The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to Commands in the country. It also commended the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, for adhering to its latest policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation. The Commission however expects that in his subsequent proposals, he […]
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World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned that artificial sweeteners in thousands of fizzy drinks, chewing gums, and low-calorie foods pose a potential cancer risk. The global agency, in a reclassification, according to insiders, said aspartame is to be listed as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” The development follows a major safety review of artificial sugar replacement […]
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Scores of traders, predominantly widows on Friday, protested the alleged plot by the leadership of Onitsha South Local Government Area headquarters, Anambra State, to eject them from the Oduigbo section of the Ochanja Central market. The protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions accused Council chairman, Emeka Orji of collaborating with the chairman of the market, […]
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Say doctrinal differences make proposed legislation ‘unnecessary, impracticable’ Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has rejected a bill seeking the establishment of a National Council of Christian Education, saying the proposal violates Sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Rather than promoting a bill that violates the secular […]
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447,414 Nigerians in the diaspora enrolled The number of National Identification Numbers (NINs) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached 101 million. According to the latest data from the NIMC, the issued NINs are now 101,013,279. The data show that in the last six months, the commission added 5,935,362 NINs to the […]
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo gestures as he enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on January 15, 2019, where judges were expected to issue rulings on requests by Gbagbo and ex-government minister Charles Ble Goude to have their prosecutions thrown out for lack of evidence. – The International Criminal […]
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President Bola Tinubu, right, on his first visit as president, being welcomed by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi on Friday retracted his acknowledgment of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President. Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, contested and lost the 2023 presidential election to Tinubu who was declared the […]
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The Governor of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has said that plans are underway to launch palliatives to cushion the impact of petrol subsidy removal. To this end, his administration is putting every measure in place to make life easy for residents of the state. The Governor made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting of […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe Do you know that if we are truly desirous of saying only what is useful, we will hardly spend 33 percent of the time we spend talking presently? Instead of noble silence, we usually indulge in talking about all things under the sun, what we understand, and what we know nothing about. […]
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