A former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, promised to be a better leader if given another opportunity to govern the affairs of his state. He made the vow during a Thanksgiving service that took place at the Christian Association of Nigeria secretariat in Jalingo, the state capital on Thursday. The former governor who said he […]
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Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the N2.2tn 2024 Appropriation Bill presented to it by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed on Friday at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, according to a statement by the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele […]
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A Tribe Called Judah N1bn box office flier | Credit: Instagram funkejenifaakindele Funke Akindele’s blockbuster, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’, broke a box office record within 21 days of its release in cinemas to become the first Nollywood film to gross N1bn (One Billion Naira). Ace Nollywood actress and producer of the movie, Funke Akindele, disclosed […]
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Remains of the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, have arrived in Nigeria from Germany, where he passed on nine days ago. He passed on on Wednesday December 27, 2003 in a German hospital where he was receiving treatment for prostate cancer. It was gathered that the aircraft that conveyed his body arrived in […]
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By Tunde Odesola At 14, Ogunwande left his father’s house for the clinic of a renowned olóòlà, the penis stylist in Akeetan, his Oyo hometown, and declared his mission to have the foreskin of his manhood surgically removed. “Mo fe da’ko,” he told the baba of his intention to be circumcised. The baba shot him […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Smarting from the flawed general and off-season elections held last year, stakeholders are expectant that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would have learnt vital lessons toward the delivery of free, fair and credible elections in 2024, Sodiq Omolaoye SODIQ reports. The 2023 general elections, which ushered Asiwaju Bola Tinubu […]
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• Other firms involved in forex allocation probe • South African dethrones Dangote as Africa’s richest man • N37b fraud: EFCC releases suspended NSIPA coordinator, to meet interrogators daily • Ex-Minister Umar-Farouq explains spurning of EFCC invitation • NSIPA scandal: Edu reacts to allegation of diverting N3b On the day South Africa’s Johann Rupert ended […]
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• Testing new lows at NAFEM as dealers trade with caution Naira may be facing its first major test a few days into the year after a stretched session of slow slide at the unofficial market that ushered it into the year. At the pseudo pro- market Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) the local […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has listed 58 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. They include those claiming to be affiliates of foreign universities in the country. Also, nine degree mills are currently undergoing further investigations and/or court actions. The development followed the suspension of degree certificates from two Francophone West African countries after an undercover […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Secretary-General of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni has said that the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State would be a decisive turning point for the state. While formally declaring his intention to contest the election, scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hold on November […]
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