Jonathan seeks constitutional amendment for selecting vice presidential, deputy governorship candidates The vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, identified some reasons why hardworking deputies often run into problems with power brokers, saying conscientious seconds-in-command are always thought to be working towards outshining their principals. He said this in Abuja at the launch of a book, […]
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Celebrated singer Yemi Alade has visited the Paris museum where the Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti was honored. The award-winning songstress posted photos of herself with Fela’s portrait on colorful pants. Last Thursday, the Paris Philharmonic paid homage to Fela Kuti by recreating the atmosphere of his sweaty, politically-charged nightclub in Nigeria, ‘The Shrine’, which […]
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Says warning not for Nigerians UK insists there’s increased threat in Abuja Warns assault may be indiscriminate, western interest targeted The federal government, yesterday, lashed out at some foreign embassies for allegedly issuing an unverified terror warning on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, posting clickbait, and causing panic in the country. Minister of Information […]
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A coalition of All Progressive Congress Supporters Groups in Sokoto State has denied the rumour of alleged defection of its members to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state. In a press statement signed by the chairman of the group, Suleiman Mahmud, and delivered at the NUJ press centre in Sokoto on Wednesday, the […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on October 26, 2022, for the House of Commons to take part in his first Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). – Rishi Sunak will today face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session […]
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The trial of a former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, for alleged money laundering could not proceed on Wednesday before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following a mix-up in the date The case which was earlier scheduled for the continuation of trial, could, however, not proceed due to the said error in the date […]
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Kanu in court A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia state, has ordered the Nigeria government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya from where he was extradited in June 2021. The court also ordered the government to pay Kanu the sum of N500 million as damages […]
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The German government paved the way for the legalisation of cannabis on Wednesday, though it remains unclear whether the plan will pass muster at the European level. According to the plan approved by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet, cannabis and the active substance tetrahydrocannabinol would no longer to be legally classified as narcotics. “The purchase and […]
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There was panic at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, when masked gunmen reportedly abducted a yet-to-be-identified motorist. According to eyewitnesses who narrated the incident on Twitter, the man was forced out of a black Toyota Corolla, which he was driving on Medical Road in the area. A user, @girllikehelen, who shared photos of […]
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Less than two months after a construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Limited, repaired the expansion joints at the Longbridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the joints have reopened. A visit by our correspondent to the five-kilometre bridge showed that floodwater had washed off the tar on the expansion joints. It was observed that the bridge, […]
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