Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organisation has said that structures are in place to challenge Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the Lagos All Progressives Congress governorship ticket. The group also said there are plans to send Sanwo-Olu out of office in 2023. The chairman of AMCO and former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral resources, Wale Oluwo, made this […]
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By Banji Ayoola When money is temporarily withdrawn from one, and one is made to go through hard or lean times, to experience lack and deprivation, there are certain lessons to learn. Such as humility, compassion, self control and consideration for others who are in need, one’s neighbours who are going through pains and experiencing […]
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An excavator packs rubble into a waiting truck at the site of a building collapse at Ibadan Street along Herbert Macaulay Way in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State on May 2, 2022. Credit: Channels TV President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families of those who died, sustained injuries, and were affected in the […]
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One person was pulled out alive Monday from the rubble of a building that collapsed three days ago in central China, state-run television said, with hopes of finding more survivors fading fast. The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema — caved in on Friday, sparking […]
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Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has urged politicians to allow peace reign in the country. He made the call on Monday in his Eid-el-fitr Sallah message to Nigerians in Sokoto. He said politicians in the country should play the game of politics […]
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On this auspicious international May Day holiday, the plight of Nigerian workers remains as harrowing as it is pathetic. The working population is the engine-room of a functional society that should in turn grease it for efficiency. In Nigeria, workers are hard done by the culpable inefficient state that perpetually scorns them. But inherent in […]
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Photo: Twitter/Bashir Ahmad President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other Muslim faithful at the parade ground of the Mambila Barracks, Abuja, to perform the Eid-el-Fitr prayer. The Nigerian leader, accompanied by some of his family members and personnel aides, arrived at the venue of the event at about 9.00 a.m. Others at the praying ground […]
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Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL) says it remains committed in the fight against malaria scourge and other communicable diseases in Nigeria. CNL’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Rick Kennedy made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in commemoration of the World Malaria Day marked annually on April 25. Kennedy said that Chevron had partnered with […]
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Workers displaying their voter cards at the Workers’ Day rally in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua Govt hypes regular salary payment as feat End ASUU strike or we’ll mobilise students to truncate your presidential ambition, NANS tells Nwajiuba Challenges Osinbajo to match words with action by settling ASUU/FG face-off within seven days Reps Minority Caucus […]
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The death toll at the collapsed three-storey building at Ebute-Meta in Lagos has risen to eight, an official has said. Ibrahim Farinloye, South-west Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. The eight dead persons include five males and three females. An old three-storey […]
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