By Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo “You get back what you put in.” “What goes around comes back around.” “As you make your bed, you must lie in it.” “Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.” “You reap what you sow.” There are so many proverbs in every culture, every language that warns us about our actions and their consequences. […]
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Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari will be commissioning the Lagos-Ibadan railway in January 2021 to improve movement for cargoes and passengers in the country. Amaechi made this known during an oversight visit from Lagos to Ibadan to inspect the ongoing construction of the standard gauge in Ibadan on Saturday. He […]
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After the nightmare witnessed by residents of Abuja on Friday, #EndSARS protesters on Saturday blocked the Kubwa expressway. The protests took a new dimension as youths in their large number blocked the entire ever busy Kubwa expressway. The protesters on converged on the City Gate and shut down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport road, Abuja […]
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Buhari, Tinubu, Abiodun condole with family President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday led Nigerians in paying tributes to Mrs. Tola Oyediran, eldest daughter of the first Premier of the old Western region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Mrs. Oyediran died on Friday at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan, aged 79 years. Buhari in a condolence message to […]
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Protesters cooking on Saturday on Benin-Lagos Expressway, in front of the main gate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). Thousands of #EndSARS protesters in Edo on Saturday converted the ever-busy Benin-Lagos Expressway into a kitchen. The protesters, in a relaxed mood, cooked and ate jollof rice under the pedestrian bridge in front of the main […]
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The Senate has urged the Federal Government to speed up the implementation of the five-point demands of #EndSARS protesters. Senate Spokesperson, Dr Ajibola Basiru, made this known on Friday night. As reported on Tuesday, the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad approved the five-point demands put forward by youths protesting […]
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‘It was an assassination attempt’ One person reportedly died when hoodlums attacked the convoy of Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola after he addressed #EndSARS protesters at popular Ola-Iya junction, Osogbo on Saturday. The protesters had converged at the junction at the early hours of Saturday but were attacked by thugs with cutlasses and sticks. One of […]
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Wife President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has called on her husband and service chiefs to “save the people”. She tweeted a video of her husband in a meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, accompanied by the Hausa word, #Achechijamaa, which means “save the people”. A Hausa song calling on the President to save the […]
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The Nigerian Army has said that its annual Exercise Crocodile Smile for 2020 would be conducted nationwide from October 20 to December 31. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Saturday, said the exercise was usually conducted in the last quarter of the year. Musa said that the 2020 […]
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By Wale Bakare I recognise that these are not the easiest of times and you are facing an unprecedented situation in democratic Nigeria. Never before in the history of our country have the young people, who make up the majority of the population, come together to speak so forcefully and clearly to government. The reasons […]
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