The corpses of the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, and his friend, a United States of America-based Nigerian businessman, Wale Bob-Oseni, have been recovered from the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Their bodies were found on Thursday by res-ponders during the recovery operation […]
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Policemen were deployed yesterday to man the checkpoints on major border areas in the state following the withdrawal of soldiers from all checkpoints on major highways across the state. The state police command spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, told reporters in Akure yesterday that the state police boss, Mr Bolaji Salami, gave marching orders to police […]
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Chairman, Council of Imams and Alfas Eti Osa /Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chief Imam, Afinni Yoosuph AbdulBari; Baba Adinni, Eti Osa, Alhaji Abdul Yekini Bakare and founder of the Foundation, Alhaji Prince Tajudeen Adewunmi Fowewe Eshinlokun during the launch of Tajudeen Adewunmi Fowewe Eshinlokun Foundation (TAFESHIN) in Lagos Towards ensuring that vulnerable persons have access […]
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A baby receives a dose of the RTS,S vaccine for malaria in Cape Coast, Ghana in 2019. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty/Nature With the recent endorsement of the long-expected first malaria vaccine, RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S), by the World Health Organisation (WHO), children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission will, […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a joint operation with the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested 48 individuals for alleged illegalities in the conduct of tests by the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). JUPEB is an advanced level educational examination that qualifies candidates for admission into 200-Level […]
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As Nigerians await the emergence of a new governor for Anambra State during Saturday’s election, there are strong indications that aside from the popularity of the political parties, their candidates and the role the current insecurity and killings permeating the state will play in determining the outcome of the election, another factor that could contribute […]
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Justice Iyabo Yerima (left), Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and Chairman, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Nigeria Branch, Akingbola Akinola, during the 2021 yearly conference of CIArb in Ibadan, Oyo State… on Thursday Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, yesterday, urged Nigerians to embrace the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This, he said, would reduce the stress […]
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Nigeria has recorded two deaths and 87 new COVID-19 cases as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). While announcing these via its official website on Friday morning, the agency said that the 87 new infections on Thursday is a decrease from the 209 infections reported on Wednesday. It said the new infections […]
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APGA candidate for Anambra gubernatorial election, Prof. Charles Soludo (left); Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto/Secretary, National Peace Committee (NPC), Bishop Matthew Kukah; PDP candidate, Valentine Ozigbo; APC candidate, Chief Andy Uba; Chairman of NPC, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd); YPP candidate, Ifeanyi Ubah and Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the signing […]
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Says: “We are optimistic you’d exhibit true omoluabi ethos” Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran who is also a National delegate to the Peoples’ Democratic Party National convention in Abuja, on Thursday, paid a congratulatory visit to the newly elected National Deputy Chairman of the Party, Amb. Taofeek Arapaja, at […]
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