Visa ban on Nigerian travelers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been lifted with immediate effect. The development is the product of engagement between President Bola Tinubu and his UAE counterpart, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two leaders, on Monday, in Abu Dhabi, finalised the historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate […]
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What does a woman do with her love for and frustration at a beloved country living below its potential of being a global force? Resort to armed insurrection as did revolutionaries like Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, John Jerry Rawlings and Thomas Sankara to force a change? Or join compatriots with radical views, fiery pens and […]
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• Obi counsels ‘Obidient’ movement, supporters against losing hope • Don’t bend the law, Catholic Bishops tell Supreme Court • Nigerians want change to happen quickly – Abdulsalami to FG The controversy over why the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) bore the header of the Tinubu […]
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A remarkable era of the accounting profession in Nigeria has come to an end with the passage of the doyen of the profession in the country, Pa Akintola Williams. He reportedly passed on in his sleep in the early hours of today, Monday, September 11, 2023. The accounting giant passed at the age of 104 […]
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● Rallies support of Ooni, others for Osun Governor Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke for proving his critics wrong as to his ability to deliver on his campsign promises. He said that Adeleke shattered the tag of a dancing givernir and elevated himself fittingly into the moniker of a working […]
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Ogun State Government on Sunday said DATKEM Plaza, Ijebu Ode, was an illegal structure without an approved plan. The structure, the state government added, also contravened the state’s physical planning laws. The government, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun, said the structure violated […]
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Mrs. Olufunke Daniel, wife of the former Ogun State Governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has tackled Governor Dapo Abiodun over the demolition of her 5-storey plaza in Ijebu-Ode, describing the act as executive recklessness. The state government commenced demolition of the 5-storey DATKEM plaza in Ijebu-Ode, in the early hours of Sunday. Daniel, who represents Ogun […]
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Ogun State government early Sunday morning started the demolition of a five-story building, DATKEM Plaza, owned by Olufunke Daniel, the wife of a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel. Daniel, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) like Governor Dapo Abiidun, is the senator representing Ogun East district. Our correspondent who visited […]
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Across the country, recourse to fraud and ritual murder by both older individuals and youths seeking instant wealth is mounting. In a recent case in Andoni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, 12 suspected Internet scammers, aka “Yahoo boys,” were arrested in late August for burying a day-old baby alive in a macabre voodoo ritual. The desperate […]
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The recent disclosure by the Lagos State Government of domestic violence cases state-wide showing that 2,588 minors were sexually and emotionally abused between August 2022 and July 2023 is disturbing. It reflects how sexual defilement generally, but especially of minors, is assuming epidemic proportions in the country. This barbaric behaviour must be curbed with stronger […]
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