This file screenshot taken on May 6, 2017 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau flanked by two fighters at an unidentified location. Photo: The Guardian/Boko Haram/Youtube Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded […]
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Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has come under fire on social media following a leaked memo conveying the approval of N30 million for the construction of a ‘Friday’ mosque with taxpayers’ funds. The memo, dated December 10, 2020, with reference number FMA/PROC/AHS/SIP/2020/7742/1, stated that the Ministerial Tenders Board approved the contract. The ministry […]
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Chairman of Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, M; greeting his Delta State counterpart, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa at the Asaba Accord. He is flanked on the right by Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi Chairman of Ondo Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi […]
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A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and ex-presidential candidate, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, has advised the Federal Government against the excessive militarisation of the South-East in its mission against secessionists. Taking to Twitter, he expressed displeasure at the order to the police to “essentially violate human rights and engage in extrajudicial killings […]
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President of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Practitioners, Adewale Elesho, has made a statement concerning Baba Ijesha’s case of sexual assault and child molestation. In a video, the veteran actor begged the girl’s foster mother, Princess, to have mercy on Baba Ijesha. He said, “I am Adewale Elesho, the President of the Association of Nigeria […]
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Lack of funds is stalling efforts being made by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede, Osun State, to develop locally made COVID-19 vaccine. The centre’s Director, Prof. Christian Hapi, confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Hapi, who said the process had started, added that the […]
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Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, on Thursday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. He announced the decision after a closed-door meeting with six APC governors that lasted over an hour at the executive chamber of the Governor’s Office in Calabar. The governors in attendance were those of Ekiti, […]
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The Nigeria Governors Forum has demanded the dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Autonomy of State Legislature and Judiciary. They also agreed to continue to support measures put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. These were part of decisions taken after the 17th Teleconference meeting of the NGF held on Wednesday. […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Federal Government will move against the proposed Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has made it known. He stated that no state law can override the Constitution. The minister was on Politics Today, a current affairs […]
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Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, says the South-East geopolitical zone does not want war, adding that the region also does not want to leave Nigeria. Umahi, who is also the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, stated this on Thursday at Aso Villa in Abuja during the weekly State House Briefing. He lamented that […]
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