All eyes will be on Ekiti State, the Fountain of Knowledge, next year. Governor Kayode Fayemi will bow out. Another politician will assume the reins. Between now and October 2022, the two major parties in the state may be engulfed in anxiety. If President Muhammadu Buhari signs the amended Electoral Act Bill, with its retention […]
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Police Inspector General Usman Baba The police on Saturday rescued unhurt the traditional ruler of the Mbutu Ancient Kingdom in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Damian Nwaigwe. He was taken away from the palace at about 2:30 am on Thursday. A source said the gunmen, numbering about 10, shot into the […]
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Davido has given an update on the disbursement of the N250 million donation to orphanages. On November 17, a few days to his 29th birthday, the singer started a donation exercise that was meant to be a joke with his friends. His fans also jumped on the occasion to express their love for him by […]
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Public Health Teams Photo: Twitter Ten states and the FCT recorded 533 COVID-19 infections on Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on Saturday. It stated also that no COVID-19 death was recorded The 533 new infections indicate a decrease of 221 when compared with the 754 cases recorded on Thursday. NCDC stated […]
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Engr. Oladunni Ogunfuwa, one of the workers at the collapsed Ikoyi high-rise building in October Adejuwon Ogunfuwa’s husband Oladunni was an engineer working on the site of a high-rise that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, in October. She had called her husband who often resumed work there on Monday to return home on Fridays. He […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed an alleged plan to dissolve its Ondo state executive to accommodate the inerest of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. It said the dissolution plan story was sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as “part of the retroactive steps of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government information […]
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Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, left, Itunu’s mother and father during a condolence visit to Itunu’s parents Vows to unravel circumstances surrounding Itunu’s death The House of Representatives has said the Ivorian Ambassador to Nigeria, will have to ensure that the wrongful incarceration that resulted in the death of […]
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• Scammers joining police to cover tracks –Sources In this report, Afeez Hanafi and Percy Ani write about tactics internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys employ to perpetuate their illicit act under the watch of security agents Peter Onyeiwu was driving home with his friends from Oniru Beach – a relaxation spot uptown Lagos […]
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The pioneer Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has given an insight into the severe pressure mounted on the party by influential persons to make sure the then retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, now the President, did not emerge as the party’s candidate for the 2015 election. In his […]
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Flanked by two women on whose shoulders she leaned, Bukola Adebayo trudged to the family’s expansive living room from the bedroom. She sank into a cushion with a Bible clutched to her chest, sitting close to her bereaved husband, Adeyemi Adebayo. A team of the Lagos State Government officials led by the Commissioner for Education, […]
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