It is no longer in dispute that the Nigerian elite have failed spectacularly. Big time, and in historic manner. By their complete irresponsibility, Nigeria, a jewel in the sun, with high promise and high optimism at independence, has been brought to her knees by blunders committed by her elite, the very group that should have […]
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The Federal Government has started consultations with leading traditional rulers to improve security in local communities while rearranging the security architecture nationwide. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Saturday, declaring that the Federal Government would collaborate with the states to maintain law and order across the country. He kicked off the consultations with the […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday held consultations with the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, as well as other monarchs in Ogun State. The consultations were on the way out of the security challenges currently confronting Nigeria. He was accompanied to the palace of the royal father by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. […]
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The Ogun Command of the FRSC on Saturday said that one person died and another injured in an accident that involved two vehicles and a motorcycle at Jujo Area, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. The Ogun Sector Commandant of the FRSC , Mr Clement Oladele, said in Ota, that the accident happened at […]
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ECOWAS Commission wants member states of the Commission to adopt policies that will enable it put in place regional mechanisms that will facilitate and enhance social integration and create decent jobs among member states that will discourage xenophobia and other forms of discriminations in the work place. Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender of the […]
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Monday Ogo is a commercial driver. He plies the Yenagoa-Port Harcourt road through the popular East- West Road. On that route, he hustles back and forth, every day, to earn his livelihood but sometime in November, last year, Ogo encountered death in common hours, along Rumugi and Emogha in the Rivers State axis of the […]
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London wants to de-escalate tensions with Tehran, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday following a meeting of the UK’s emergencies committee over Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged ship in the Gulf. The meeting “reaffirmed UK desire to de-escalate,” Hunt said, adding that the Stena Impero oil tanker was seized in Omani waters “in clear […]
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The United States is deploying troops in Saudi Arabia as tensions soar with its arch-rival Iran raising concerns over navigation in the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz. It will be the first deployment of its kind since 2003 when American forces withdrew from the kingdom after a 12-year presence and two US-led wars with Iraq […]
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Army confirms death of colonel, captain, 3 soldiers President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met separately with Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonishakin, and the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. His separate meeting with the two service chiefs followed an official confirmation of the killing of five Nigerian soldiers, a […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday visited the Ago Alaye and Araromi Obu in Odigbo Local Government, where communal clashes broke out on Tuesday over a land dispute . The governor, who was in the town to access the level of destruction, was accompanied by the commissioner of Police, Mr Undie Adie, the […]
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