The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks. Last week, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while featuring as a guest […]
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Scenes of the incident An early morning rainstorm in some parts of Lagos State on Sunday left many residents counting their losses, as they bemoaned the destruction that followed the downpour. The rain, which started around 8am, fell for over three hours. A resident on Muri Okunola Street, near Burger Chicken, Victoria Island, Stan Evans, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Lying on each person’s earthly path is a chain of diverse experiences, a flight of steps leading him to the luminous heights which he must climb one after another, each of which he must thoroughly experience for his own benefit. There should be no waiting, stopping, hanging or clinging on to a […]
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At least six members of the Deeper Life Bible Church, located in Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos State, on Sunday, sustained serious degrees of injuries when the building of the church collapsed during a heavy storm while the service was in progress. A heavy rain which was later followed by a heavy storm led to […]
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The installation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the Aare Baasofin of Yorubaland (the Supreme Lawmaker of Yorubaland) has been suspended. This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, on Sunday. Lasisi said the event, which was planned to […]
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Jonathan’s backers in dilemma over APC’s past attacks on ex-President, fear rejection Aspirants looking for consensus are lazy, nobody will impose candidate – Tinubu group VP will emerge candidate – Supporters Yahaya Bello’ll beat GEJ – Campaign council The consultation between former President Goodluck Jonathan and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress for Jonathan […]
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A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Sunday, predicted the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the chances of both ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the exercise. He said that should the APC zoned its presidential ticket to South West region, and the main opposition […]
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Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique account for over half of all malaria deaths worldwide Country received N176bn worth of aids from development partners to fight malaria, says Adeyanju No single tool available today will solve the problem of malaria, say WHO, experts Why it is likely current vaccines would eliminate malaria, by Adegboro, Ashiru Today […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and two others at the Federal High Court, Lagos, over failure to unblock phone lines of over 72 million telecommunications subscribers barred from making calls on account of National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) linkage. Joined in the suit, as respondents, are […]
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A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Peter Obi, has declared that a consensus candidate is not the solution to the country’s myriad of problems. He also asked Nigerians not to allow the All Progressives Congress, APC, to continue in office after 2023, noting that they […]
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