Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has called for the cancellation of the proposed computer-based test format in the forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in the country. According to the forum, such a mode of examination, if allowed, will result in mass failure for students, particularly in rural areas of northern states where computer skills […]
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A young member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Akure Branch, Ayodele Pelumi Ologunmeta, who is battling kidney failure is pleading with well meaning individuals and organisations to support him with their kind donations to enable him undergo an urgent kidney transplant. The once physically active counsel, now bedridden, is looking up to the legal community […]
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Muhammed Lawal examines the unending security challenges in the South-East and how the governors of Imo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu, and Abia states have tried to put a stop to the killings and kidnapping in the region For the past eight years, Nigeria has been plagued with multifaceted issues of insecurity across the country. The need […]
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President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, vowed that people sabotaging the efforts of the Nigerian military from within and without would be “aggressively uprooted” and exposed. He also warned the military and intelligence community against recurring incidents of accidental strikes on innocent civilians, saying such “errors” were “unacceptable.” This is coming as terrorists have resumed their […]
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele, on the success of her latest movie titled, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’, which recently made N1bn and became the highest grossing Nigeria movie of all time. According to the Nigerian Box Office, the movie has grossed N1bn since its release on December 15, 2023. This […]
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Scene at the deserted community More than one week after residents fled Plateau communities in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Mangu Local Government Areas following the Christmas Eve attacks by gunmen which left more than 150 persons dead, the affected communities are still deserted. The killing which had been ongoing in Plateau State worsened on Christmas […]
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A former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, promised to be a better leader if given another opportunity to govern the affairs of his state. He made the vow during a Thanksgiving service that took place at the Christian Association of Nigeria secretariat in Jalingo, the state capital on Thursday. The former governor who said he […]
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Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the N2.2tn 2024 Appropriation Bill presented to it by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed on Friday at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, according to a statement by the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele […]
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A Tribe Called Judah N1bn box office flier | Credit: Instagram funkejenifaakindele Funke Akindele’s blockbuster, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’, broke a box office record within 21 days of its release in cinemas to become the first Nollywood film to gross N1bn (One Billion Naira). Ace Nollywood actress and producer of the movie, Funke Akindele, disclosed […]
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Remains of the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, have arrived in Nigeria from Germany, where he passed on nine days ago. He passed on on Wednesday December 27, 2003 in a German hospital where he was receiving treatment for prostate cancer. It was gathered that the aircraft that conveyed his body arrived in […]
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