How suspected serial rapist attacked Unilag students, by witnesses

Three staff of the University of Lagos (Unilag) on Monday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how an alleged rapist, John Otema, attacked students on campus. Otema, a Unilag alumnus, is facing a three-count charge of rape and assault occasioning harm before the court. He, however, denied committing the offences which contravene […]

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Mimiko flags off campaign for Senate seat

By Banji Ayoola Former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Monday in Akure, the state capital, flagged off his campaign for the forthcoming election into the Senate, pledging to join his colleagues in the National Assembly in the vitalisation of the struggle to ensure the restructuring of Nigeria into a true and balanced […]

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Troops neutralise Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe

The Nigerian Army on Monday said Boko Haram terrorists has again been inflicted with more pains as troops repelled their attacks in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government of Yobe state, killing scores of them during the encounter. According to a statement from the Assistant Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Major Nureni Alimi, four soldiers however […]

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CUPP agrees with Obasanjo

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said it agrees with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on all the issues he raised on President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The first national spokesperson of CUPP, Imo Ugochinyere, made the position of […]

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Obasanjo has vindicated us – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday said the concerns raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo over President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged scheme to use the apparatus of state power to subjugate Nigerians, “undermine our democratic system, subvert the electoral process and perpetuate himself in office”, have vindicated its stand that the President is out for […]

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Buhari lambasts Obasanjo

President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday night lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for attacking him and his government. Obasanjo had compared the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to that of the Abacha era. Reacting, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement said: “The sixteen-page letter the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari and […]

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Borno attacks proof of declining patriotism among troops -Bakare

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Presiding Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, has  said that the recent setbacks recorded by the country in the anti-terror war were more of declining patriotism among the troops, more than other reasons. He said the declining patriotism was also demonstrated by other Nigerians on a daily basis, because of little hope in […]

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Points of concern and action

By Olusegun Obasanjo Being the full text of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 elections. “I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on […]

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Jimoh Ibrahim’s mother died of ‘family complications’

Brother of businessman and lawyer, Ibrahim Jimoh, Dipo, Sunday explained that the death of their mother, Mrs. Theresa Jimoh, who died on Saturday, was as a result of family complications and mismanagement. In a statement, Dipo Jimoh, who is the managing director of Barama Energy Resources, denounced the alleged root cause of their mother’s death […]

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