Former Big Brother Naija season 3 housemate, Patrick Fakoya, popularly Known as Rico Swavey, has been confirmed dead. Colleagues who were housemates with him confirmed his death on various social media platforms on Thursday. The former BBN star was reportedly involved in an auto crash leading to his going into coma before his eventual death […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Niger/Kogi Command, has reiterated that the Federal Government’s directive on border closure is still in force, warning smugglers and criminal elements that no one would be spared no matter how highly-placed. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Busayo Kadejo, gave the warning, yesterday, while briefing journalists on the successes […]
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It’s a great honour, says the athlete Okowa urges Nigerians to vote for world champion World Record breaker, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been shortlisted, alongside 10 others, for the 2022 World Athlete of The Year Award. A statement by the Senior Media Relations Manager at World Athletics, Maggie Durand, seen yesterday, listed Amusan and others […]
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Newly sworn Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday called on politicians to stop mounting pressure on the judicial arm of government in the country. He urged politicians and citizens to make room for the judiciary to function and attain its optimal best. Speaking with newsmen after being sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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Cataract, glaucoma, and uncorrected refractive errors are leading causes of blindness Nigeria has 700 ophthalmologists to 200m people against WHO’s the ratio of 1:50,000 Ageing populations, increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and long gadget use exacerbate eye health issues Ahead of today’s World Sight Day (WSD), ophthalmologists have raised the alarm that over 4.25 […]
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From left: General Secretary, Labour Party, Mr Clement Njuku; Director-General of the party Cmpaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe; National Secretary, Alhaji Farouq Umar; former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman and member, Labour Party Campaign Organisation, Isaac Balami, during the inauguration of the Campaign Council of the party in Abuja on Wednesday (12/10/22); Photo: Albert Otu/JAU/NAN […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The commemoration of Nigeria’s independence when the Union Jack was lowered took place two Fridays ago. The only opportunity to cling glasses in this column was last week but for my attention that was drawn to the unspeakable suffering of commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and that of communities abutting it. It […]
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Ex-envoy and Secretary of the Labour Committee of the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ambassador Sola Iji, has congratulated Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON, conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Akeredolu was among 447 eminent […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised concerns about security challenges in the country, especially in the Southeast and Northwest ahead of the 2023 general elections. The commission said the security situation in both regions was a major threat to the successful conduct of the elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, raised the concern […]
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This video grab made on January 15, 2018 from a video released the same day by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, shows at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014. The jihadists seized 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in the mostly Christian town […]
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