Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Nigeria Defence Academy Military gets approval to deploy Super Tucano, DSS, police comb forests N’Assembly threatens shutdown APC lawmakers demand NSA’s sacking Leaked memos reveal why FEC rejected Amaechi’s N3.7bn security proposal A combined team of soldiers, operatives of the Department of State Services and the police have […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Low revenue accruing to state governments monthly from the Federation Account Allocation Committee is forcing the sub nationals to renew their calls for the removal of fuel subsidy. They are also introducing strategies to increase their Internally Generated Revenue. For instance, the Cross River State Government last week received only about 15 […]
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The board of directors of Punch Nigeria Limited has appointed Adeyeye Joseph as the newspaper group’s Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief. Joseph’s appointment will take effect from May 1, 2022. The newspaper’s current Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Ademola Osinubi, who forwarded a notice of retirement to the board in October 2020, will be retiring from the services of the company […]
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has joined the growing list of presidential aspirants on the platform of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He declared his intention to contest the forthcoming presidential election in a statement on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. In the statement titled, ‘Fayose debunks endorsement,’ the former two-term governor […]
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Abisayo Fakiyesi Cancer has remained a dominant terminal disease in the world. Anyone who hears the word, cancer, dreads it. Most individuals in the world still see cancer as a death sentence despite advancements in technology in treating the disease. According to medical news today, cancer is described as a disease that results when cellular […]
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By Ayo Olukotun Nigeria is a country stranded in dereliction, sleepwalking from one avoidable tragedy to another, never learning any lessons. Last Monday’s blasting of rail lines and subsequent attacks meted to passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna route, the second in six months, is a story of incompetence, muddle and ineptitude. As in previous tragedies, official […]
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By Fola Ojo Alas, the weird wind is blowing in the atmosphere. Sometimes, it blows unbearably cold. Other times, it blows intolerably hot. It is the weird wind of Nigeria that always barrels fiercely when the Lord is about to do a new thing. Elections are around the bend. Around the bruising and beastly bend […]
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By Ifeanyi Maduako The 2023 general elections are less than a year from now. With the recent conclusion of the All Progressives Congress national convention, where Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu was elected the national chairman of the party by consensus, activities for the 2023 elections have commenced in earnest. The election of Adamu as the national […]
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Police in Borno have arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly raping a 92-year-old woman. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Thursday that the suspect allegedly committed the crime at Mufa “A’’ ward in the Askira Uba Local Government Area of the state. Umar said […]
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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has given the nod for the upgrade of Osuntate College of Education Ilesa, the hometown of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to a university. He announced this while commissioning the Ijesaland Geriatric Centre, Ilesa on Thursday. He said: “Having looked into and examined carefully the request made by prominent sons […]
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