macroeconomic stability was only the beginning of the work, and that the success of the reforms must ultimately be measured by their impact on ordinary citizens.

The story now being told by the Tinubu administration is increasingly difficult to ignore: when an incumbent government begins to feel politically threatened, the institutions of state suddenly become intensely interested in its opponents.

There was a time when standing on the tee of a par four, one of the longer holes on a golf course, automatically meant reaching for my driver.

It is becoming a fashion, albeit a depravity, among Nigerian Politicians during electioneering to make divisive statements and then claim they were misquoted or that rivals twisted their words to score cheap political points.

The programme is being implemented by the NASENI Innovation Hub in partnership with AfriLabs, Africa’s largest network of innovation and technology hubs.

Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited is set to promote its Islamic investment products in Kano State as part of efforts to expand access to ethical and Shariah-compliant investment opportunities in the state.

For those unfamiliar with the game, a standard round consists of two halves of nine holes. Completing the ninth is known as reaching the turn, the halfway point when you have enough evidence to form an opinion about how you are doing but still have half the contest ahead.

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