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Panic as tanker explodes on Otedola bridge
There was palpable fear along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following an explosion at the Otedola bridge axis of the expressway on Tuesday night. Video footage shared on X showed thick flames emanating from the explosion. The cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained, some X users claimed it was caused by a petrol tanker. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson…
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Bite the bullet and step down honourably—Lagos group tells Obasa in rejoinder to Banire
A group, the De-Renaissance Patriots Foundation, has advised the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudasiru Obasa, to resign in the interest of democracy and the rule of law. According to the group, the reinstated speaker would be better off resigning as he has lost control of the Assembly, adding that his ongoing leadership, which they…
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Meet Nofisat Adekunle, PhD, triple master’s holder, daughter of Fuji artist Sefiu Alao
Nigerian Fuji music artists have, over time, found the magic wand to refine their previous ghetto-like, ruffian image to a more polished reputation, going on to build successful music careers, attaining fame, and fortune. But now, Fuji artists are not alone in breaking boundaries; their children are also setting outstanding records. Such is the amazing story of Nofisat Adekunle, the…
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DR Congo offers $5M reward for the capture of rebel leaders
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has announced a $5 million reward for the capture of three M23 rebel leaders, including former electoral chief Corneille Nangaa, military commander Sultani Makenga, and political leader Bertrand Bisimwa. The trio was sentenced to death in absentia last year for treason. Despite the bounty, arresting them remains unlikely as Rwandan-backed M23 forces continue…
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Magic in the banking halls, by Dayo Thomas
When I was in the village in the 1980s, there was a group of individuals who carried out strange activities that defied reason but were known only to the initiated. It was called magic. Back then, crowds would gather in profound amazement to watch money disappear from one person, only to reappear in another’s pocket. It was abracadabra—the more you…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie aims to ‘Write a Wrong’ in ‘Dream Count’
In her first novel since “Americanah,” she draws on a real-life assault case as she follows the lives of three Nigerian women and one of their former housekeepers. “Dream Count,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a dozen years, is dreamy indeed: an accumulation of scenes and sensations, cloudlike in their contour, floating this way and that against the backdrop…
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Sentenced to death for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defence—The Sunday Jackson case
In what has been described as a classic ”textbook case of miscarriage of justice,’ Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday, March 7, 2025, ruled that Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was brutally attacked with a knife by a Fulani herdsman, must die by hanging. Jackson, who was allegedly attacked by the knife-wielding herdsman, successfully overpowered the attacker, took the weapon from…
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The big cities where it’s getting too hot for people to live
Large areas of Earth’s surface could soon be so hot that people will die within hours in the open air, several recent studies have warned With record-breaking temperatures being recorded seemingly every month, experts are now warning large areas of the Earth could become completely inhospitable to humans due to the scorching heat. January was the world’s warmest on record,…
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Adeleke’s visit to Bisi Akande: Peace move or political manoeuvre?
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke’s recent visit to ex-governor and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, amid the ongoing local government crisis in the state has raised dust within political circles. The visit has stirred controversy about the real motive behind the meeting with the state government, saying it is…
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Pope suffers two respiratory attacks
-slept all night, resting, says Vatican Pope Francis, hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure the day before, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, which developed into pneumonia in both lungs, sparking alarm. On Monday,…
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