Even at 72, Nike Osofisan, wife of the foremost playwright, Femi Osofisan, remains an ideal African wife and quintessential hostess. Although visitors to the home of the professor-couple in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are always assured of a treat whenever both or either of them was at home, they got a better bargain if […]
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Duke Oil, Oando Plc insist imported fuel met specifications As the scarcity caused by withdrawal of methanol-blended petrol into the country eases off, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has released details of how it distributed a total of 387.59 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in one week to bridge the gap. According […]
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ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its four-week strike before the expiration date. Ngige had met with the leadership of ASUU during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday. […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country, prompting outrage from Joe Biden who warned of a “catastrophic loss of life”. Weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of Western sanctions failed to deter Putin, who had […]
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A former Revenue Officer with the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Dorothy Amalili, has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding the hospital of N4.6 million. Amalili, who was jailed by Justice K. Okpe, of the Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu, was accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related […]
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Ukraine is coming under Russian artillery fire and land invasion along its northern and southern borders, the border guard service said on Thursday, adding that Ukrainian forces were returning fire. The border guards said that Russian forces were supported by Belarus and that an attack had been launched from Crimea, the Russian-occupied peninsula region on […]
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House of Representatives Special Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has recommended immunity for presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The recommendation was contained in a report laid before the House, yesterday, by Chairman of the committee, Idris Wase. Wase is the deputy speaker of the House. The development […]
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.As Nigeria’s Bonny Light hovers at $96.93 per barrel At last, the price of crude oil (Brent) has hit the roof at $100 per barrel in the international market, due mainly to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. The price of oil had been predicted to rise to $100 per barrel because of a sustainable increase in […]
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Russian forces have unleashed an attack of Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin, who announced a “special military operation” at dawn, amid warnings from world leaders that it could spark the biggest war in Europe since 1945. Russia appeared to be targeting military infrastructure in early strikes with explosions reported at airfields, military headquarters […]
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US President Joe Biden has reacted to the attack on Ukraine by Russian troops. Biden, in statement on his Twitter handle, condemned the alleged highhandedness of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that Russian alone is responsible for the death and destruction of Ukrainians. The statement reads: “The prayers of the entire world are with the […]
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