Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, GCFR, who headed the interim national government that succeeded the junta of Gen Ibrahim Babangida, has died. A boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died at Evercare hospital, in the Lekki area of Lagos state, at the age of 85, it was gathered. He was […]
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his Rivers counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, have predicted victory for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election. Both governors spoke on Monday when Wike visited Diri at the Government House in Yenagoa. According to Diri, only PDP can rescue Nigeria from insecurity and economic downturn. […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says he will consider contesting for president if the All Progressives Congress (APC) zones its presidential ticket to the South-East region. Kalu disclosed this on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday after Christmas and New Year […]
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By Banji Ayoola Jesus the Saviour, smashed the ceiling. He broke the barricade, shattered the walls and the encasement with which humanity had fenced ourselves off the Spiritual, the Divine and thus our Creator, the One Supreme Almighty Father; with which we had imprisoned ourselves, suffocating, choking and gasping for breath in wrongs distances away […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari (left) with All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, during a meeting at the State House, Abuja…yesterday Tinubu: I’ve informed Buhari of my lifelong ambition to be president He has what it takes to be president, says YCE Secretary-General His presidential ambition a huge joke – Bode George Coalition of […]
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By Eric Ikhilae The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice is a creation of the 1999 Constitution under sections 150(1) & (2). The current occupant of the office is Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Abubakar Malami. Malami was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and is regarded as […]
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By Sanya Oni For an administration that have, all too often, preferred the bubble of exaggerated self-assessment to the living reality that have come to define the lot of the ordinary citizen, it must have come something of a relief for its army of critics that Channel Television’s Seun Okinbaloye reeled out the stats that […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has said it is not impressed with the low turnout of students in public schools across the State, as students resume for the 2021\2022 second term academic activities. Executive Chairman of the state’s Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran stated this during an inspection of resumption in […]
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Governor Dapo Abiodun on Monday signed the controversial Ogun State Chieftaincy Bill into law. The bill titled ‘Obas, Chiefs, Council of Obas and Traditional Council law of Ogun State, Bill 2021, is aimed at “respecting human dignity and promotion of modernity” in the installation and burial of traditional rulers. The law is also aimed at […]
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By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha That officials of the Nigerian state have made the spurious claim that the gunmen who have unleashed a savage orgy of bloodletting and violence in many sections of the Nigerian federation are unknown, is a profound, if miserable contradiction in tragic terms. Ours is drama without a hero, of only villains […]
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