Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he was ashamed over the decades of abuse carried out by Catholic Church officials in Germany PHOTO: AFP Germany’s Catholic Church on Tuesday apologised to victims of sexual assault by clergy, with the institution’s top cardinal saying perpetrators must be brought to justice. Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he was ashamed over […]
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– Work begins on street lights installation Work on the Apapa-Wharf Concrete Road has been completed, according to a senior engineer with the AG Dangote Construction Company Limited, contractors handling the project. With the completion of the road, gridlock on the Apapa Road is expected to ease. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who […]
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Ahead of Thursday’s rerun poll, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of inducing voters with money to vote for its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The party, in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, claimed that the act was in line with PDP’s avowed […]
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A Lagos state governorship aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday, said he is still very much in the Lagos APC gubernatorial ticket race with no plans to withdraw or step down. This is coming after rumours filtered that the governorship aspirant has withdrawn his intention to run and would not […]
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Abuja Rail Mass Transit Project/ Twitter/Toluogunlesi The Abuja Rail Mass Transit on Monday commenced commercial train services on the Airport-Idu-Central Area metro line, Mr Okey Ugwuanyi, Airport Station Manager, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ugwuanyi said the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), had been running free services since the inauguration of the metro […]
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A showdown looms at the United Nations over Iran on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani are set to square off during the world’s biggest diplomatic gathering. On the opening day of the General Assembly debate, Trump and Rouhani are to take their turn at the podium four months after the […]
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A man at the weekend died in Kwara State when his family house collapsed on him. The incident occurred in Omoni village, one of the communities in the Ilorin emirate, Moro Local Government Area of the state. According to eyewitnesses’ accounts, the incident occurred when the man simply identified as Alhaji Garba, a septuagenarian, was […]
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A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the governorship election held on Saturday. The election was declared inconclusive by INEC after votes in seven polling units were cancelled. […]
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There are strong indications that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) could grant automatic tickets to its National Assembly members during the primaries billed for October 2. The national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who dropped the hint while addressing members of the party’s screening committee, noted that the move was to reward the lawmakers “who […]
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• Police to investigate, prosecute arrested culprits • Legal body restores Ogunba to senior advocate An unspecified number of lawyers have been apprehended for forging court judgments in a bid to qualify as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, made the disclosure on Monday at an event […]
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