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Nollywood comic actor Dejo Tunfulu is dead
Nollywood comedian and actor Dejo Tunfulu is dead. According to Vanguard, many of the actor’s colleagues confirmed his death. The president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, also confirmed his death to The PUNCH. “Yes, it is confirmed. He died in a hospital this morning. But I am yet…
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ASUU threatens to withdraw NITDA boss university certificate over UTAS comments
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has threatened to commence the withdrawal of the university certificate of the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa – an alumnus of the institution over his comments on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution. Inuwa had said that UTAS “had failed integrity test, vulnerability test…
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Lekki toll-gate protest: We won’t tolerate disturbance of movement, says Police
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi says the command would not tolerate protesters disturbing or stopping the free flow of traffic in the state. The police commissioner was reacting to the planned protest over the reopening of Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge toll gate in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin Alabi assured Lagosians that the Command…
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Pay in Roubles, or I stop gas supplies, Putin threatens EU nations
Effective today, Friday, 1 April, 2022, Russian gas supplies will not be denominated in USD, but in Russian Roubles. President Vladimir Putin gave the directive to all buyers of Russian gas, principally European countries, especially Germany, Italy, Spain and others, who depend about 40% on Russian gas. The EU has however commenced phased withdrawal of Russian gas, while the US…
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Obiano and the possibility of a new job, By Dare Babarinsa
It was a good thing that Willie Obiano, the former governor of Anambra State, had his baptism of fire early. Obiano was on his way to the United States for a well-deserved holiday when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accosted him at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and asked him to step aside. After a…
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No road, airway, railway to Kaduna, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Recent terror attacks close all routes to Kaduna, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It takes personal restraint and courage not to be cynical about the mass graveyard that Nigeria has become under the watch of Muhammadu Buhari. Carried into power at the fourth try on the back of a general disenchantment with the security situation in the country, Nigerians looked forward to…
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They hate God, they loathe humanity
Haters of God and humanity struck on Monday, bombing the Abuja-Kaduna train. They then proceeded to open fire on passengers of the immobilized coaches. It was premeditated murder from the very bottom of hell. See the toll of the carnage. Promising lives, cut short. Destinies terminated. Hopes and plans, ruptured. People who committed no sin, no crime, except that they…
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We must restore legal profession’s cherished nobility and glory, By Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN
PROLOGUE Today is another day the Lord has made, and we rejoice in it. My stepping in as the 50th Chairman of the Body of Benchers this day is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in my eyes. Today marks the first time in the illustrious history of the august Body of Benchers that both the incoming Chairman, as…
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Osinbajo clamours for new tribe of believers in Nigeria’s unity
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a new tribe of Nigerians who will champion the country’s drive for unity. The vice president was speaking at the sixth combined Convocation Ceremony of Nasarawa State University, Keffi on Saturday. Prof. Osinbajo said the country needed men and women who are willing to make sacrifices in building the society and who are…
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President Buhari lauds BOI for creating 9 million jobs
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja lauded the Bank of Industry (BOI) for creating over 9million jobs in the last seven years as well as disbursing over N1.24 trillion to 4.2 million beneficiaries in Micro, Small, Medium and Large enterprises. Speaking at the commissioning of the Second Tower of BOI building, President Buhari said that the Bank has continued to…
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