The All Progressives Congress, APC, will its local government congresses in the first week of next month, September according to the party’s Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). CECPC Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday just as he refuted reports that the Caretaker Committee has indefinitely […]
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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating officer, Mr Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interview on Thursday, in Abuja, said that the country would be procuring […]
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The Federal Government has declared that the striking resident doctors will no longer be paid as long as they continue to shun work. This follows the invocation of the “no work, no pay” rule, which Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire said is necessary because “the doctors have no basis for going on strike at […]
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The freed Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, has described his abduction by gunmen last Sunday night as a setup. Idris, who regained his freedom Thursday night, five days after his abduction, told people in his Babantunga town in Tafa Local Government Area of the state that his abductors informed him that […]
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The management of Fresh FM has explained its station manager in Ekiti State, David Ajiboye, died of COVID-19 complications. Late Ajiboye died on Sunday in a hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A statement signed by Samson Akindele, on behalf of the management, explained that the body samples of late Ajiboye obtained from a […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back home in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday after an 18-day sojourn in London, the United Kingdom (UK) capital. This indication came from a police wireless message dispatched Thursday by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command to all Sector Commanders and Divisional Police Officers alerting of the President’s expected return. […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu Why keep mute and fold hands, In the midst of the hopelessness as if nothing is wrong? Why are we so blessed beyond imagination, Yet so poor? Why are we passive, In the midst of active oppressiveness? Why seem depraved, In the midst of so much life around us? Why live to cherish, terror, horror, […]
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Life story of a reporter’s experiences when Nigeria’s former Military Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, ordered the closure of one of the nation’s foremost and authoritative newspapers, The Guardian, between Wednesday, May 29, and Saturday June 8, 1991. By Banji Ayoola Day 4: Saturday June 1, 1991 Uncle Ben Tomoloju came to […]
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Rihanna, Forbes’ wealthiest female singer, has disclosed that she is originally an Igbo woman. Igbo is one of the dominant ethnic groups in Nigeria, and the singer and brand influencer said her mother told her so. The billionaire singer disclosed this in a recent interview saying that her mother disclosed her real origin to her […]
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By Olukorede Yishau It was immediately after the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Bashorun MKO Abiola had won decisively all over the country, even defeating Bashir Tofa in places you would have expected ethnic affinity to guarantee him success. Then Messiah Ibrahim Maradona Evil Genius Badamasi Babangida had a vision: Declaring Abiola the winner would […]
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