People search through the rubble of what used to be the Manguier Hotel after the earthquake hit on August 14, 2021 in Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. Rescue workers scrambled to find survivors after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation still recovering […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has described the passage of the member representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Isaac Adedayo Omolafe, as a colossal loss to the party in the state. In a statement by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, […]
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The Police Command in Jigawa State has confirmed the death of 21 people in Sunday’s road mishap that occurred in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse. Shiisu said the incident occurred after a Hummer Bus, conveying […]
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•PDP eyes North •Serving female minister may emerge APC VP candidate There are strong indications that by October, just two months away, the presidential field of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will expectedly further crystallise to know who is playing where. Nigerian Tribune’s survey has shown. Also, a survey has shown that a similar […]
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One of the five recently abducted persons in Kwara State, Ayodele Alabi, who regained his freedom on Thursday, is dead. Alabi, who was released after spending six days in the den of the kidnappers and payment of N4.5m ransom, was reported to have died in the early hours of Friday in a hospital in Ilorin […]
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Three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday visited Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to woo into the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Governor Rashidi Ladoja. Led by National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), the governors also visited a leader of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle […]
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Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) and Coalition of Yoruba self-determination groups, yesterday, warned the Federal Government against proscribing the Yoruba Nation agitation groups. Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, had said the Federal Government would do whatever possible within the […]
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The executive director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib takes COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja on Thursday, March 11, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTER/NPHCDA The Federal Government is set to begin the second phase of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccination today after taking delivery of 177,600 Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccines on August 12, […]
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• Governors, ACF, CAN, Muslim groups condemn killings • UNIJOS suspends ongoing exams • Police arrest 20 suspects, deploy tactical units • Army rescues seven more victims Few hours after imposing a dusk-to-dawn curfew on three Local Government Areas of Jos North, Jos South and Bassa in Plateau State, Governor Simon Lalong yesterday declared a […]
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… Before they fell apart … By Banji Ayoola Still boiling with rage barely 12 hours after a bloody clash, supporters of Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola and those of the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday resorted to a verbal warfare over the violence which occurred at the secretariat of the Osun State All […]
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