The former Chief of Defence Staff and the two other service chiefs, who were retired from Service by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, will each go home with one bulletproof SUV and one Prado Jeep, or an equivalent vehicle as a backup. These vehicles are to be maintained by the respective Services and replaced every […]
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Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to permanently halt his ongoing trial by the Federal Government. In the new case, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, Kanu argued that the continuation of his trial violates the rule of law, especially […]
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Rice prices have dropped sharply in several Lagos markets due to a surge in border imports, easing the burden on consumers. The development, however, has raised concern among traders over reduced profits and business sustainability. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 50kg of rice in Lagos currently sells for between N55,000 and N70,000, […]
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Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that many internet fraudsters — popularly called yahoo boys — are “genuinely gifted individuals” whose intelligence should be redirected toward productive innovation rather than condemned. Obi made the remark on Saturday in Onitsha, Anambra State, while speaking at the Golden Health Conference held […]
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced plans to petition regional and international bodies over what it described as coordinated attacks on its members across the country. It alleged that the assaults have become a recurring pattern, particularly in states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), suggesting a deliberate effort to intimidate the opposition […]
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By Abraham Ogbodo The Best President Nigeria Never Had. That title exists and it belongs to one man. He is Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The opposite, that is, the Worst President Nigeria Never Had, has been elusive. That title does not exist. The country has a way of giving the worst a chance to spread […]
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faults IGP Egbetokun’s retention Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and its former Board of Trustees chairman, Chief Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to look beyond appointments and focus on establishing state police as the only sustainable solution to Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. He was reacting to the sack of the service chiefs, and retention of […]
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Female baby sells for N400,000; male N600,000 Police bust baby factory, arrest syndicate Human beings are being offered for sale in Ondo State as a life baby sells for between N400,000 and N600,000 at least. This horrible fact came to the fore on Sunday as the police uncovered a suspected baby factory and human trafficking […]
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mocks APC consensus list By John Dike, Osogbo The ruling party in Osun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has assured that Governor Ademola Adeleke will win the coming election with a landslide based on his impressive performance during his first tenure. It mocked the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) over its leaked consensus list, […]
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says it’s ‘political hatchet job’ By John Dike, Osogbo The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Lere Oyewumi, has dismissed as false and mischievous the rumour circulating on social media and some online platforms of his planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). His media unit, in a statement […]
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