In this file photo taken on April 23, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu gestures during a press conference about the first 20 years of freedom in South Africa at St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town . – South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on December 26, […]
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The ongoing focus at the national level on family planning and population control in Nigeria could not have come at a more audacious time. In one or two decades from now, Nigeria will become the third most populous country, coming after China and India. And already, there is a big strain on the family regarding […]
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South Africa bids farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp. Photo/AFP South Africa’s spiritual father Archbishop Desmond Tutu, hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, was laid to rest at dawn on Sunday in the Cape Town cathedral where he once preached against the […]
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Why We Insist On Strike – Labour The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday, insisted that its opposition to the pending removal of fuel subsidy is rooted in ideological dispositions with emphasis on what it termed “deceit and duplicity associated with the politics of petrol price increase by successive Nigerian governments.” The labour union, in its […]
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By Idowu Akinlotan Their arguments about who owns the oil in the Niger Delta region may not qualify as the controversy of the year, but they typify the continuing frustrations faced by Niger Deltans and the unending nonchalance of Nigerian rulers. More than sixty years after oil was discovered in the troubled region, the country […]
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Former Rep Jibrin says ex-Lagos governor is best option for Nigeria Support Group inaugurates steering committee in Ondo Over 2,500 Islamic clerics in Kano State yesterday held a special prayer session for the success of the perceived presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The prayer session, […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, on Sunday described the deceased Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1 as an exemplary royal father. He said that despite his ripe age, the passage of the monarch, who he described as a great leader of his people, was painful. The governor added that the wisdom […]
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A former Presidential Candidate, an ex-Secretary to the Federal Government and a former Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae, has debunked what he called lies against his person in the autobiography launched recently by a former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande. He said that the former governor wrote ‘nonsense’ in the book in view […]
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Warns of looming ‘first-class crisis’ Descends on Bisi Akande, says ex-governor is a serial liar ‘Contrary to claim in Akande’s book, Ajasin, Danjuma, Lar invited me into the presidential race, not IBB’ Says ex-Osun governor goofed on his participation in Jonathan Confab Commends Akeredolu on security Afenifere chieftain and Olu of Ilu Abo, Chief Olu […]
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Fiery Catholic priest and founder of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has said that his sudden disappearance some time in 2021 was meant to hack him to death by those he said were persecuting him. The cleric also said that the plan was to take and drug him, undress him before prostitutes and […]
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