Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has unveiled a female, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, as his running mate for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said this at the unveiling ceremony in Yola on Wednesday, saying that Farauta, currently Vice-Chancellor of the Adamawa University, Mubi, was selected based on […]
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Veteran showbiz man and activist, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy has expressed a deep yearning for bachelorhood. Having spent 45 years in marriage, Area Fada informed his fans that he was tired and desired to go back to being a bachelor once again. According to him, the institution gets tougher as it progresses. Torn in […]
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it would appeal the one-month jail sentence handed a Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt. NBA President Olumide Akpata said efforts to free Inibehe by diplomatic means had failed, following Justice Obot’s unwillingness or inability to “further entertain the […]
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The General Medical Council which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom licensed at least 266 Nigerian doctors in June and July, 2022. The implication is that at least three Nigerian doctors were licensed per day in June and July 2022 despite the moves by the Federal Government to […]
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The Nigeria Railway Corporation has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of terrorist attacks. Multiple sources in the Ministry of Transportation and the NRC confided in one of our correspondents that the train services would not resume until the security along the Lagos-Kano route and the Ajaokuta train station is guaranteed. […]
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A middle-aged-man, Sunday Samuel, has accused the Ondo State Trauma and Surgical Centre, Ondo Town, of negligence after his wife died during a surgical operation at the facility. The deceased, Fola, was reportedly diagnosed with breast cancer. The mother of four was thereafter placed on medication for about a month in the hospital ward before […]
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Call-to-bar Some final-year law students in the Nigerian public universities have cried out over the possibility of not being mobilised for the Nigerian Law School in 2022 due to the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Lamenting on Tuesday in separate chats, some of them said their final year results had […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Alkali Baba Usman on Wednesday disclosed that 400 police officers would be trained on security management for the 2023 general elections. The IGP, who disclosed this in Abuja at a crucial meeting with Commissioners of Police and above, said the 400 police officers would be selected from across the country […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden. Julie Bennett/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Julie Bennett / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP) The OPEC+ group of major oil exporters meets Wednesday to discuss its output strategy after US President Joe Biden lobbied Saudi Arabia to boost production to tame energy-fuelled inflation. The cartel led by Saudi […]
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This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Department of Information on August 2, 2022, shows Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi waving as she leaves the Parliament House after a meeting with Malaysian officials in Kuala Lumpur. – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur for her second stop […]
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