Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher who murdered his pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, last December to death. Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids College, was sentenced to death by hanging. He, alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Musa, were arraigned before the Kano State High court on a five-count charge of […]
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Speculation pushing currency to super highway, says Fasua ‘It will fall to as low as Nigerians wish’ I have only buying rate because there is dollar to sell, dealer laments Olujimi: We are bleeding and bleeding badly Exactly a year after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stopped the weekly funding of the bureaux de […]
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Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai said President Muhammadu Buhari was not aware of the terrorists’ threat to abduct and kill him. El-Rufai during a Radio Programme said Buhari has been informed of the threat to abduct him and promised to improve security in Nigeria. The Kaduna State governor wondered how bold terrorists have become to […]
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Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Account, Senator Matthew Urhoghide (left); Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; Senate Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda; Senator Chukwuka Utazi and others during briefing on threat to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari for insensitivity to insecurity in the country at National Assembly, Abuja yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko To give President impeachment notice after […]
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By Abdu Rafiu I have for a long time been following the Facebook handle of Funke Aboyade with more than passing interest. Funke Aboyade is a lawyer, a practitioner at that. But she loves writing. Apart from newspaper law reporting, following in the indelibly imprinted footsteps of Dr. Olu Onagoruwa and Kola Awodein, she is […]
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We’ve lost a committed progressive – Akeredolu Great loss to Akure, Ondo – Adegoroye We’re shocked, sad – APC A former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Prince Olu Adegboro, has passed on. He was commissioner in the Adebayo Adefarati administration. The All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain and an Akure prince reportedly died in the […]
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Tears flowed uncontrollably from friends, family and political associates of late Oyo State House of Assembly lawmaker, Olusegun Popoola, as his remains were buried on Wednesday. Until his death on July 12 2022, he was a lawmaker representing Ibadan South-East II and was the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. He died […]
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The Tinubu Campaign Organisation said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has opened talks with religious bodies and stakeholders in the country in the face of the controversy trailing his Muslim-Muslim ticket. This is even as the Christian Association of Nigeria and Arewa Pastors denied knowledge of such move, adding […]
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Two persons have been confirmed dead while one person sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The road crash occurred at 4 am on Wednesday, around Kilometre 27, Ogunmakin, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has reinstated 129 public primary school teachers, unlawfully sacked by the previous administration. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran stated this on Wednesday, while congratulating the teachers, according to a statement by the board’s Media Team Head, Olamide Adeniji. Adeniran […]
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