Christian and Muslim leaders on Monday clashed over the planned inauguration of shari’a arbitration panel across the South-Western states of Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. This comes as the proponents of the Islamic code said there was no going back on their decision to set up […]
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday resolved to issue a warrant of arrest against the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, if he fails to appear before it next week Tuesday. The resolution was announced by the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Ahmed Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West), following […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut down the infamous Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in two years. The agency said it uncovered and confiscated fake and substandard food and beverages worth over ₦5 billion in its latest operation tagged Operation Clean Up Aba. Described […]
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About 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump begins a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. In a document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, the agency revealed the data is broken down by nationality and […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe what it described as the ‘2025 Ondo Budget of Looting’ In a statement by its state’s spokesman Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei the party said: “Our party calls on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be thorough in […]
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By Banji Ayoola The first shock that will hit the person who ended his or her earthlife, is that he or she continues living, even after physical death! In a lighter body! But now, his or her agonising experiences will be worse than the ones that prompted him or her to commit suicide. It will […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticized the Federal Government for failing to implement the upward review of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members’ allowances, which was announced in September 2024. In a public statement, HURIWA described the government’s prolonged inaction as unjust and deceptive, urging an immediate actualization of the promised […]
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Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has criticized the Nigerian government, alleging it harbours more corrupt individuals than the “yahoo boys” in wider society. Speaking as the guest speaker at Nexford University’s 4th graduation ceremony in Lagos, Obi decried the misuse of public resources by officials, describing the country as a “crime scene” […]
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A Lagos State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ), Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the former ruling party is not dysfunctional despite the current leadership crisis in the party. Pearse, a former member of the Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said it is not a sin to have a governorship ambition. He made this remark amid rumours that he is among those nursing the ambition to take over from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2027. Addressing the rumours during a press conference on […]
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