Body expected in London Tuesday, the memorial at St Giles today Commonwealth Medical Association condoles with royal family The huge outpouring of love, support and tributes that have marked the passing of Queen Elizabeth II since her death on Thursday, continued yesterday, as her body left her Balmoral Castle home for the last time. Her […]
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Reports 36 new incidences of monkeypox in 14 states Five episodes of Lassa fever in Ondo, Edo, Nasarawa WHO, partners establish a fund for pandemic response The latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show […]
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Oni: We are vindicated; the Ekiti election came short of what it should be Cyber-attacks, a common phenomenon in the digital age, says Awe No server is hack-proof, says ATCON boss Nigerians need to guarantee that 2023 elections will be free, and fair, Amadi, Uwaje insist Development, a danger capable of stirring post-election crisis, says […]
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By Tunde Odesola When two horses gallop without the clippity-clop sound of thudding hooves, chances are they are floating. Yes, the two white stallions charioting Queen Elizabeth floated towards Heaven’s Gate in a cloud of fire amid the evergreen Christian song, “Across the Bridge,” made popular by the late American country music singer, Jim Reeves. […]
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Five security personnel were killed in the past two weeks (August 28 – September 10) as Nigeria’s security forces continued onslaughts on armed groups in different parts of the country. The killings, as well as those of five civilians, showed a further decline in killings by non-state actors. The 10 people killed in the two […]
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Police Inspector General, Baba Usman The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead […]
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Recent comments by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that some unnamed persons in the Presidency are backing the presidential candidate of the main opposition PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has once again sparked speculation of conspiracy against Bola Tinubu by some persons at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “Why are they being so arrogant? I can […]
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By Olufunke Faluyi This week, I had to stop the plan to start a new series just to share something that has bothered me for so long. Although, what I am about to say is a clear deviation from what you are used to, still, I do not think it is a bad idea if […]
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The Interim Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ambassadors, Chief Jamiu Ekungba, has said the group has begun a door-to-door campaign for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Ekungba, in a statement, titled, ‘BAT Ambassadors Mobilise Grassroots Support for Tinubu/Shettima’ on Saturday disclosed that the BAT Ambassadors at present had representatives in […]
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Nigeria-born American professor, Uju Anya, has spoken again over her comments on late Queen Elizabeth II of England. Anya, in an interview with a foreign-based news platform, The CUT, revealed her reasons for wishing the Queen “excruciating pain.” She said the late Queen Elizabeth II’s throne “represents the legacy of enslavement and colonialism and its […]
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