Edo State Police Command on Saturday said it had recovered the official car of Prof. Gideon Okedayo, a lecturer with the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa who was kidnapped on Thursday. Okedayo was kidnapped along with his driver in his official car, a Toyota Corolla marked 06X 47 OD, at Akoko […]
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The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on Monday, September 9, rule on the petition challenging the re-election of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The Tribunal Secretary, Mrs Hafsat Suleiman, disclosed this on Saturday in Kaduna State. She said the Tribunal concluded its sitting on August 19 and had fixed Monday, September 9, […]
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The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nicholas Tofowomo, survived a road crash on Friday as his vehicle was involved in a road accident on Ilesa-Akure Expressway in Igbara Oke, the headquarters of Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The accident also involved a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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The Taliban have kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organisations in eastern Paktia province, government officials and Taliban said on Saturday. The reporters, working for radio and TV news companies that broadcast news in Pashto and Dari languages, were abducted while travelling in the group from neighbouring Paktika province to Paktia, […]
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The General Overseers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (Worldwide), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Nigerians not to retaliate against South Africans and their businesses over ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in their country. Beginning his sermon around 11pm at the September edition monthly Holy Ghost Service, held at the Redemption Camp along the […]
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The planned meeting next month between Nigerian and South African Presidents in has raised hopes of a lasting solution to the recurrent xenophobia in South Africa.. Particularly, Nigerians resident in South Africa are optimistic about the planned meeting of both President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa in October. Nigerian Citizens […]
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By Samueli “The purpose of man’s existence is just to live as best we can, accumulate material wealth, get married and have children and if possible have as many earthly honours as possible and if we are successful in these and in the end get a religious burial, then our purpose has been achieved.” According […]
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Monarch pledges: ‘We would find means to employ Owo youths’ Oba Gbadegesin Ajibade Ogunoye is the new Olowo of Owo Kingdom, Ondo State. In this interview with Peter Dada, the monarch talks about his background, the town and some other issues. You were recently installed as the Olowo of Owo, and for those who don’t […]
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President of Women Arise and Centre for Change, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin has said that the space left by the late legal luminary, Gani Fawehinmi, remained largely vacant 10 years after his demise. Odumakin, in a statement in Lagos, on Wednesday, said that the human rights crusader left an indelible mark on the sands of time […]
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The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has announced his withdrawal from the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) holding in Cape Town, South Africa. Ovia and Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, had come under criticism on social media for their participation in the meeting, with some Nigerians describing their action as […]
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