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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By Femi Fani-Kayode As each day passes the illusion of a Southern Presidency in 2023 melts away like an iceberg approaching the tropics. At the end of the day both parties will present a Northern candidate, NOTHING will happen and the heavens will not fall. This is because Southerners do not know the meaning of […]
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A mother and her child have been recovered dead from the rubble of the collapsed three-storey building in Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. Acting Southwest Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye said they were recovered at the wee hours of Monday, adding that a total of 23 persons have so far been rescued. The building […]
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Prof Wale Adeniran; Prof Wole Soyinka; Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho; and Prof Banji Akintoye after a closed door meeting in Cotonou yesterday Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has visited Yoruba nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The literary giant was seen at the Seme border around […]
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A leading Ondo South Senatorial District aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections, Mr Mathew Oye Oyerinmade, has sent message of hope, trust and total commitment to the teachings and lessons of the Quran after the Ramadan fasting. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr […]
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