Nationals from 12 countries have been barred from entering the United States over alleged security concerns. This will take effect from Monday June 9, 2025. Announced in a new proclamation signed by President Donald Trump, the full travel ban affects nationals from Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and […]
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Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said no reprieve yet for tax defaulters in Abuja, declaring readiness not to back off those refusing to pay necessary dues to the government, regardless of their status. He said he will touch rich tax defaulters, and heaven won’t fall. On Monday, May 26, 2025, the […]
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Ex-Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida said on Thursday that another Iroko tree has fallen with the death of a former Petroleum Resources Minister, Prof. Jubril Aminu. The erudite scholar died on Thursday, June 5, 2025, aged 85. In a statement, he said, “The news of the sudden demise of my good friend, associate, compatriot and […]
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A former Petroleum Resources, and ex-Education Minister, Prof Jubril Aminu, has passed on at 85. A member of the House of Representatives representing Fufore/Song Federal Constituency, Hon. Aloyu Boya Wakili, confirmed this in a Facebook post. He said the erudite scholar and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, died on Thursday in Abuja. […]
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Amotekun Corps in Osun State has dismissed allegations by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) that it is unlawfully arresting and detaining opposition members, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated. It urged the public to disregard the “deliberate misinformation” in a statement in Osogbo on Thursday by its spokesman, Mr. Yusuf Idowu Abass. […]
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Multi-billionaire industrialist and elder brother to Osun State Governor, Dr. Deji Adeleke, President Bola Tinubu, and Governor Ademola Adeleke, during a visit to the President in his Lagos residence, on Monday ‘I remain in PDP’ – Governor Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has debunked his rumoured planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The […]
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By Banji Ayoola Rather than the hatred of the past, now I choose to embrace you in love. Rather than the bitterness of the past, now I will give you honey, and spread this around you and the Earth. Rather than the thoughts of vengeance, or feeling bad about my experiences in the prevailing circumstances, […]
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Senators Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan. Two High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have separately summoned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, over alleged sexual harassment, defamation, and breach of fundamental rights of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In suit no: FCT/HC/CV/754/2025 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, […]
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President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Lagos, praised Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of the Bill Gates Foundation, for inspiring leaders worldwide by consistently lifting the poor and underprivileged. The President, who conferred the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Gates, noted the renowned philanthropist’s […]
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Saraki A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party will bounce back and provide formidable opposition to the country’s democratic rule by 2027. Saraki, the Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, told reporters in Ilorin on Wednesday that though people are defecting from the party now, others are also […]
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