No fewer than 10 persons died in a fatal crash on Wednesday along the Rukpokwu-Igwuruta Road in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. An eyewitness said an eight-month-old baby was one of the four occupants of a Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle, which went up in flames. The driver of a commercial bus, […]
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Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari met with his predecessor, former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Jonathan, who arrived the Villa at about 3pm, went into a closed-door meeting with the President immediately. The Presidency did not disclose the agenda of the meeting. It was however […]
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Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed, has listed 100 achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021. Following is the full text of the press conference he addressed on Thursday in Lagos, in which he paraded the achievements: “Gentlemen, good morning, and thanks for honouring our invitation to this press conference which, in line with our tradition, […]
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One of Nigeria’s most vibrant newspapers, The Punch, has petitioned the Police Inspector-General, Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba, over the alleged attack on its correspondent, Toni Ufor, by some policemen attached to the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) on Wednesday. The officers also reportedly seized Ufor’s phone and identity card. In the petition, the newspaper’s Editor Ademola […]
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The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has reiterated that he remains unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kukah said this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for are not personal. There are two issues […]
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With the wave of killings, kidnapping, arson and other criminalities spreading across many northern states, it is slightly consoling that at last, the perpetrators, hitherto labelled ‘bandits’ in the North West and North Central have been properly recognised as terrorists that they really are. Thanks to an order from the Bench, the Buhari administration has […]
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Ooni and his Olori Silekunola The Chairman, Ondo State Council of Obas and Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has intervened in the misunderstanding between the Arole Oodua and foremost Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of lfe, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and his estranged Olorii Silekunola. It was gathered that Oba Aladelusi held separate meetings […]
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The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) reopened on a downturn yesterday, occasioned by losses in many highly capitalised stocks, especially BUA cement and MTNN, causing market capitalisation to decline by N238 billion. The market resumed trading activities yesterday, after the Yuletide holidays declared by the Federal government on Monday and Tuesday, December 27th and 28th, 2021 […]
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Cars stand at a drive-in vaccination station, on a country road near Loechgau, southern Germany, on December 30, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle / AFP) Germany announced Thursday it would lift in early January strict travel rules for people arriving from countries hardest hit by the Omicron coronavirus variant. All […]
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Urges Wabara, Abaribe, others to withdraw support The South East Democratic Civil Society Coalition (SEDSOC), yesterday, rejected the purported endorsement of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, for the presidency in 2023. Former President of the Senate, Adolphus Wabara and Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, both of the Peoples […]
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