APC Irele/Okitipupa Rep candidate, Odimayo preaches peace, love at Eid-el-Kabir

Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency in the 2023 National Assembly Election, Prince Jimi Odimayo, has preached peace, love and tranquility among Muslims and other Nigerians during the celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir and beyond. He made the plead in his Sallah Massage to all Islamic followers, Imams and […]

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Former Oyo Governor Olunloyo still alive – UCH

Authorities of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday declared that a former Governor of the State, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, is still alive, contrary to some online media reports. Some online media had on Saturday reported the death of the former governor. The Public Relations Officer of UCH, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, […]

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For Mike Awoyinfa, the ‘iniquity man’ at 70

By Femi Adesina Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss, mentor, an icon, and your journalistic dad at 70. Yes, Mike Awoyinfa, editor of the celebrated Weekend Concord, and pioneer Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun, which hit the newspaper market like a […]

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FEDPOLY Ile Oluji rector, Fasakin preaches love at Eid-el-Kabir

The rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Prof. Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin, is preaching love among all Nigerians as Muslims celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. In a Sallah message titled ‘Happy Eid-el-Kabir to our Muslim Community,’ which he signed, he said: “I joyfully join our Muslim Brothers and Sisters and all well-wishers in Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji,Ondo […]

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‘Boris Johnson’s fall a lesson for Nigerian politicians’

Nigerian diplomats have advocated independence, respect for authority and self worth as the hallmark of politicians and people occupying high offices in the country. The former Nigeria’s ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Patrick Dele Cole, and former External Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, who made the recommendations yesterday, on the heels of the resignation of the […]

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Buhari in Sallah message says ‘I won’t rest until I bring relief to Nigerians’

President Muhammadu Buhari has again reassured us that his administration would continue to address the current security challenges and costs of living in the country, saying “I won’t rest until I bring relief to Nigerians.” Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide in a statement, said the president gave the assurance in his Eid-el Kabir […]

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Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home, office

[Files] Police use tear gas to disperse university students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by […]

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Wike, APC Governors in secret meeting

Former Governor of Ekiti State and PDP stalwart, Ayo Fayose (left); Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Kayode Fayemi, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) during a private meeting with Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike (2nd right) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State… on Friday Three […]

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Japan mourns as body of assassinated PM Abe returns to Tokyo

Site where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death near Yamato Saidaiji Station in Nara Prefecture on July 8, 2022. Abe went on a stumping tour for supporting his party member candidate in the House of Councillors election. ¬ 67-year-old Abe has been shot in the chest and has been confirmed dead at […]

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