Asaba Accord: Reps northern caucus splits, minorities back southern governors

Southern Governors at the Asaba Meeting A splinter northern caucus has emerged in the House of Representatives. The group is moving to push the interests of minorities in the North, it has been learnt. The group, which is dominated by lawmakers from the North-Central geopolitical zone, as well as Southern Kaduna and other parts of […]

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Police confirm 3 dead in Anambra inter-communal clash

The Police Command in Anambra says three persons have been confirmed dead in a clash between Omor and Anaku communities in Anyamelum Local Government Area of the state. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Sunday that normalcy has since been restored in […]

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I don’t believe in using political power to punish people – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said in Benin on Sunday that he never believed in the use of temporary political office to punish people. “My belief, particularly when I joined politics is not to use a temporary privilege, a temporary position God has given to me to punish people,’’ he said. He was delivering an address […]

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PDP governors meet on Monday over security, economy

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will converge on Ibadan Monday to discuss the nation’s worsening insecurity. It would be the second of such meeting after the one the governors held in Makurdi, the Benue State capital in April, 2021. The agenda of the meeting released by the Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, Hon CID […]

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Others were accepted but I was rejected thrice at ritualists’ den – Rivers’ abducted nurse

An 18-year-old auxiliary nurse, Rachael David, has relived her close shave with death at a suspected ritual killers’ den in Rivers State after she was kidnapped at Okuru Junction, Port Harcourt. Rachael, who is currently receiving treatment in a hospital, regained her freedom around 5pm on Friday. It was learnt that the teenager had gone […]

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South-West PDP bloc unveils 11 aspirants for national chairmanship position

A Peoples Democratic Party group, Alliance for PDP South-West, has come up with a list of 11 party chieftains from the South-West for the national chairmanship position of the party. On the list are a former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George; and former Ekiti State governors, […]

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Asaba Accord: Aisha Yesufu slams critics of Southern governors

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed critics of Southern governors, adding that those against the communiqué issued at the end of the governors’ recent meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, are on expired drugs. The activist, in a video uploaded on her Twitter handle on Saturday, said nobody has the monopoly of intolerance […]

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How JUSUN strike helps the judiciary

National Treasurer, Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Comrade Jimoh Alonge (right), addressing members during their peaceful protest at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Photo: Philip Ojisua By Bayo Akinlade  Many people think that the JUSUN strike has totally paralysed the administration of justice mechanisms in Nigeria but this is a serious misconception. On the […]

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Remembering Ameyo Stella Adadevoh: ‘The ebola heroine’

Dr. Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh was a Senior Consultant Endocrinologist and Physician who became infected with the deadly Ebola virus while treating the Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer. Queens School, Ede/ Ibadan Old Girls’ Association is perfecting arrangements to launch a legacy project tagged “Multi-Purpose Building” in honour of Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, who died on August […]

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