Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has described Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka and the legendary novelist, late D. O. Fagunwa as pride of the Yoruba race. He said the people are lucky to have the duo whose literary works have projected the image of the Yoruba people to the global audience. Akeredolu said the […]
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The five-man Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday directed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Zamfara, to produce some documents requested by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by noon on Thursday. The tribunal led by […]
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It is no longer in doubt that the political machinery of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is undergoing critical stress in the party, the presidency and in his Southwest base. A trademark he seems to have acquired for himself since the birth of the party in 2014 is that […]
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Eggs have three separate sections — the shell, the white and the yolk. Egg yolks used to have a bad reputation because of their high-cholesterol content with doctors and health authorities once recommending that people limit egg yolk consumption. However, research has shown that cholesterol level in the blood is affected by other factors. While […]
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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has ordered the issuance of subpoena on the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Zamfara State. They are, by the subpoena issued on July 9, 2019, expected to appear and produce some documents used for the last election, required by […]
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• ‘It’s backdoor to populate Nigeria with alien Fulani herdsmen’• Presidency, immigration unclear over scheme’s target• Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum warn of conspiracy against citizens• Don’t receive bribes from foreigners, agency cautions staff The move by the Federal Government to electronically register illegal migrants in the country has come under criticism, with some observers describing […]
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By Charles Onuanaiju At the launch of the operational phase of the 54-member nation African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in the Nigerien capital, Niamey early this month, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mousa Faki Mahamat described it as a “historic moment” and added that “the speedy entry into force of AfCFTA […]
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Oyo State Police Command has appealed to Ibadan residents over the shooting of a commercial motorcycle operator on Saturday by a police sergeant. He urged them to shield their swords by allowing peace to reign. Commissioner of Police Shine Olukolu, regretted the action of the police Sergeant, Sunday Ogunkanmi. In a statement he personally signed, […]
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A yet-to-be-identified man, who was admitted at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), has committed suicide. The incident was said to have occurred last Saturday at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Ward. Witnesses said the man stabbed himself to death with a broken louvre beside his bed while waiting for doctors to attend to […]
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A middle-aged expectant mother was on Tuesday burnt to death in a motor accident which occurred on Omi Adio, Ibadan axis of the Ibadan- Abeokuta expressway. The accident also left several others with varying degree of injuries. About eight people were said to have sustained severe injuries when they were trapped in the Lite Ace […]
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