There are indications that the strange illness ravaging Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State may have started since October 2020. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Ngishe Terungwa, disclosed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday. He said they had yet to get the cause or causes of the strange illness, stating […]
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He was a principled progressive politician – Tinubu The death of former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, in the early hours of yesterday has thrown Nigerians into mourning.Musa died at the age of 84 years. Senator Shehu Sani, a leading member of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), first confirmed his death on […]
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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed Government turning Boko Haram insurgents to freedom fighters, protesters terrorists It is an attempt to intimidate state panels of inquiry, alleges Ozekhome FG insincere, pretentious, says NBA To govt, treasury looters are saints — Odinkalu The Federal Government came under fire on Wednesday for tagging #EndSARS campaigners as […]
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Disease single biggest infectious killer of adults 2.5m adults, 672,000 children killed in 2019 globally Experts blame high mortality on low immunsation, malnutrition, pollution UN agencies warn COVID-19 could add 1.9m to death toll this year Pneumonia and other childhood diseases are preventable and treatable but are still killing children in large numbers. This year’s […]
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By Sola Lebile It was double joy for Adetiloye Ayodeli Gabriel on Wednesday, November 10, 2020 as he disengaged from the service of Ondo State unblemished and also marked his 60th birthday with strings of resounding achievements. It is what the Americans would call double whammy. (Don’t Americanize me). The double- fold event held at […]
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By Osita Chidoka There are interesting comments I got about children, upbringing and independence. My General response: I am of the view that we are over parenting in Nigeria. The future Inspector General of Police is an Assistant Superintendent of Police, fresh from a public school and ready to climb the ladder. Our children in […]
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Former Miss Oluwaseunfunmi Elliott and Mr Olayiwola Sufianu solemnised their union on October 29, 2020 in Houston, Texas, United States of America. Following are some of the photographs of the memorable event:
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By Abdu Rafiu The outgoing President of the United States, Mr Donald Trump, has gone into the trenches fighting the battle of his life what he avoided going to Vietnam. The world predictably is watching keenly. I say outgoing because I have some Republican Senators to bear me out and these are important voices — […]
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Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that the vaccine is 92 percent effective according to initial test results. The announcement came just as Russia declared the vaccine as the most successful path to defeat the pandemic which has ravaged the world, killed thousands and infected millions. Government spoke through the Minister […]
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By Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik I was reflecting over the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the response of the Government and I remembered the slogan of the University of Leicester while I was there as a PhD student. “Elite without being elitist – University of Leicester”. The University picked […]
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