Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Akande, Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola and others at the book launch By Segun Ayobolu In his newly minted epochal autobiography, pithily titled ‘My Participations’ notable progressive politician and statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, gives a vivid account of his indelible contributions to Nigeria’s political evolution over the last five decades. […]
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By Ebun Adegboruwa The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses (Panel) was constituted and officially inaugurated on 19th October, 2020. Upon completion of its assignment, the Panel submitted two sets of Reports to the Lagos State Government, (LASG) on November 15, 2021. There have been several developments […]
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Building collapse, with loss of lives, is becoming frequent in Nigeria. In this report by Oladimeji Ramon, industry experts identify corruption and regulatory failure as the factors behind it; they also suggest the way out. On the morning of Tuesday, November 3, 2021 the atmosphere on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, was charged and pensive. Anyone […]
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Founder, Cherubim and Seraphim Holy Trinity Church, Oda Road, Akure, Ondo State, Bishop John Ikoko, narrates to Peter Dada how he woke up to find a newborn baby dumped at his church’s altar recently. For how long have you been in church administration? I started the work of God in 1970; this is my 51 […]
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Organised Labour has warned the Federal Government to be ready for another battle over its fresh move to increase petrol pump price by over 200 per cent. The union has placed workers under its platform on what it called “red alert”. Toba Agboola reports. Organised Labour in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari has told […]
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Chibueze Nnaji, a corporal in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has obtained a PhD from the Abia State University (ABU). He bagged the degree at the 27th and 28th combined convocation of the university. Speaking during the convocation ceremony in a video published by ABN TV, a news platform based in the South-east, the police […]
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By Adegbenro Adebanjo His studentship was withdrawn by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, OAU, after he failed to meet up to the minimum standard . And so after five years sojourn all came to nothing in 2014. Six years after, he has graduated with a First Class from the Federal University of Technology Akure, […]
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By Adegbenro Adebanjo In 2012 she was a final year student of Biology at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA. However in the same year she was involved in a debilitating road accident that changed the course of her life and made her wheelchair bound. In 2019, seven years after the accident, she applied […]
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In this second report, Tessy Igomu took a detailed look at how greed among other factors, leave Nigerians at the mercy of fraudulent investment scammers and illegal fund managers. Driven by a desire to assist petty traders and market women to access soft loans to boost their businesses, Alex Onyia did not think twice before […]
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Women at the IDP camp The bandit attacks in several communities across Niger State, especially Shiroro Local Government Area which seems to be the worst hit, has left a lot of people bereaved of their loved ones. Women have become widows, men have become widowers while children have ome orphans or left with a parent […]
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