Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, The first defendant in the case of murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, left the apartment, where the alleged murder occurred, a night before body was found. A security guard at the apartment said this on Wednesday while testifying before a Lagos high court as the second prosecution witness […]
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American President Biden The United States Department of State yesterday removed Nigeria from its list of religious freedom violators. It announced its list of designations for state and non-state religious freedom violators, according to a statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The most severe category of designation, called the “Countries of Particular Concern (CPC)” […]
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Justice Doris Okuwobi, retired, submitting the report to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Analysts commend panel Lagos State government in its first reaction to the viral report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters, which leaked on Monday, said yesterday that it had noted the various reactions […]
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The ongoing civil conflict in Ethiopia is partly engendered by the exclusionary policy of the Ahmed Abiy government. Thus, the Tigrayans are locked in a brutal civil war with the Addis Ababa government on the autonomy question despite the clear provision in that country’s constitution on the management of the national question. Perhaps a cautious […]
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The novel Coronavirus has pushed some 30 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty and dwarfed more than five years of progress, according to a report released, yesterday, at the ongoing Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore. The Bloomberg Economics Special Report, titled, “Long COVID: Jobs, Prices and Growth in the Enduring Pandemic,” noted […]
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Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday. Photo/Facebook/ professoryemiosinbajo Okays establishment of Federal University of Health Sciences The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, approved contracts totaling N27.4 billion for the execution of projects at the Ministries of Works and Housing, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). […]
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Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku • Peace has become elusive in Nigeria, says Catholic bishop • Why rapists are emboldened, by Amnesty There is tension in Taraba State as no fewer than 11 persons have been confirmed killed by alleged separatists from neighbouring Cameroon. The incident, which occurred, yesterday, at Manga village of Takum Local […]
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APC National Secretariat, Abuja yesterday • Party scribe insists it’s a precautionary measure • Marafa dares APC, says expulsion threat empty • I will not leave APC for Ganduje, Shekarau vows • Party merely postponing evil day, says Etta • Group gives 21-day ultimatum to shut secretariat over non-payment of N12.9m advert debt For the […]
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Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) is the Vice Chairman of the Body of Benchers. One-time Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, he is a Council Member of the International Bar Association (IBA). A respected Barman with a large heart, he served pro-bono as the Pro-Chancellor of the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It sometimes occurs to me that for politicians there are no qualms in turning every avenue, every event and every little space and opportunity into politics. When they are in their mood, nothing can be said to be hallowed neither in their reckoning nor in their sight. Sensibilities can be assailed even […]
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