#EndSARS protest against police brutality in October 2020 The Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS for its timely report after the inquiry into the 2020 protests. The Bar expressed its commendation in a statement signed respectively by its Chairman and Secretary, Messrs Pius Oiwoh […]
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A campaign billboard showing candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Professor Charles Soludo, also known as Cee Cee Soludo,, also known as Cee Cee Soludo, also known as Cee Cee Soludo,, is seen along the road ahead of next November 6 governorship election in Akwa, Anambra State in southeast Nigeria, on November 3, 2021. […]
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A police orderly climbs to search for his boss in the rubble of a 21-storey building under construction that collapsed at Ikoyi district of Lagos, on November 1, 2021. – Several people have been trapped while unspecified number of people mostly construction workers were feared dead as the building suddenly collapsed in the Ikoyi district […]
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A scene of the gas explosion at Ladipo Spare Part Market, Lagos on Tuesday. Photo: NAN The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says Tuesday’s explosion at Ladipo Spare Part Market, Lagos was caused by acetylene gas. Its National Secretary, Mr Olukayode Solomon, made […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has nominated 14 commissioner and seven special adviser designates to assist in running the affairs of the state. He also named his son, Babajide, as the Director-General of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU). In a statement by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Tuesday, the […]
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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo gives a speech during the 75th anniversary celebrations of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / Pool / AFP) Presidents from five African countries are set to converge on Sal Island, Cape Verde, for […]
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Ondo State Government has lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over that party’s criticisms of the appointment of the state Governor’s first son, Babajide Akeredolu as Director General, PPIU. In a statement by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Donald Ojogo on Wednesday, government described the PDP as a lazy opposition which could not […]
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Ex President Goodluck Jonathan says he convened the 2014 National Conference with the intention to create an environment for Nigerians to address issues pushing citizens towards divisive politics and sowing the seeds of discord. He stated this in his remarks at the “2nd Igbo Nsukka Zik Annual Merit Award”, in memory of the first Nigerian […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled judgment for November 30 in a suit challenging the qualification of the governor-elect, Charles Soludo, and the deputy governor-elect, Onyeka Ibezim, to contest the November 6 Anambra State governorship election. Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date yesterday after lawyers for the plaintiffs and defendants made their final […]
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Scene of the gas explosion in Mushin, Lagos… yesterday Photo: Eniola Daniel Tragedy struck yesterday at Papa Ajao in Mushin Local Council of Lagos State, following explosion of industrial gas cylinders that killed five people. The deceased are three male adults, a woman and a male teenager. Eye witnesses said the incident occurred when the […]
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