Medical staff of the COVID-19 testing centre of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport wait for travellers from China in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023, as France reinforces health measures at the borders for passengers arriving from China. – France and Britain on December 30 joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers […]
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Ondo police boss visits scene, urges calm By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Thursday imposed a 24 hour curfew on Ikare Akoko, headquarters of Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of the State, scene of bloody clashes between rival youth groups on Tuesday, January 3. The restriction takes immediate effect according to a […]
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By Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu The word reincarnation is derived from Latin, literally meaning, entering the flesh again. Reincarnation as a belief has always been held by the great majority of mankind in the Orient. It is a concept which is known and understood as a given fact of life in almost all ancient cultures from […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Nigerians hardly discuss their weather. What is there to discuss? The sun shines—what in other lands is cause for back slapping and celebration. Here, the appearance of the sun is given. It is taken for granted that we do not know how or remember to give thanks for it. In the same […]
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By Banji Ayoola In continuation of his campaign tour round the country, All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be in Ondo State on Saturday, January 7, 2023 to meet with notable leaders of the state and the people about his aspiration. He will hold a rally and a town hall meeting with […]
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By Bisi Olawunmi The public spat between two prominent media owners – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Television Continental (TVC) and The Nation newspaper and Nduka Obaigbena, proprietor of ARISE NEWS TV and THISDAY newspaper – with their media warriors engaged in mud fight on behalf of their principals, has unnervingly exposed the ugly underbelly of media […]
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Even as he was laid to rest yesterday, Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, will remain indelible in the record of world football history, as a person who came, saw and conquered. Naming him as ‘King’ Pele is not a mistake, for what Pele represented as a football legend with unparallel achievements, dexterity and […]
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World football bid him farewell The casket bearing the body of the late Brazil football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, was draped in the Brazilian flag, as the body was moved round major streets before his burial yesterday in Sao Paulo. The casket left Santos’ stadium on a fire engine for the procession with […]
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Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; Credit: Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via AFP LP candidate okay on restructuring, modular refineries, S’South devt, others ‘Why no one can cage an idea which time has come’ While the storm created by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter is yet to settle, a statement by the leader of Pan […]
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Minister of State for Finance, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba (left); Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila during the signing of 2023 budget into law at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Credit: Philip Ojisua Makes provisions for elections, transition programme […]
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