US President Joe Biden (C) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) prior to the US-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Peter Klaunzer/Pool/ AFP) There was no talk of gazing into Vladimir Putin’s “soul” and the Russian president didn’t try to gaslight a rookie US […]
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Will transaction politics hold sway in the lead up to the election of Governor Willie Obiano’s successor on November 6, 2021? This poser becomes relevant when viewed against the backdrop of recent court and shock attacks on the platforms of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governing All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state. The […]
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Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya COAS has not served for 36 years, military clarifies New army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, has declared that deploying “the sword or gun cannot alone provide a panacea to the complex and multifaceted security challenges that characterise today’s world.” The new spokesman appointed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. […]
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Some men suspected to be bandits, on Wednesday, attacked the home of a farmer, simply identified as Dele, in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, kidnapped his two sons and killed two of his other children. It was gathered that the bandits had gone to the residence of a cattle herder […]
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Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Three kidnap suspects in Nasarawa State police net and the police have disagreed on the allegation of bribery. While the suspects accused the police of demanding N35 million for their freedom, the police said they would not succumb to intimidation from any quarter, as they remain resolute to stamp […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through its subsidiary, Duke Oil, has sealed a pact to supply 30,000 barrels per day crude oil supply to Indonesia’s state oil corporation, Pertamina and Indian Oil Corporation. This development, which will strengthen the nation’s revenue outlook, is coming at a time when the oil industry is challenged by […]
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As Rivers parliamentary workers resume work Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, sent a bill to the state House of Assembly to legalise resolution of the 17 southern governors on open grazing ban in his domain. He explained that the bill, which he would sign into law as soon as he receives it from the […]
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Group urges President, party to intervene in revalidation Former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Broadcast Media and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ibrahim Sharada, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The member representing Kano Municipality Federal Constituency was suspended from all party activities both at […]
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Telecommunications service provider, MTN, has assured its customers in Nigeria of improved services. Reacting to a news story published by some media yesterday, which claimed that it (MTN) had raised the alarm that it could not guarantee stable services due to the level of insecurity in the country, the telecoms firm described the report as […]
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By Steve Obum Orajiaku The entire delivery of government efforts anchored by both the largely military and sparsely democratic leaders post independence in Nigeria can be reduced to just one word – retrogressive. The succeeding administrations have always flourished in helping outperform, in negative terms, their predecessors, quite unfortunate indeed. And as for the people, the […]
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