Ondo State’s Elders’ Council mourns Adegboro, condoles family

The State’s Working Committee of the Elders’ Council [SWC-EC], in Ondo State has commiserated with the family of a former Commissioner for Information in the State, Prince Olu Adegboro, on his passage. Adegboro, who was also the Chairman of the State’s Working Committee of the Elders’ Council, died on Wednesday last week at 74. During […]

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Top police officers meet, strategise to combat Nigeria’s security challenges, monitor 2023 elections

As gunmen attack, injure AIG, kill orderly, wound others IG orders targeted raids of suspected criminals’ cells Police Inspector General, Alkali Baba Usman has directed the immediate commencement of a special visibility policing operation across all Commands nationwide as part of a major operational initiative to stabilise Nigeria’s internal security. He gave the directive while […]

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2023: Fintiri unveils female professor as running mate

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has unveiled a female, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, as his running mate for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said this at the unveiling ceremony in Yola on Wednesday, saying that Farauta, currently Vice-Chancellor of the Adamawa University, Mubi, was selected based on […]

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Charly Boy: Marriage not easy, the longer you stay, the tougher it gets

Veteran showbiz man and activist, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy has expressed a deep yearning for bachelorhood. Having spent 45 years in marriage, Area Fada informed his fans that he was tired and desired to go back to being a bachelor once again. According to him, the institution gets tougher as it progresses. Torn in […]

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NBA to appeal lawyer Effiong’s jailing, may petition NJC

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it would appeal the one-month jail sentence handed a Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt. NBA President Olumide Akpata said efforts to free Inibehe by diplomatic means had failed, following Justice Obot’s unwillingness or inability to “further entertain the […]

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UK licenses 266 Nigerian doctors in two months

The General Medical Council which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom licensed at least 266 Nigerian doctors in June and July, 2022. The implication is that at least three Nigerian doctors were licensed per day in June and July 2022 despite the moves by the Federal Government to […]

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Terror attack: FG suspends Lagos-Kano, Ajaokuta train services, state shifts LG polls

The Nigeria Railway Corporation has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of terrorist attacks. Multiple sources in the Ministry of Transportation and the NRC confided in one of our correspondents that the train services would not resume until the security along the Lagos-Kano route and the Ajaokuta train station is guaranteed. […]

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Patient dies during surgery as Ondo hospital rations fuel

A middle-aged-man, Sunday Samuel, has accused the Ondo State Trauma and Surgical Centre, Ondo Town, of negligence after his wife died during a surgical operation at the facility. The deceased, Fola, was reportedly diagnosed with breast cancer. The mother of four was thereafter placed on medication for about a month in the hospital ward before […]

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Strike: Students cry out, fear missing law school

Call-to-bar Some final-year law students in the Nigerian public universities have cried out over the possibility of not being mobilised for the Nigerian Law School in 2022 due to the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Lamenting on Tuesday in separate chats, some of them said their final year results had […]

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