Polygamy: Buy me presidential form, make positive use of united energy -Yul Edochie

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has urged his fans and other Nigerians to buy him a presidential form. The actor took to his social media accounts on Saturday to upload a short video, applauding the “united energy” of all Nigerians against his choice of a second wife. According to him, the “energy” came from all over […]

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Alaafin’s successor will inherit his wives – Archbishop Ladigbolu

Archbishop Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Most Reverend Ayo Ladigbolu, who is from the Agunloye Ruling House of Oyo Kingdom, in this interview, speaks to Olufemi Olaniyi about the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the controversies surrounding his burial, the wives left behind by the monarch and succession tradition to […]

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JAMB directs UTME candidates to start printing notification slips

Website: https://www.jamb.gov.ng The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their notification slips from Saturday, 30th April, 2022. The board directed candidates to visit its website: https://www.jamb.gov.ng to print the slip. The Director, Information Technology Services, Fabian Okoro, gave […]

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INEC may disqualify candidates in planned party membership verification

Ahead of the primaries of political parties scheduled to end on June 3, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it will authenticate the membership registers submitted to it by the parties. It, however, warns that any political party that falsifies its figures or has multiple registrations on its register may have its candidate(s) disqualified. It […]

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People think I’m a madman, kidnapper but I’ve built houses, married 9 wives, have 35 children – Scavenger

Fifty-year-old Mr Azeez Ismail, nicknamed Alfa Jakujaku, tells Temitope Adetunji about his journey as a scraps scavenger and how he has made fortunes from the business Tell us about yourself. My name is Azeez Ismail popularly called Jakujaku (rubbish). I was born in Oyo State. My father’s name is Azeez; he is a well-known person […]

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Mike Adenuga @ 69: Salute to a man of the people

Photo: HKLM By Toni Kan The year was 1990 and Nigeria had a military president and a medical doctor turned oil man was in charge of the nation’s oil ministry. With zero oil industry experience, the brilliant doctor set himself three quick tasks; midwife indigenous participation in the oil and gas industry, increase reserves as well […]

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ASUU Strike: Students, parents knock FG, politicians

Say Politicking For 2023 Election While Students Idle Away At Home Dangerous Lampoon Ngige, Nwajiuba Over Presidential Bids ‘Enough Is Enough’ There is palpable anger in the country amid preparations for the 2023 general election following the failure of the Federal Government to reach a truce with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and […]

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7 dead, 5 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway crash

Seven persons have been confirmed dead in a road crashe at the Ogun State stretch of Lagos Ibadan expressway. Five others were badly injured in the accident recorded around 7:40pm on Friday opposite Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in Ogunmakin Km 27 on Lagos – Ibadan expressway. Two vehicles marked LSR696XS (Mazda bus) and […]

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Nigeria: The travails of an animal kingdom

By Itse Sagay 1. Introduction Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel highly honoured to be invited to give the 2018 Convocation Lecture of this great institution. I thank the Chancellor, the Chairman and Members of Council and Senate for this high privilege. The title of this lecture was deliberately chosen to express and articulate my […]

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2023 and echoes of 1993: Never again!

File photo: This photograph was taken at the occasion sometime in 2018, where President Muhammadu Buhari validated the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election; declared the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who won that election, a former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; conferred on him posthumously the GCFR National Honor usually reserved […]

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