President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after he participated in the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa, held in Egypt. The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 2.30pm. At the opening of […]
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Former Golden Eaglets attacker, Philip Osondu, has died. He was aged 48. Sources in the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed the death. Also, Osondu’s family friend, who is based in Belgium, Esther Nwachukwu, confirmed the Golden Eaglets player’s death. “He went to work and felt unwell, went to the hospital and was confirmed dead on arrival,” […]
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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Friday, asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to withdraw pending criminal charges against his clients, Mr. Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. Falana said in a statement that there was no evidence to get the ‘RevolutonNow’ protests conveners convicted. He […]
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“The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice upon a further review of the case, has directed the immediate takeover of the prosecution of all charges in respect of Omoyole Sowore by the Federal Ministry of Justice, in line with the provisions of Sections 150(1) and 174 (1) (a-c) of the 1999 Constitution […]
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By Richard Akinnola I’m not a member of NIPR, neither am l a public relations practitioner. But l know the generic concept of public relations as a novice. Hence, this example. Alozie Ogugbuaja, CSP, was the popular Lagos State police Public Relations Officer. Urbane and cerebral, he is a graduate of Mass Communications from the […]
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Says incident must not be swept under Nigeria’s carpet of deceit The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN) on Thursday said only a Judicial Commission of Enquiry set up by President Muhammadu Buhari can reveal the real identities of those who invaded a courtroom of the Federal High Court, Abuja last Friday. Courtroom number […]
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Police Inspector – General, Mr Mohammed Adamu has approved the suspension of the planned rally by a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State to forestall any breakdown of law and order. The Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu disclosed this to journalists after meeting with the Adamu at the […]
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A committee on the review of admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions has recommended a new framework to globalise operations at the universities. Chairman of the Committee on Internationalization of Admissions into Tertiary Educational Institutions in Nigeria, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this on Thursday. The report was presented to the Registrar of the Joint Admission […]
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By Udenna Orji Something new is brewing in Ondo state. There is a bludgeoning new movement and a popular new political lexicon on the lips of the good people and residents of Ondo state. Everywhere you turn to in the state, you are peacefully accosted by the overwhelming presence of this new movement and the […]
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Nigerian Human Rights Community, NHRC, a coalition of 135 civil society and community based organisations, CBOs, has commended the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission, EKSIEC, for the peaceful local government election held on December 7. The election took place in the state’s 16 Local Government areas and 177 wards. The coalition, in a statement issued […]
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