NAF eliminates 28 terrorists, including Modu Bem Bem

As Troops foil BHT/ISWAP attempts to invade Bama Troops of the Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai at the weekend neutralized 28 Boko Haram terrorists including a notorious terrorist’s Commander, Alhaji Modu also known as “Bem Bem” in Borno State. Sources said Bem Bem and his fighters were killed on August 3, by the […]

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FG misinforming Nigerians about our demands — ASUU

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, accused the Federal Government of misinforming Nigerians about their demands, just as it said that it never had it so bad with past administrations as far as negotiations are concerned. The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed this while reacting to the Minister of State for […]

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ASUU Strike: Turbulence at home, political office-holders’ children in smooth sail abroad

President Muhammadu Buhari and some of his children who graduated from foreign universities Today, Sunday, August 7, 2022, marks 174 days since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced, on February 14, 2022, a four-week “comprehensive and total” nationwide strike, which has grounded the Nigeria University System (NUS) thereby keeping university students at home […]

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National Assembly fiddles while Nigeria burns

Senate Loses 27 Weeks Of Legislative Year To Recesses We Have Not Breached Laid Down Rules — Reps’ Spokesman No, It Smacks Of Insensitivity — Opposition Lawmaker, Gbillah Insecurity, ASUU Strike, Unemployment Need Action — CDD Amid the many troubling socio-economic challenges confronting Nigerians, especially rising insecurity, prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union […]

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Ila Orangun begins hunt for late ex-IGP Tafa Balogun’s replacement in police

Ila Orangun community, the Ila Local Government, Osun State home of the late former Inspector General of Police, IGP Tafa Adebayo Balogun, has begun the search for his replacement in the police. A statement by the National Public Relations Officer of Ilaparapo, the umbrella body of Ila Orangun indigenes in the diaspora, Bisiola Obaaro, said: […]

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Ila Orangun stood still as late ex-IGP Tafa Balogun was buried

By Banji Ayoola A mammoth crowd of the people of Ila Orangun community, Ila Local Government Area, in Osun State,  said to be beyond imagination, on Saturday trooped out to take a glimpse of the remains of a former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Tafa Adebayo Balogun, an indigene, who, according to the people had […]

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Intrigues that made Oyetola, other governors lose second term bids

Oyetola, Ambode and Sylva This story examines former state governors who lost their bid for second term in office and some factors that may have led to their defeat at the polls: Globally, it’s a norm for political office holders to desire re-election, and Nigerian politicians are no exception. It’s a valid aspiration after all, […]

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Ondo APC condoles Adelegbe over wife’s passage

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has expressed shock over the passage of Mrs Anike Deborah Adelegbe,  wife of the member representing Ose/Owo Federal Constituency of the state in the House of Representatives, Hon. Timehin Adelegbe. In a statement by the Director, Media & Publicity, Mr Steve Otaloro, the party said: “The leadership […]

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Ex-IGP Tafa Balogun: Diaspora Ila Orangun indigenes open condolence registers

As Ila Orangun, the Osun State hometown of a former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun awaits his body from Lagos tomorrow, Saturday, his kinsmen living in different towns across Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja will from today open condolence registers to mourn his passage. The National Public Relations Officer of the association, […]

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Adekuoroye wins Nigeria’s sixth gold

Nigerian wrestling dynamite, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has claimed Nigeria’s sixth gold at the 2022 ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday. She won the gold in the Women’s 57kg Freestyle Wrestling after beating Anshu Malik of India. The 2018 Commonwealth champion defeated her opponent 6-4 in the final to successfully defend the crown she won in […]

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