– Party condemns attack on secretariat By Banji Ayoola Gunmen have attacked the Ile Ife home of a former commissioner in Osun State, Mr Biyi Odunlade, as the crisis rocking the state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, due to grievances over the party’s contentious ward congress held to pick its first line […]
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An Italy-bound woman, Nora Nnadi, who was allegedly caught with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of the same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested. Her arrest was part of a number of arrests and seizures by by operatives of the National […]
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A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, says that the problems in northern Nigeria are perpetrated by those who hate Nigeria. He said that there is a peculiar ‘disease’ in northern Nigeria perpetrated by the elite who hate the country, noting that despite the widely-held belief about western education, […]
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Buhari on arrival from UK. Photo: Facebook/Femi Adesina – Nigeria begins second phase vaccination today Monday Fresh from a trip to the United Kingdom where he had attended a global summit and had a medical checkup, President Muhammadu Buhari and some of his close aides who accompanied him on the trip are in isolation according […]
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Nigeria’s leading opposition party, thePeoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, raised the alarm over an alleged underhand rigging plan of the 2023 general election by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It raised the alarm in a statement by its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, entitled: “APC has begun the rigging of 2023 Polls, Secondus […]
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Irigwe youths of Bassa Local Government area of Plateau protesting over the herdsmen killings in their land in Jos on Saturday. Photo: NAN • UNIJOS female undergraduate going to church killed, 24-hour curfew imposed Despite the curfew imposed on Jos North, Jos South and Bassa local government areas of Plateau State, hoodlums on Sunday unleashed […]
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Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have started declining again after rising to $33.59bn, the highest level in more than a month. The forex reserves, which fell to a record low of $33.09bn on July 12, had gained $500m in almost a month to close at $33.59bn on August 10, according to the latest data from the […]
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By Tunde Odesola Over the weekend, I gave thoughts to the snowflake nature of Man. I arrived at the conclusion that the mind of Man is a tragic theatre with a cast, whose hero commits an error which turns into a horror that smashes him down below zero in terror. I also gave thoughts to […]
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By Martins Oloja The two prominent leaders do not need any introduction. They are well known all over our world. One is leading the richest and most populous nation in Africa and indeed the black people of the world. The other one is leading the economic capital of West Africa. He was elected to lead […]
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Bereaved and shocked Mrs. Adebori Oladunni, has petitioned the Ondo State police boss, Mr Bolaji Salami, over the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of her six-year-old daughter, Esther Ajijolaoluwa. In her petition to the police commissioner, through her lawyer, Mr. Mufutau Adegboye, she said she suspected that her daughter must have been used for ritual purposes […]
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