CP Alabi meets with area commanders…on Monday; Photo: Benjamin Hundeyin Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, held a security meeting with all Area, Squadron and Tactical Commanders in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known via a tweet on Monday. Sharing photos from the […]
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Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has faulted claims that she was related to a 40-year-old lady, Nkiru Okoye, who was murdered in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, a wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was reportedly beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over the ownership of some disputed […]
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila No fewer than 63 bills have been tabled before the Senate and the House of Representatives for the creation of new universities, polytechnics, colleges of education since the beginning of shutdown of activities in public tertiary institutions in the country in 2022, investigation has […]
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Controversial Islamic cleric and preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has faulted the alleged wrong measures of the Federal Government towards the Boko Haram insurgency in the North, stating that both sides of the divide committed crimes. He said this in a statement on Sunday, adding that if the next President of the country followed the same […]
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President Buhari at the scene of Kuje attack Last week’s attack on the Presidential Guards Brigade clearly indicated that terrorists must have made inroads into the Federal Capital Territory, the country’s seat of power, Solomon Odeniyi writes: Three daring attacks by terrorists within three weeks have raised questions about the security architecture in the nation’s […]
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The family of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the international community to intervene and compel Nigeria to promptly and unconditionally release Kanu and refrain from further persecution of the proscribed group. In a statement signed by the head of the family, Mazi Kanunta Kanu on […]
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Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong Again, armed men on Sunday night invaded the Danda Chugwi community of Jos South local government area of Plateau State killing seven people on the spot and injuring two others. The injured were taken to the hospital where one of them later died, bringing the death toll to eight. The […]
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The Traditional Religious Practitioners’ Association (TRPA) in Nigeria has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to the Federal High Court in Enugu for the commission’s refusal to register the traditional worshipers as a religious body such as the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA. In its online […]
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Wheat imports jump to 99 percent Bakers list pain points as capacity utilization declines Prices rise 50% this year, 25% last month Available data have shown that Nigeria imported about 99 percent of its wheat requirement in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1’22), and with the attendant foreign exchange (forex) demand pressure, this has been […]
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APC and PDP presidential candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar Fault APC’s same faith ticket The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has condemned the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for fielding Muslim presidential candidates, 13 years into an insurgency in the country. The group also faulted the current debate on […]
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