By Adedamola Adedayo It’s the 13th of July, 2023, as Soyinka takes another powerful leap. Name any major literary genre, you can be sure Soyinka has his imprints there. But his legacy is most amplified in the theatrical hemisphere, where he made a name for himself as Africa’s most acclaimed playwright and became the apple […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Any close observer of the goings-on in the South East cannot but be alarmed at the hellish situation and the rest of us are looking away. Our gaze and exertions are concentrated on politics when gloom overcasts the land. Listening to politicians and outspoken members of the elite clubs, you have the […]
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A few hours after a court order, the Department of State Services (DSS) Thursday said it has charged the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele to court. The spokesman of the Service Dr. Peter Afunanya made this known in a statement after an Abuja High Court directed that Emefiele be charged […]
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The Senate on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s $800 million World Bank loan and N500 billion fuel subsidy removal palliatives request. The $800 million World Bank loan, according to Tinubu is meant to finance the National Safety Net Programme of the Federal Government. According to the Senate, the N500 billion request meant to cushion the […]
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National Vice Chairman of North-West, Salihu Lukman, on Wednesday, disclosed that the ruling All Progressives Congress did not give President Bola Tinubu, governors, and other candidates who contested the 2023 general election ‘a dime’ to fund the electioneering campaign. Lukman stated that, unlike former President Muhammadu Buhari who was fortunate to have people mobilised money […]
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has described the insecurity in the South-East region as ‘criminal activity’. According to him, the sit-at-home directives in the South-east remain the handiwork of a criminal enterprise. In a statement posted on his official Twitter page on Thursday, Obi said the sit-at-home orders […]
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Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted on all expenditures […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra against the Department of State Services. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. Kanu, in the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2022 and […]
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Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during a press conference at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg commercial hub on October 22, 2022. – South Africa’s top court on July 13, 2023, ruled that former president Jacob Zuma should return to prison to complete his 15-month term for contempt of court, dismissing an appeal […]
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The House of Representatives member has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to three years. The lower legislative chamber made the request on Wednesday while calling on JAMB to conduct the UTME at least twice a year. This motion was moved […]
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