After spending 227 days behind bars in neighbouring Benin Republic, Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), may be freed today from detention. A source close to him said that negotiation with Benin Republic authorities.for his release to get medical attention reached an advanced stage on Thursday morning, with assured expectation that Igboho […]
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Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has said that dismissed soldiers who have expressed readiness to fight invading Russian soldiers in Ukraine should be deployed in Borno, Yobe and other states in North-East Nigeria to combat terrorists. Adeoye stated this in an exclusive interview on Friday. He said the Nigerian Government should be proactive […]
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Nigerian students, who just got evacuated from Ukraine amidst the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, disembark from a chartered plane after landing at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Abuja, Nigeria on March 4, 2022. – A first batch of 415 Nigerian students who were studying in Ukraine were flown back home on Friday, according to […]
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Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has said that 80 per cent of emergency cases brought to its facility were not tertiary cases. The Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, said this during the inauguration of its ‘Project Eagle’ in Lagos on Friday. Project Eagle is an initiative of […]
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Credit: Twitter/NIDCOM The first batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine has arrived in Abuja. This is according to an update by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on its Twitter handle. The passengers, numbering 416 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 7:10 am (WAT) via a […]
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Over 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, United Nations figures showed Friday. The UN children’s agency UNICEF estimates that around half a million of them are youngsters. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has projected that more than four million Ukrainian refugees may eventually […]
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Credit: Twitter/BashirAhmaad • Provision is unconstitutional, says Sagay • There is nothing wrong with it, Adegboruwa insists • Melaye, Kadiri, others urge NASS to ignore President Eight days after President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the Electoral Act 2022, the National Assembly has begun the process of amending the legislation, which has divided Nigerians. President Muhammadu […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has described Senator Nicholas Tofowomo as its worthy ambassador in the National Assembly. While celebrating him on his 62nd birthday, on Friday, the party said that he is “a major pillar of support for the PDP in Ondo State.” In a birthday wish signed by its state […]
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By Oluwaseun Akingboye This is a blow too many to bear, Though all in the wake strive to put it at bay, Even like a gallant soldier he fought on to cheat it, As the deep rallied round the deep to make him stay; Yet he chose to rest, Which is sweet after all labours […]
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The police have re-filed charges against the proprietor of Hilton Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife, Osun State, Rahmon Adedoyin, and eight others over the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Court documents seen show that the case, earlier withdrawn from the FCT High Court in Abuja last […]
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