Oil spill. Photo: aljazeera.com Apprehension being generated in parts of Delta State over recent oil spill indicates lack of sufficient government presence and representation of people in the area. Otherwise, government, as protector of the people’s welfare, should have been the body sounding alarm and taking charge of the situation rather than wait for fear […]
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A robbery suspect under investigation for attacking a reverend father has said that he singled out clergymen for attacks because his life was ruined by one of them. Federick Ugah, who is currently cooling his heels in the cells of the Nasarawa State Police Command, said he had to drop out of the university as […]
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Says president acted on baseless rumour The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday revealed the circumstances that surrounded his vacation of the seat about two years after. Onnoghen, who resigned his appointment on April 5, 2019, three months after his suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari, said the President acted on […]
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Photo: Twitter Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman yesterday adjourned to May 14, 2021, the N10 billion libel suit instituted against a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Justice Ityonyiman said the court would receive the report of the out-of-court […]
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President of the Nigeria Supreme Council On Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has stressed the need for more political leaders in the country to come out openly to take the anti-COVID-19 vaccine to boost the confidence of ordinary Nigerians to accept and take the vaccine. Speaking at the […]
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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has suspended the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise over economic crisis posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The governor directed immediate refund of money paid by successful candidates in the recruitment exercise conducted by the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Mr Babatunde Abegunde, Chairman of TESCOM, who made this known […]
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Ekiti State Government has warned that stiffer penalties will be meted out to herdsmen in the state who refused to register and get the identity card in consonance with the provision of the state Anti-Grazing Law. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Olabode Adetoyi, on Thursday stated this in Ado Ekiti, the State capital, during […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said he will not jubilate over the $1.5 billion approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery. He said it was not the first time the Federal Government would be making such promises, many of which, he said, had not been implemented. […]
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says $2.3 trillion needed to bridge gap The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has identified the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement as the only way for Nigeria to effectively overcome its huge infrastructure deficit. The Vice President stated this on Thursday at the opening of a two-day retreat of the National Council on Privatization (NCP). […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu IBeware of chatterfull of clatteras a prattleron a platter IIBeware of matterfull of chatteras a trapperin a litter IIIBeware of chatterfull of tatterin a wrapperas a shatter IVBeware of clapperfull of glitteras a triggerfor a capper VBeware of latherfull of patteras a plotterin a totter. Ezeohagwu is the first Black African Writer […]
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