We’ll keep Baba Ijesha till JUSUN resumes, police tell protesters

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said the continuous detention of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, is based on legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the state Ministry of Justice. He also said the actor would not be released until the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria called off […]

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Intensify prayers for peace of Nigeria, CAN urges at Sallah

CAN President, Revd Samson Ayokunle The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kano State chapter, Reverend Adeolu Samuel Adeyemo, has urged Nigerians to have hope in the Most High and not give up on issues bedeviling the country. In a Barka Da Sallah message to Muslim faithful in the state, the CAN Chairman expressed […]

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Buhari, Aisha step out together first time in months

President Muhammadu Buhari; together with his wife, Aisha, (both middle) on Thursday, to celebrate this year’s Eid-el Fitr festival. They are flanked by their children and their spouses. For the first time in months, President Muhammadu Buhari stepped out together with his wife, Aisha, on Thursday, to celebrate this year’s Eid-el Fitr and completion of […]

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Insecurity: Buhari asks Nigerians to show more understanding

says his administration doing its best on security, economy President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, urged Nigerians to show more understanding on the current security situation in the country. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President made the appeal while speaking with State House correspondents shortly […]

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Arewa backs open grazing ban, rejects restructuring

Fayemi, Wike, Umahi and Okowa and Makinde during the Southern governors meeting on insecurity on Tuesday, May 11 With 2014 confab report, no need for fresh dialogue, says Middle Belt Southern governors’ resolutions at their meeting on Tuesday generated more nationwide reactions on Wednesday. The northern sociopolitical group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, said that some […]

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Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, dies

A former Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, has passed on. Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday. His first son, Joseph Dogonyaro, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Pankshin, on Thursday. “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday […]

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Insecurity: Policemen banned from escort duty to Imo, Rivers, others

The police in Delta State have banned their operatives from embarking on escort duty to Nigeria’s South-east states – Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, and Abia – because of the ongoing attacks on officers and police facilities in the states. Rivers State, in the South-south, is also included in the ban which is contained in a […]

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Federalism is the answer, after all – Part 29

The tottering Nigerian state came under scrutiny again the other day where federalism was again the main point at issue. Besides, the question of the unity of the country amid calls for secession was under the lens at “The Platform,” an annual colloquium organised by Pastor Poju Oyemade of The Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos. Varied speakers vent […]

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Fury vows to knock out Joshua, raises fresh doubts over unification bout

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury continues to express confidence in his ability to make easy work of unified champion, Anthony Joshua, not missing a moment to let it be known that he thinks Joshua is a hype job, writes badlefthook.com. The two are expected to meet this year to decide who becomes the undisputed world […]

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