Tension has gripped Orhuwhorun community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State as gunmen shot dead a popular building materials merchant in the area and reportedly abducted his son. The incident reportedly occurred around Usiefurun junction at about 9 PM on Saturday, as the attackers numbering about five, stormed the area in a Toyota […]
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Says military fully aware of its duties President demands loyalty, patriotism, minister tells naval ratings The Presidency on Sunday, said President Muhammadu Buhari had done more than was expected of him as Commander-in-Chief in ensuring the security of Nigerians. This was as it said it would not be arm-twisted into responding to propaganda promulgated by […]
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President Muhammadu on Sunday approved the appointment of Nasiru Ila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). According to a statement signed late Sunday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Ila replaces Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub who was appointed Minister […]
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Osinbajo; wife, Dolapo; and others at Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, appreciated the management of Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, following a successful surgery on his right femur (thigh bone). Osinbajo, who was admitted on Saturday, July 16, was said to be recuperating and “would be discharged within a few […]
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Council of Students Union Presidents has said that its members will be storming the Federal Capital Territory for a peaceful protest if the ongoing Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not called off. The organisation, which comprises all Students Union Presidents across Federal Universities in Nigeria, had in a letter to the […]
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Works and Housing minister, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Federal Government is returning tolling to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway upon completion of the rehabilitation of the highway. In an interview on Channels Television‘s ‘Sunday Politics’, the minister said about three toll plazas were expected on the highway. While projecting the completion of the road rehabilitation […]
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Dr. Deji Adeleke, the founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State and an elder brother to the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, warned that he would lead opposition against his younger brother if his government derailed. The brother, who spoke at the eighth convocation ceremony of the University held on the campus […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has lauded United Nations Human Rights Council for allegedly indicting the Kenyan and Nigerian Governments over the arrest and extraordinary rendition of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group also commended its lawyer, Mr Bruce Fein, and others who assisted in one form or another to achieve the feat. In […]
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Photo/Facebook/TheAsoVilla By Martins Oloja This is a time to be cynical and censorious about the state of the nation. It is also a defining moment to counsel crisis merchants who live by the temple of sycophancy that they should sheathe their swords at this perilous time. We need to tell them that they should allow […]
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Northern Nigeria residents are becoming poorer, food insecure and more vulnerable to the vicissitude of fortune as a result of worsening insecurity ravaging the region, according to a study conducted by Save the Children International (SCI). In the report entitled “Addressing Food Insecurity and Livelihood, the SCI said that from its work in the North […]
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