Health workers wearing protective gear prepare equipment before testing people for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a compound in Shanghai on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP) Businesses, schools and restaurants in Xi’an will close for one week, officials said Tuesday, after the Chinese city logged a handful of Covid-19 cases as outbreaks […]
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The recent complaint by 14 justices of the Supreme Court, against the retired Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, is easily a scandal that is unbefitting to the nation’s apex court and by extension, the judiciary. The 14 justices, in a letter, confronted Muhammad and accused his office of financial mismanagement, maladministration and […]
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Police on Tuesday dismissed as misleading, stories making the rounds that four terrorists entered the Grace of God Church, Onitsha, Anambra State on Sunday in an effort to bomb the place. The state’s police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated in Awka that a Facebook post by one Chinasa Nworu that terrorists sneaked into the church […]
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As preparations are in top gear for the 80th birthday celebration of legendary Nigerian actor, Olu Jacobs, some Nollywood actors have started to pour encomiums on him. The veteran actor will turn 80 on July 11. Actors, on Monday, took to their Instagram pages to celebrate Olu Jacobs with the display of his recent picture. […]
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The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Silas, barely 24 hours after he was abducted by some armed men. Silas was kidnapped from the parish rectory at St. Charles Catholic Church in Zambina, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state in the early hours of Monday. In […]
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The Federal Government has restated its appeal to the states to cooperate in ensuring that herders embrace ranching in ending the perennial Farmers-herdsmen clashes. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, restated the appeal in London during his engagements with some international media houses. He is in London to engage.the international media and […]
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Businessman and philanthropist Femi Otedola on Tuesday said he prays that Bola Tinubu will get his heart’s desire to be Nigeria’s president in the 2023 election. Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside former vice president Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party’s Peter Obi are among […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised hopes of students that it is close to calling off the ongoing strike action that has lasted for over three months. ASUU on Monday issued a condition that will cause it to immediately call off the strike that led to the closure of many public universities […]
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The last batch of Sixty-three pilgrims from Oyo State arrived Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning via a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The pilgrims, who arrived at about 8 a.m, spent close to two hours before clearing their hand luggage at the airport. According to the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, […]
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A group, the Nigeria Democracy Defence Watch, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, against presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election. The group made the appeal in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari titled: “APC’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket in Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Threat to National […]
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