Uwajumogu, Imo North senator, slumps, dies

The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, is dead. Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha confirmed the death of Uwajumogu to reporters at the Senate on Wednesday. He was said to have slumped in the toilet while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja where he […]

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2023: APC sets up committee to reconcile aggrieved members

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has set up a national reconciliation committee to reunite with aggrieved members nationwide. The ten man committee is to be headed by Senate President Ahmed Lawan. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa- Onilu, said in a statement in Abuja that the committee […]

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Angry youths burn Akure church over missing child

Sotitobiire Praising Chapel, Osinle Quarters, Akure, the Ondo State capital was set ablaze on Wednesday by angry youths who were protesting the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, during a church service in November. He was allegedly abducted at the children’s section of the church and his whereabouts have since been unknown. Already, the […]

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Supreme Court upholds Makinde as Oyo governor

The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Oyo State Governor in the March 9 governorship election. Makinde had polled 515, 621 votes defeating, his closest rival, Mr Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 357,982 votes. The apex court, in a […]

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We have to impeach Trump – Pelosi

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday President Donald Trump posed an “ongoing threat” to the country’s security that left Democrats “no choice” but to impeach him. “It is tragic that the president’s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice,” said Pelosi, launching a debate in the House of Representatives on impeaching […]

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Yaba hospital admits 727 psychiatric patients in 2019

The Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba (FNPHY), Lagos, Dr Oluwayemi Ogun, on Wednesday said the hospital admitted a total of 727 psychiatric patients this year. Ogun, made the disclosure at the hospital’s 2019 Presentation of the Medical Director Score Card in Lagos. She said the 727 admitted psychiatric patients was in contrast […]

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House votes to impeach Trump for abuse of office

US President Donald Trump faced his ultimate political crisis Wednesday in a historic congressional vote to impeach him for abuse of office, forever staining the billionaire’s record and supercharging the nation’s divides. The House of Representatives opened its session with a prayer for “wisdom” by its chaplain, before debate on the resolution regarding “impeaching of […]

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PDP tells Buhari: Nigeria needs true electoral reform now

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to “walk the talk” in his promise to bequeath a legacy of free, fair and credible elections to the nation. In a statement on Tuesday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the President’s declaration to leave a legacy of free and fair elections […]

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Justice Olupitan: Valedictory court session holds amid tears, tributes

Tears flowed freely on Monday at a special court session held in honour of Justice Gilbert Bamidele Olupitan, a Judge in Ondo State Judiciary who died in active service on 11th December, 2019. He died last Wednesday at the age of 55 years. In his tribute at the sitting, Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN,described […]

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