A Channels Television reporter has been hit by a stray bullet as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites clashed with officers of the Nigeria Police in Abuja. The protest by the Shiites turned violent on Monday in Abuja, including the environs of the Federal Secretariat. Policemen who cordoned off […]
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54 suspects arrested Enough is enough, IG warns protesters A Deputy Commissioner of Police at the FCT Police Command, was killed during Monday’s violent protest in Abuja by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The officer was shot while trying to calm the protesters who took over major part of the Central Business District […]
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The Presidency on Monday released further details on how $1billion removed from the excess crude account for security was spent. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained the N876.9million already spent from the money domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to him, a balance of $123,111,571.29 has remained unspent […]
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Residents cry for help as estate sinks below sea level Neighbourhood taken over by drug addicts LASURA courts private investors, adopts N288 billion high-rise building technology Bintu Rahman dreads thunderstorms. The early drizzle pounds fear through her roof into her fragile frame. When it pours, the 86-year-old feels a rare chill to the bones; rivulets […]
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Billionaire businessman, Mr Femi Otedola, has promised to take care of the medical expenses of ailing Nollywood actor, Sadiq Daba. In a statement on Sunday, Otedola said he was sad to hear that the veteran actor had fallen ill again. In 2017, Daba, who had been battling leukemia and prostate cancer for the past few […]
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For the second time in five days, another foremost Yoruba traditional ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi has again expressed worries over the state of insecurity in Yorubaland. This time around, the royal father wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari warning him about what he perceived as looming anarchy in the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The slain daughter of Afenifere national leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs Olufunke Asabi Olakunri was buried on Monday in Akure the Ondo State capital amid calls by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Akure Anglican Bishop, Revd Simeon Borokini on the Federal Government to urgently find solution to the worsening security challenges […]
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By Ladesope Ladelokun Ever since a daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was murdered in cold blood by suspected herdsmen on the Ondo-Ore road, the Akure home of the nonagenarian has been a Mecca of sort for genuine mourners and pretenders who only want to get photo ops to advertise their feigned compassion. Understandably, it is not unexpected […]
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Body of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs Funke Olakunri, will be buried today at the Saint David’s Anglican Church cemetery, Ijomu, Akure, Ondo State after a funeral service. She was murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Kajola village, along Benin/Ore road in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State penultimate Friday. […]
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