An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday extended an interim order restraining the Department of State Services, and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), from arresting, killing, or harassing Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. The court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola also extended […]
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Traffic on Oduduwa Way and Oduduwa Crescent in Ikeja Local Government Area will be diverted for six days, Lagos State Government announced on Monday. The diversion which will start on August 31 is to allow for the construction of culverts that will channel storm water towards the outfall across Agege Motor Road by Sogunle Bus […]
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Says economy picking up Despite the criticisms trailing the nation’s increasing debt profile, the Federal Government on Monday says it is borrowing “sensibly and responsibly.” The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a press conference in Abuja. She was joined at the brieifing by the Minister of Information and […]
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Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria have tackled the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, over the continued detention of 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, despite meeting all bail conditions. The senior advocates – Femi Falana, […]
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By Tony Ekata The world was jolted recently by events in Afghanistan. Barely two weeks after US president, Joe Biden, confidently declared that the Taliban could never take over power in Afghanistan because there were “over 300 000 US-trained army personnel in the country, compared to just 75, 000 Taliban,” Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, fled […]
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August 2021 witnessed many deaths of prominent Nigerians. Some died as a result of COVID-19 complications and other kinds of age-long sickness while others died as a result of old age. Here is a list of prominent Nigerians who died in August 2021: 1. Legendary singer Sir Victor Uwaifo Legendary singer and guitarist, Sir Victor […]
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Unsettled by abysmal leadership currently on offer by the political class, Nigerians earnestly look forward to a rescue mission at the 2023 general polls. Statesmen, groups, and even politicians are not left out of the anticipation, with some interesting permutations in the jostle for the next Presidential candidate. But beyond primitive sentiments of ethnicity, religion, […]
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Although African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case, outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is spreading throughout communities where too few children have received the polio vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a weakened strain of the virus that […]
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NAFDAC Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will clampdown on unethical and illegal advertisement of herbal medicines in Kaduna State. T he State Coordinator, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview on Monday in Kaduna. He said the excesses and arbitrary advertisement of […]
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US soldiers stand on the tarmac as an US Air Force aircraft (L) prepares for take off from the airport in Kabul on August 30, 2021. – Rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport on August 30 where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat of Islamic […]
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