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Sanni Dosumu The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said democracy was too slow for his liking. Buhari said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at a short ceremony where his aides and some members of staff presented a card to him on his 77th birthday. The President compared the current anti-graft war …
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Segun Sanya The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, met briefly on Saturday. The brief discussion took place when the two prominent politicians ran into each other at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Tinubu’s spokesman, Mr Tunde Rahman, …
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The FCT Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ayuba Gora, says driving with the aid of Google map using mobile phones is a serious traffic offence. Mr Gora said this at the inauguration of the 2019 Ember Months Campaign by Lugbe Unit Command of the FRSC in Abuja on Wednesday. According to …
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There’s a video trending on social media that sees a mother seriously beating a boy believed to be her son. According to social media comments, it’s said that the young boy is addicted to Sports Betting — something his mother is so much against. Perhaps, she has warned him severally not to be going to …
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The Bishop of Zaria Diocese (Anglican Communion), Rt Rev Abiodun Ogunyemi, has said that the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, will never be president of Nigeria, saying he believes that the governor is being prepared to contest in 2023. The bishop, in what seems to be an angry post on the website of the …
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By: James Haven The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, insisted on Wednesday that Nigerian roads were not that bad as portrayed. Speaking shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting, he said reports on the poor state of the country’s roads were mere hypes. The FEC meeting, which was presided over by …
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Serah Hamed; Loyola A G-Wagon on the campaign trail of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday ran into a kiosk and killed all four occupants. This is the second incident in two weeks, as a similar accident occurred during which two people were killed on the Ankpa/Ayingba Road. The incident was said to have occurred …
Sewa ; Akure Tension has gripped the residents of Akure, the state capital, Owo and other towns in Ondo State as members of the dreaded Boko Haram have allegedly planned to attack some banks in major towns in the state at any moment. According to a letter circulating on various social media platforms, which was …
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By: Adeyanju Atoba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 30 students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, as well as those of Olabisi Onabanjo University. The anti-corruption body arrested FUNAAB, MAPOLY students on Wednesday, after storming the Ibogun campus of the OOU in the Ifo Local Government Area …
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Adeoluwa Teni; Osogbo Some armed soldiers, on Monday, invaded the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo and broke the gate and caused panic in the area. According to some traders near the police headquarters, three of the soldiers had already entered the premises before the others were stopped at the gate. A trader, who …
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a 15-day private visit to London, the United Kingdom from Saudi Arabia, the Presidency said on Monday The President is expected to leave Nigeria later on Monday for an official trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he will attend the Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative …
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The Lagos State House of Assembly has listed five ‘sins’ allegedly committed by a former governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. The ‘sins’ include alleged unauthorised discounting of promissory note and purchase of 820 buses without due authorisation. The Assembly, therefore, asked the former governor to appear before it by 1pm on Wednesday. This …
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Google on Friday celebrated the 119th birthday of the Nigerian activist, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti with a doodle. Mrs Ransome-Kuti is also the mother of legendary Afrobeat singer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The doodle, which showed Fela’s mother in different modes, one of which was behind the wheels (Fela’s mother is the first woman to drive a car in …
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Three Nigerians are among other foreign nationals who on Tuesday suffered from fresh xenophobic attacks on foreigners in different locations of Witbank, Mpumanlaga Province, South Africa, the Nigerian community, has said. The national spokesperson for the Nigeria Union, South Africa, Mr Odefa Ikele, told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone that the attacks …
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By Anike Adeyemi The Police have arrested 18-year-old Elikor Ehud in Ejigbo for allegedly stealing tithes and offerings belonging to Chosen Vine Ministry, Furniture Avenue. Police Public Relations Officer in the Lagos Command, DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Elkana said that one Pastor Moses Nwoke of the …
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By Sanni James Burkina Faso’s triple jumper, Fabrice Zango, was rewarded with a ram for being the first athlete from his country to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. The athlete, who posted a picture of the ram’s presentation on his Facebook page, claimed bronze at the athletics event. Zango said the ram …
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By Freda President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tanker fire that claimed lives of a woman and her baby and destroyed property in Onitsha, Anambra State on Wednesday. Buhari’s reaction came just as three more bodies were recovered on Thursday. Two of the dead bodies were said to be salesgirls. Traders found the …
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Former Nigeria international, Osaze Odemwingie, is excited over his admission into the Professional Golfers Association. The former Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion forward shared contents of his admission statement on the social media. “I am very proud to become a member of this great association (PGA),” the 38-year-old added. Congratulations, as of today your …
Some armed robbers late on Saturday attacked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega station in the Asa Dam area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The robbers were said to have during their operation beheaded a police sergeant and a security man at the station. Our correspondent gathered that the men of the underworld struck …
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Friday announced the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits (crude oil) in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of the country. Recall that drilling of the Kolmani River II Well was flagged-off by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 2, 2019. A …
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