Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says all is set to launch the pilot nationwide deployment and use of Virtual Court Proceedings in Nigeria’s Correctional Centres. Malami said this in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, on Friday in Abuja. He […]
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Lagos State Ministry of Education has said it would unravel what led to the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a 12 year old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki who died under allegedly controversial circumstances on Tuesday. This comes as the school closed today following the family’s claims that the boy died as a result of […]
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After 21 months of protracted closure and public suspense on reopening for Church Services at The Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN, life will begin to beam again as from Sunday, December 5, 2021, at its Ikotun-Egbe, Segun Irefin sprawling headquarters in Lagos as its gate would be open for its global members who have […]
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By Dare Babarinsa There is something truly amazing about Chief Bisi Akande, the son of a palm-wine tapper who became a qualified accountant at 22. At 60 in 1999, he was sworn in as the second elected Governor of Osun State, taking the baton from the last military administrator, Brigadier Theophilous Bamigboye. Four days into […]
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Sanwo-Olu at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Students, activist to join Walk for Peace The row generated by the White Paper on the #EndSARS report is yet to abate. Some aggrieved women who claimed to have lost loved ones in the October 20, 2020 Lekki Tollgate incident stormed the Ikoyi residence of Lagos State Deputy […]
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• Nigerians explore other platforms, but economic losses via suspension rise to N447b • ALTON, A4AI express worries, want FG to consider the impact on the economy In about two days from now, precisely December 5, it will be exactly six months since the Federal Government banned Twitter operations in Nigeria. Though the Federal Government […]
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Vaccine hesitancy, funding of molecular labs, major challenges – Cross River Low vaccination drive in Nigeria’s rural areas fuelling transmission, says WHO State governments have said they will resume and increase mass testing for COVID-19 following the detection of the Omicron variant of the virus in the country. Government officials in states including Cross River, […]
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Hoodlums in their hundreds on Thursday set ablaze the Gubernatorial Campaign Office of one of the political opponents of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Sen. Barau Jibrin representing Kano north senatorial district. Some of the attackers were said to have gone with dangerous weapons to the Senator’s office located along Maiduguri Road in the early hours of […]
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To ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari signs the Electoral Act Amendment bill along with the controversial mandatory direct primaries, some National Assembly members have expressed willingness to approve a loan for the Federal Government to fund the election should the budget surpass N500 billion as being speculated. This is just as the House invited the […]
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Globacom and Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited are set to miss out on the deployment of Fifth Generation network for at least two years as the Nigerian Communications Commission qualifies MTN Nigeria Plc, Airtel Networks Limited and one new player for its 5G auction. The NCC announced on Thursday only three qualified bidders met its […]
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