By Olufunke Faluyi This week, I had to stop the plan to start a new series just to share something that has bothered me for so long. Although, what I am about to say is a clear deviation from what you are used to, still, I do not think it is a bad idea if […]
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The Interim Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ambassadors, Chief Jamiu Ekungba, has said the group has begun a door-to-door campaign for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Ekungba, in a statement, titled, ‘BAT Ambassadors Mobilise Grassroots Support for Tinubu/Shettima’ on Saturday disclosed that the BAT Ambassadors at present had representatives in […]
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Nigeria-born American professor, Uju Anya, has spoken again over her comments on late Queen Elizabeth II of England. Anya, in an interview with a foreign-based news platform, The CUT, revealed her reasons for wishing the Queen “excruciating pain.” She said the late Queen Elizabeth II’s throne “represents the legacy of enslavement and colonialism and its […]
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Food Insecurity Imminent Compared to other lingering challenges confronting the agriculture sector, armed banditry, farmers/herders clashes and other forms of onslaught on farmers have become a serious threat to Nigeria’s food security dream. Over the years, countless number of farmers in the agrarian communities were killed and maimed, just as others were kidnapped. While farm […]
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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was easily one of the most impactful rulers, even beyond his country, that the world ever produced. With a mixture of stout diplomacy and resolute power play, he brought a drastic and enduring change to global politics in a manner that […]
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The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON),Mr Osita Okechukwu says the 2023 general elections in Nigeria will mirror many aspects of the recent presidential poll in the Republic of Kenya, among which are electronic transmission of results and expected outcome. In a statement on Sunday, Okechukwu noted the crisis of confidence and mutual suspicion dogging […]
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Dr Ibrahim Kabir, Director-General Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has confirmed the death of 3 persons by flood which damaged 1,453 houses and several farmlands in Zaki and Gamawa local government areas. Kabir stated this while briefing Governor Bala Mohammed when he paid a sympathy visit to the affected communities on Saturday in Zaki […]
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Members of the public pay their respects as they hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, is driven through Ballater, on September 11, 2022. – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will travel by road through Scottish towns and villages on Sunday as it begins its final journey from […]
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Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has commended the Nigerian authors, especially those from the northern part of the country, for their foresight in organising the summit of indigenous writers across the 19 northern states. He stated this during the Northern Nigerian Indegenous Literatures and Languages, Arewa Writers’ Summit, Awards and Annual Congress […]
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Britain’s King Charles III makes his declaration during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St James’s Palace in London on September 10, 2022, to proclaim him as the new King. – Britain’s Charles III was officially proclaimed King in a ceremony on Saturday, a day after he vowed in his first speech to mourning […]
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