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Truck crushes two police officers to death in Ekiti
Two policemen were confirmed killed by a truck in Ado Ekiti on Monday while heading to their duty post. The policemen were killed in the Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis while in transit around Ado-Ifaki dual carriageway. A source told journalists at the scene of the incident that the truck driver fled immediately after the incident but was later…
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Buhari heads to Daura begins winding down of presidential tenure
President Muhammadu Buhari has begun winding down his tenure which comes to an end on May 29, 2023. The president assumed office May 29, 2015 for his first term after defeating incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 2015 presidential election. He also won a second term in office in 2019 after defeating former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the…
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NAF aerial patrols target bandits’ locations in Kaduna
Several bandits neutralized, camps destroyed, as some hostages escape Assets of the Nigerian Air Force have conducted aerial patrols over identified bandit enclaves across flash points in Kaduna State. Details of these missions were made known via operational feedback to the Kaduna State government. In Kawara area of Igabi LGA, a strike was carried out on an identified bandits’ location.…
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Buhari: Dillibe Onyeama’s legacy of courage will be remembered
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of Nigerian novelist and publisher, Dillibe Onyeama, the first black person to complete his study at Eton College, London, who died recently at the age of 71. The President joined the literary community in Nigeria, as well as the government and people of Enugu State in mourning Onyeama’s legacy…
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Lagos ranked most NYSC-friendly state
*Sanwo-Olu tasks Corps members on transparency in electoral engagements National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ranked Lagos as the most friendly state to the scheme. Chairman of the NYSC National Governing Board, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar, said Lagos remained the only state across the federation supporting the scheme with quarterly subvention to keep activities going. Abubakar disclosed this on Monday when…
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History Beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1), By Chukwuma Charles Soludo
My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the “investments” Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra state revenues. Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on “investment” that…
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Arise TV accepts NBC sanction, pays N2m fine
Arise TV has accepted and paid the N2million fine slammed on it by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing a fake news on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The TV station ran a story that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was investigating Tinubu over a court case in the US, a…
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Ikpeazu condemns attack on Abia PDP campaign
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has condemned the attack on the Director General of the Professor Uche Ikonne Campaign Organization, Chinedum Elechi in Umuahia on Sunday. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka. The Director General was attacked by an individual who is alleged to be an operative of the Ebonyi…
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Bukola Saraki organises 10 years memorial prayer for late father in Ilorin
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday organised special prayers to commemorate 10 years anniversary of the death of his late father, Dr. Olusola Sarak in Ilorin, Kwara State. The late Dr. Saraki was top politician and Senate Leader in the Second Republic under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) and controller of Kwara politics where he made his son…
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Obi making Tinubu’s pathway to victory easier by pulling down PDP – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo says that the emergence of presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi will help Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) claim victory in the 2023 presidential election. Soludo stated this in a statement he personally wrote on Monday titled: “History Beckons and I will not be Silent (Part 1)”.The…
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