Scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol at the weekend hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja with most of the independent retail stations under lock and key. A handful of the stations were only opened to customers besides the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). NNPC affiliate retail outlets sold the […]
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Pope Francis condemned on Sunday the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria last week as “vile”. “I join the bishops of Nigeria in condemning this vile abduction of 317 young girls,” the pope said following his weekly Sunday Angelus address to the Catholic faithful on Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican. “Let us […]
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Some parents of the 317 school girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, who were abducted on Friday have moved to the school compound, anxiously awaiting information on their children. As reported by Channels Television, the parents have set up a camp within the school premises in anticipation of the release of their […]
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The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, at the weekend, dismissed reports that he received 96-month salary arrears in secret when he served as the governor of Osun State. He described the report as a fiction written by elements bent on casting “aspersion on the integrity of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola”. A statement by Aregbesola’s media […]
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It was double trouble on Saturday for former Special Assistant on Media to the Governor of Kano State, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, as his sack by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over a comment he made on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was followed by his arrest by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). A […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 155,417. It disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. It is exactly one year ago, February 27, 2020, that Nigeria recorded its COVID-19 index case, believed to be […]
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Your best not enough, says CAN Northern Elders Forum: Nigerians have lost faith in FG Buhari owe Nigerians explanation for decay in national security －CNG Soyinka to Nigerians: ‘Don’t accept child hostage taking as a way of life’ The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka,the Coalition of Northern […]
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Akeredolu, Oyetola, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Fayemi and Makinde The people of Southwest Nigeria are not only seething with anger, but also picking up stones. Piqued by pain and anguish, their blazing eyes are trained in the direction of the governors of the region’s six states: Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Rotimi […]
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Since the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, led other members of the Bankers’ Committee to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Government for the handover of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, on February 14, 2021, there has been a renewed hope that government will look in the direction […]
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The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has condemned attempted arrest of Yoruba rights’ activist, Mr. Sunday Igboho by a combined team of security forces. It was claimed that Igboho, who was on his way to Lagos, on Friday, for a scheduled meeting with one of the Afenifere leaders, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, was to be […]
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