Sanwo-Olu sends final list of cabinet nominees to Assembly

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, transmitted the final list of his cabinet nominees to the State House of Assembly. This is coming four weeks after the Governor sent the first batch of the list to the lawmakers for screening. Thirteen Commissioner- and Special Adviser-designates made the second list, which had already been […]

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Residents flee Taraba towns over murder of policemen

Kyari’s team seizes suspected kidnap kingpin’s property ‘Wadume was army’s benefactor’ Army accuses police of inciting comments PDP govs condemn killings, want compensation Buhari not indifferent to incident, says presidency Urges patience over investigation Though the bodies of the three policemen allegedly killed by soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Taraba State have been evacuated […]

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RevolutionNow: Foundation donates N50, 000 to protester battered by police

70-year-old fufu hawker, Mrs. Sariyu Akanmu, who joined #RevolutionNow to protest her own personal hardship, being manhandled by policemen in Osogbo. Photo: Bola Bamigbola A foundation, Idera De Movement, on Sunday donated the sum of N50, 000 to Mrs. Sariyu Akanmu, a fufu (meal made from cassava) seller beaten by the police during last Monday […]

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North should leave power for South 2023 – Shehu Sani

Immediate past Senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has lambasted those mooting the idea of the North holding on to power beyond 2023. He said the North would be ungrateful if it fails to relinquish power to South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s term. Sani, who was apparently reacting to […]

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Lagos nude dance: We’ll use Tekno as scapegoat – FG

The Federal Government has indicated strongly that it will not take lightly any act of debasement of humanity and the pride of Nigerian women as it vows to use some persons as scapegoats. In a reaction to the controversial music video by a popular musician, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno, with scenes of four nude women […]

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Ivorian music superstar DJ Arafat dies in road crash

Davido, others mourn DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, the state broadcaster RTI said on Monday. “Death of artist DJ Arafat… today at 8am as a result of a road accident overnight,” it tweeted. According to messages and pictures circulating on […]

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Sowore still AAC leader, Nzenwa an impostor – Lagos chapter

The Lagos State Chapter of the African Alliance Congress (AAC) said on Sunday that it would not recognise Mr Leonard Nzenwa as the national chairman of the party. The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Elias Ozikpu, expressed the position in an interview in Lagos. He was reacting to the reported sacking […]

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El-Zakzaky, wife arrive Abuja airport for medical trip to India

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, will in the next few hours depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to India for medical treatment. This follows the order of the Kaduna State High court granting El-Zakzaky and his wife leave to undergo treatment at an Indian hospital of their choice. The […]

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El-Zakzaky: 186 doctors from seven countries write Buhari

A group of 186 doctors from seven countries including Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari pointing to Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky’s physical conditions, and asking the Nigerian government to transfer him to a well-equipped hospital as soon as possible. The letter showed El-Zakzaky’s medical and health […]

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2014 confab report is answer to Nigeria’s problems – Zamani Lekwot

Gen Zamani Lekwot was military governor of Rivers State from July 1975 to 1978 during the military administration of Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. He also served as Ambassador and High Commissioner to the Republics of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Gambia. Lekwot retired from the army in 1985. Following the violence that erupted between […]

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