Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko Photo: Defence Headquarters Nigeria / Facebook Immobilise 14 illegal refineries, recover stolen product in Niger Delta The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Stroke operating in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba, arrested 16 migrant bandits from Niger Republic. Also, it said that the troops of Operation Delta Safe have […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a visit to the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri on June 17, 2021. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP) President Muhammadu Buhari has urged troops of Operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the final phase of the campaign against insurgency and other forms of criminalities. The president, […]
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What I told Obasanjo when he blamed me for Bola Ige’s murder Elder statesman and former Osun State Governor Bisi Akande was on his way to Osogbo after a trip to the United Kingdom when Muyiwa Ige broke the news of his father’s death. Chief Bola Ige was killed on December 23, 2001. Akande, in […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported over 4,000 COVID-19 caaes across the country within 24 hours, according to its latest epidemiological data. The data indicate that Lagos State is currently driving the fourth wave of the pandemic, as earlier stated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the NCDC. According to the […]
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Following the rumoured separation by Queen Naomi from the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi, the palace has faulted the claim saying “it is not true.” When contacted, the Ooni’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Moses Olafare said: “This is not the first time such rumours had been peddled. There was a time it […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu receiving a jab Amid the rising cases of COVID-19, the Lagos Ministry of Health has announced that the state is out of the Moderna vaccine. This was stated in a terse post on the official Instagram page of the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, titled ‘Non-availability of #COVID19 […]
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The increasing cost of groceries and provisions has affected hamper sales ahead of the Yuletide. Our reporter, who visited some shops and markets in Lagos, found a drop in hamper sales compared to previous years. At the Mushin market provision sales section, only two women had gift hampers displayed for sale in their stores. The […]
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Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town. The President would inaugurate viable projects executed by Governor Babagana Zulum’s administration during the visit to the state. These include the Custom flyover and 20km Custom-Muna dual carriageway. Buhari will also inaugurate the Centre For Distance […]
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Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, (Ọjájá II), has announced that she should no longer be addressed as the Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people. Naomi, in a statement on her social media pages, said: “I bless the Lord Almighty for His faithfulness […]
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For Ige, free education was not debatable The late Chief Bola Ige embodied the humanist ideals of the Obafemi Awolowo School of Politics, his protégé, Chief Bisi Akande has said. Akande, in his book, ‘My Participations’, said he was not sure of what would have happened to Oyo State if another person had been […]
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