A civil group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called for change of what it described as myopic narrative by administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, with a view to stopping his undue loyalty to his religion and ethnic background which has created chasms around the country since he came to power. According to […]
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By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Light taps on the door roused me from the half-sleep state I was trying to deepen. Discomfited but not vexed, I was a tad sluggish climbing out of bed, as I wondered who it was this time. Two louder knocks impatiently followed, protesting or, perhaps, chiding that act of hesitation and […]
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The Federal Government has advised Nigerians against giving crimes ethnic colouration, insisting that a criminal is a criminal, irrespective of its ethnicity. Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, gave the advice in Abuja, when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 14, of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), led by […]
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Lateef Kayode Jakande, first democratically elected civilian governor of Lagos State, and a former minister of Works, died on Thursday at the age of 91. His body was interred at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi on Friday. The event marked the exit of the last of the five governors elected on the platform of […]
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With Nigeria’s total public debt projected to hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021, there are worries that the rising debt stock will not bode well for an economy already in dire straits, reports Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf Can anybody, not to talk of a country been able to survive or live on debts? That shockingly is the […]
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Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat condoling Mrs. Abimbola Jakande, widow of the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos State and former Minister of Works, at his residence in Ilupeju, Lagos…yesterday. With them are relatives of the Jakandes. NAN • Sanwo-Olu, Osoba, Amosun, Marwa, Others Pay Tributes The remains of […]
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The Radiance online newspaper publisher, a former Editor of The Hope, an ex-Ondo State Correspondent of The Guardian, and then of The Comet, Mr. Banji Ayoola, delivering his above titled speech as the Guest Speaker at the launching of two books “Akure Our Rich Heritage” and “Success And Other Poems” written by Mr. Gbenga Fadeyi, […]
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The Radiance publisher, Mr Banji Ayoola, has recommended the replication of the measures being taken by the Ondo State Government in all the states to tackle the prevailing insecurity challenges confronting the country due to frequent worrisome bloody clashes between criminal herdsmen and farmers across Nigeria. He said: “This Ondo State example is a good […]
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Lagos State Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu, flanked on the left by wife of the deceased, Alhaja Abimbola Jakande; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, the children and relatives of deceased during the funeral of the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, at the Vaults and […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe It was the year 2001. I had invited Prince Tony Momoh to speak at the 1st National Aviation Law and Business Seminar to be held at the NICON Hilton Abuja. Having served as Chairman of the board of directors of Nigerian Airways from 1991 to 1993, one surmised that he would have […]
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