Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, addressing Yoruba Nation agitators during a rally at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, Osun State… yesterday • Salute S’West Govs, Leaders For Speaking Up• Itsekiri Join Rally, Demand Referendum• Ijawland Not Part Of Oduduwa, Biafra –INC Agitators for the independence of the Yoruba nation from Nigeria, yesterday, in Osun State, braved heavy security […]
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attends African Finance Summit from today President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to meet his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, over concerns of insecurity in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions. The President, who will be departing Abuja today, is to attend a four-day African Finance Summit in the French capital, Paris, during which he is expected […]
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AT least, 19 offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been gutted by fire in the last two years, findings have revealed. A breakdown of the fire incidents showed that the most affected states include Akwa Ibom (four), Abia (three) Anambra (two) and Imo (two). Other states that witnessed fire incidents between February 2019 […]
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Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has narrated his encounter with his colleague, Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, after he was alleged of sexually abusing a minor. In a video, Fabiyi said he met Baba Ijesha in the Lagos police custody to hear his own narrative. According to him, Baba Ijesha denied raping any seven-year-old […]
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Some of the Southern governors in Asaba The House of Representatives has said the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, did not oppose the recent resolutions of the Southern Governors’ Forum after its meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, noted that the House, under Gbajabiamila’s […]
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Ekiti Command on Friday paraded 11 suspects for alleged theft, burglary, cyber bullying, rape and conspiracy. Mr Solomon Iyamu, the state commandant of NSCDC, said the suspects were arrested during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The commandant said some of the suspects successfully broke into a supermarket and stole […]
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The World Health Organisation, WHO, urged wealthy countries Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic’s second year looked set to be more deadly. Its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced outrage that a number of rich countries were now vaccinating children and teenagers, while […]
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President General, Ohanaeze, Prof George Obiozor Amid rising insecurity that has enveloped the Southeast region, stakeholders are raising concerns over the Presidency’s directive of “shoot on sight” order. The concerns specifically arose over the order targeted at protesting Igbo youths, especially against the backdrop of recent posting of northern soldiers to quell the disturbances as […]
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As insecurity and criminality engulf Nigeria, the tenacity with which the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is pursuing drug traffickers is instructive, given that illicit drugs, apart from its massive damaging potential on individual persons, is also a motivating element for the arms-wielding gunmen causing most of the mayhem. The agency’s drive is akin […]
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Ambassador Benaoyagha Okoyen presenting copies d’ usage to Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Mrs. Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo in Havana, Cuba Photo/NAN Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cuba, Amb. Benaoyagha Okoyen has pledged to explore new and innovative ways of leveraging on existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Cuba. A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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