A medical doctor, Aghogho Henry Owhojede has told the Lagos Coroner Court how Sylvester Omoroni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos died. Dr Owhojede was giving evidence before the Coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri. Under cross-examination by Akin George, a counsel of Lagos State, Dr Owhojede disclosed that the deceased was not treated at any […]
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Twenty-four hours after news broke that the Economic Financial Crimes Commission had filed a N2.9bn fraud case against a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, the politician’s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo, on Tuesday said that the anti-graft agency had yet to serve his principal. In a statement in Owerri, Onwuemeodo alleged that the media handlers […]
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Clark: Buhari’s successor should come from South The seeming unity among Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders before and after its convention last October may hit the rock with the tense struggle for the 2023 presidential ticket. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday insisted that it was the turn of the South to provide the party’s […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Tuesday, refused to confirm his presidential ambition in 2023, saying there is still time to do so. Wike was on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television, where he was asked to confirm joining the presidential race. However, the governor did not deny or confirm nursing […]
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FG officials blame vandalism, PIA implementation delay, others Nigeria missed its crude oil output target for January 2022, pumping 1.46 million barrels per day against a target of 1.683 million bpd as approved by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited […]
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No subsidy removal until refineries are working under next government – Sylva The Muhammadu Buhari administration will not be able to complete the repairs of the comatose refineries and will be expecting the next government to continue with it. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said this on Tuesday on NTA’s Good […]
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1999 Constitution By Ogheneochuko Arodovwe Nigeria is famously notorious for borrowing concepts from elsewhere, distorting the meaning and intention of the original users to suit certain interests, and carrying on as though everything is right. Take for instance, the concept of ‘federation’ currently adopted to disguise the practice of absolute dictatorship of the oriental despotic […]
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In furtherance of his consultations over his presidential ambition, ex-Vice President and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has visited former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida in his Uphill residence, Minna, Niger State. Though the purpose of the meeting which lasted for about one hour was kept in wraps by both sides, […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Recently, the former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, tested the political waters through the Chairman of Daar Communications, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, concerning a supposed one-term presidency. Dr. Dokpesi was reported to have advised the South-East Zone to allow Atiku to run for a single term from 2023 to 2027 and that […]
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NHIS wades into HCPs, HMOs rift President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, launched a N62.1 billion trust fund to end Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a public health threat and place more people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on treatment yearly. At the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN) in Abuja, the Nigerian […]
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