“Let me begin by stating how privileged I am to be here at this unique gathering to honour the memory of recently departed leaders in the media. The roll call of these leading lights that have left us is a truly impressive one and it can be said without exaggeration that eternity has claimed a […]
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By Banji Ayoola Chairman of the South Western Nigeria Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared his support for a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum. He said in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, My Richard Olatunde, that he is not in […]
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Families of a military officer who was killed alongside 10 other military officers including the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, react during the burial ceremony at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on May 22, 2021. Kola Sulaimon / AFP Nigerian Army personnel prepare for the burial of military officers who […]
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In response to public outcry, the House of Representatives on Thursday called on Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the proposed increase in electricity tariff proposed for June, 202l. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Aniekan Umanah, who frowned at the economic burden imposed on the […]
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A Catholic priest, Reverend Fr. Alphonsus Bello, has been reportedly killed while another priest, Rev. Fr. Joe Keke, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi, Katsina State. It was learnt that the gunmen stormed the Church, on Thursday, night and started shooting sporadically into the air, leaving some persons injured. […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and his wife, Fati, have died in a plane crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft. The couple and six other military officers died near Kaduna airport where the Chief of Army Staff was billed to commission a project in one of the military formations in […]
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Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami came under withering criticism from Inner Bar colleagues on Thursday, for tagging the ban on open grazing by southern governors unconstitutional. Malami is a Silk, popularly known as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the Chief Law Officer of the Federation. But his colleague-Silks took […]
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Following the defection of the Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the national leadership of the PDP on Friday dissolved the caretaker committee of the party in the state. It also immediately announced the composition of another caretaker committee which is to […]
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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has identified sustained quality training and education of all Nigerian children as critical, if the nation is to end the cycle of insecurity, banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities. Obasanjo who identified this imperative during his remarks at the commissioning of the Professor Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku Building and Entrepreneurship […]
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Chief of Army Staff Major General Ibrahim Attahiru as seen at the theatre command operations Lafiya Dole headquarters in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on January 31, 2021. (Photo by Audu Marte /AFP) Nigeria’s chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in an air crash while on an official trip to Kaduna State, multiple media […]
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