Ostensibly raising an alarm over the congestion of the correctional centres in Lagos State, the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCOs) recently observed that no fewer than 353 inmates are currently on death row at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. As disturbing as it is, the remark has once again thrown up the […]
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World Athletics, yesterday, ratified the women’s 100 m hurdles world record set at Oregon 2022 World Championships by Nigeria’s Tobiloba Amusan. The governing body of World Athletics confirmed Amusan’s feat alongside the world records of two other athletes, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughin. ”The world records set by Tobi Amusan, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin […]
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By Banji Ayoola President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on the United Nations to find peaceful means of quickly ending the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict, which he lamented has already created unprecedented strains for the entire humanity in this generation. He made the passionate call in his address to the 77th General Assembly of the United […]
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A group, South-West Forum of PDP Stakeholders for Justice, on Wednesday, reiterated its support for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and others sympathetic to his cause, that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu should resign In a statement by the party’s former Publicity Secretaries in Ondo and Lagos […]
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Obaseki; Photo/facebook/godwinobasekiofficial INEC’s list recognises Orbih’s faction against governor Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on political leaders across the country to step up and mitigate the pains of Nigerians caused by poor governance and inefficiency or expect a surprise from the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obaseki, while speaking to journalists […]
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Tinubu retains Shettima as running mate despite outcry Kachikwu makes list amid alleged expulsion from the party 4,223 candidates contesting for 469 legislative positions We must have Nigeria before a president, says Jonathan The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for Yobe North senatorial district, placing a lid on Senate President, Ahmad Lawan’s […]
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, ordered that a 47-year-old Chinese national, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The police charged the accused, who lives in Nassarawa GRA Quarters Kano, with culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate, Hanif Sanusi-Chiroma, who did not take the plea, […]
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Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has declared that the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu won’t resign as being demanded by the Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike and other PDP Governors in his camp. His reaction came shortly after Wike’s team reportedly withdrew from the PDP […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari addressing UNGA77 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, addressed the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Following is his full speech: Mr. President, On behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of UNGA77. I assure you of the full support and […]
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Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sank into a deeper crisis on Wednesday as Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s team reportedly pulled out of the campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The group, which has been relentlessly calling on the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to resign for […]
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