A Palestinian man carries a wounded child in his arms following an Israeli airstrike on the Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. – Relief convoys which have been waiting for days in Egypt were on October 17, headed towards the […]
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Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity. Brothers, stop! Stop!” Francis said after his traditional Angelus prayer in Rome’s Saint […]
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Ben Oramalugo (left), paid a courtesy visit to Commissioner of Police CP, Adebola Hamzat at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters Eleyele, Ibadan in Oyo State. Photo: Tribune Customs Area Comptroller of the Oyo/Osun Area Command, Ben Oramalugo, has pledged to sustain a collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on […]
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Articulated vehicles parked on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway obstructing traffic flow. PHOTO: GBENGA SALAU It is four years and five months that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu got sworn in as the governor of Lagos State. But a day after he was sworn-in, May 30, 2019 precisely, he promised to end the menace of articulated vehicles parking on Lagos […]
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• FG borrows N4.1t in four months • Public debt may hit N100tr soon • Tinubu deepening mess created by past administrations — Labour At a time Nigeria’s lawmakers are planning to buy vehicles worth N160 million, the move by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to borrow additional $400 million for palliative over subsidy […]
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Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has barred Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as its own Secretariats, departments, commercial banks, and others from offering services to people without demanding and verifying their tax clearance certificates. The directive was contained in a memo dated 4th October, 2023 and […]
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By Tunde Olusunle Tunde Olusunle At one of the earliest editions of the reinvented Mbari Series, perhaps the inaugural, I suggested that we should endeavour to help purposely grow the library of Association of Nigerian Authors, (ANA), by donating books and similar resource materials. My idea is that writers who are already published for instance, […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has secured the release of one of the eight Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) abducted in Zamfara State, through the help of security agencies. The Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Eight PCMs and the bus driver […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has reportedly appointed a ‘Kayanmata’ vendor, Aminat Ayeni Onisiwo, as his senior legislative aide. “Kayanmata” refers to herbs or potions women use in different forms as sexual pleasure, enhancers, or aphrodisiacs in the northern part of Nigeria. Many married women use ‘Kayanmata’ to spice up sexual relations, but over time, […]
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Afe Babalola Elder statesman and legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has advised universities against awarding honorary degrees to those who do not merit it, in both character as well as individual contributions to the nation’s growth and development. The legal luminary said this on Saturday at the 14th Founder’s Day celebration, and 11th convocation […]
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