The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed an alleged plan to dissolve its Ondo state executive to accommodate the inerest of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. It said the dissolution plan story was sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as “part of the retroactive steps of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government information […]
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Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, left, Itunu’s mother and father during a condolence visit to Itunu’s parents Vows to unravel circumstances surrounding Itunu’s death The House of Representatives has said the Ivorian Ambassador to Nigeria, will have to ensure that the wrongful incarceration that resulted in the death of […]
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• Scammers joining police to cover tracks –Sources In this report, Afeez Hanafi and Percy Ani write about tactics internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys employ to perpetuate their illicit act under the watch of security agents Peter Onyeiwu was driving home with his friends from Oniru Beach – a relaxation spot uptown Lagos […]
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The pioneer Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has given an insight into the severe pressure mounted on the party by influential persons to make sure the then retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, now the President, did not emerge as the party’s candidate for the 2015 election. In his […]
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Flanked by two women on whose shoulders she leaned, Bukola Adebayo trudged to the family’s expansive living room from the bedroom. She sank into a cushion with a Bible clutched to her chest, sitting close to her bereaved husband, Adeyemi Adebayo. A team of the Lagos State Government officials led by the Commissioner for Education, […]
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There can be no contention that government’s regular claim of triumph of security forces over the spate of insurgency in many parts of the North is not supported by equally regular and even more frequent deadly attacks on hapless citizens. This much can be gleaned from the recent dastardly attack by marauding terrorists on the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extoled the qualities of the late Justice Bolarinwa Babalakin, who transited last Saturday (December 4, 2021) at the ripe age of 94, describing him as an outstanding Nigerian whose legacies would endure for generations. President Buhari spoke yesterday, through a delegation, which was received at the Lagos residence of Dr. Wale […]
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• Main Exercise Holds On Monday The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the country. The simulated auction, which took place yesterday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, was preparatory to the main auction […]
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An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, remanded a pastor, Olajiga Banji (63), his wife Olajiga Victoria (57) and daughter, Olajiga Sikemi (31), at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. The Chief Magistrate, Michael Faola ordered the defendants to be remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Centre pending issuance of legal advice […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, as a man of vision who is jealously following the footsteps of the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon in uniting the people. The comment came on the heels of Governor Simon Lalong allegedly avoiding Jonathan and Jang, yesterday, at an important […]
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