In this file photo taken on April 5, 2022 Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he waits to welcome Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo at at 10 Downing Street, in London, ahead of a meeting. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a no-confidence vote triggered by his Conservative MPs, on June 6, 2022, and […]
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Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on Wednesday condoled with the families of seven persons who died in a car accident in Buni Yadi Local Government Area of the state. He offered his condolences in a statement issued by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu. The Police Command in the […]
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A female adult has reportedly escaped death at the scene of a building collapse which occurred at Number 15, Oke-Arin Street, Ilupeju/Palm Grove in Lagos State. The abandoned two-storey building reportedly collapsed to ground Zero in the early hours of Wednesday, July 13, 2022. It was learnt that the incident occurred due to aging of […]
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A building at Onipanu area of Lagos has reportedly collapsed. This is barely two weeks after a church building under construction collapsed opposite Number 17, Cardoso Street, off Martins Street in Mushin. The incident occurred at about 1.07am at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju but details could not be ascertained at press time. The […]
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Over 23,100 security officials deployed as Osun prepares for governorship poll Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Osun State, the police and other security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, have declared war on vote-buyers and mapped out strategies to checkmate their activities. To curb the malpractices during the poll, the […]
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By Matthew Agboma Ozah Dear youth, Let me confess to a certain elation at the way and manner youth across the country have coordinated themselves and are warming up enthusiastically to take their country back in the forthcoming elections by capturing their biodata under the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registration exercise. By no means […]
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Kuje prison By Ayo Oyoze Baje “There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny. They should be setting the examples” – Edward Snowden They come in with guts, grits and such a high level of gruesomeness to unleash terror on innocent Nigerians and yet go Scot-free! The dare-devil bravado […]
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With the appointment of Muazu Sambo and Ademola Adegoroye as the Minister of Transportation and Minister of State for Transportation respectively, stakeholders demand rapid development in the maritime sector in the remaining nine months of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had reshuffled his cabinet, appointing the two to supervise the ministry. Sambo, who […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede said this in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. The Briggs committee which was set up by the Federal Government on June 7, is renegotiating the 2009 Agreement […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.;Photo: Facebook/INECNIGERIA Identifies vote-buying as challenge confronting nation’s electoral processes The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said that the Osun State governorship election would be transparent, free, fair and conclusive. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ meeting in Osogbo, identified vote-buying as […]
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