A one-story school building in Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state collapsed on Saturday afternoon during heavy rainfall. It was gathered that the affected building contained ten classrooms belonging to Agbado District Comprehensive High School in the Ifo area of the state. The building collapsed after the heavy rainfall on Saturday […]
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has refuted claims that it padded the 2022 supplementary budget to accommodate the N70b attributed to lawmakers. It noted that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was part of the constitutional duties of the Senate to accommodate funding for the Federal Government’s Palliative for the Nigerian public among […]
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The President, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice-President, Kashim Shettima have discredited the case made by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections describing their arguments and witnesses’ testimonies as worthless. The duo made the averments through their legal team led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly over the decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members. In a press statement on Sunday, he said the move is illegal and contemptuous. The allocation of N70 billion, disbursed among 306 newly elected members, in addition to N40 billion set aside for […]
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin The impact, if any, recorded by Africa’s efforts to bring the catastrophic war in Ukraine to a peaceful end may be slight; but Africa cannot be accused of not making any effort at all. If anything, the visit by some African leaders to the war […]
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No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while 11 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Foton bus at the Aiyetoro axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. On Sunday, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. He explained that the […]
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By Martins Oloja As I was saying to the previous administration, I hope President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will ensure that the law rules the civil service and then his anti-corruption crusade. In the last administration, I once asked: ‘How long can a public officer act in a position that the law provides a confirming body […]
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Chinese naval vessels set sail this weekend to participate in joint manoeuvres with the Russian military, Chinese defence authorities said Sunday. Ties between Moscow and Beijing have grown closer since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, a move China has not condemned. The two have ramped up defence contacts, including joint military drills in recent months. […]
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The Chairman, Palliative Committee on Subsidy Removal and Kebbi Governor, Dr Nasir Idris has assured Nigerians that efforts were on to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal. The governor gave the assurance when members of the committee met in Abuja on Saturday. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s Spokesman, Ahmed Idris. […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital Sunday in “excellent condition”, a day after being admitted for dehydration, his office and the hospital said. The 73-year-old was transferred to the Sheba medical centre near Tel Aviv on Saturday with dizziness after having spent the previous day in the scorching heat of the Sea […]
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