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FG Set To Lift Ban As Twitter Meets Six Conditions
The Technical Committee raised by the Nigerian Government to resolve the impasse between the Government and Twitter is said to be fine-tuning the provisions by the microblogger before…
Forests in North should be bombed – El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has recommended that forests in the North should be bombed to wipe out bandits. El-Rufai stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Monday.…
Sylvester Oromoni’s Death: Dowen College To Remain Shut While Other Schools Resume – Lagos State…
The Lagos state government has said that Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos state will not be reopened on Tuesday, January 4 until the investigation into the death of a student of the school,…
BREAKING: Okorocha, Nwosu, sponsors of kidnapping, banditry in Imo – Govt
Former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and his son-in-law, Chief Uche Nwosu, have been identified by the Imo State Government as sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in the…
I don’t care whether Nigeria’s next president is Christian or Muslim, says Mike Okonkwo
Mike Okonkwo, founder of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), says religion or tribe should not play a role in electing the country’s next president. The cleric said politicians contesting…
Lekan Balogun can be Olubadan -Lawyer
The passage of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Sunday, may brood new legal tussles for the assumption of the new Olubadan. A lawyer, Ola Adeosun, of Ola Adeosun &…
Experts Dismiss Claim Of Demicron As New COVID-19 Variant
With fresh concerns over possible emergence of a new COVID-19 variant (Demicron), experts have dismissed the claim, saying it is just a speculation. The chairman, Expert Review…
Tension in Imo as Uzodimma uncovers alleged sponsors of insecurity
There’s is tension in Imo State, as Governor Hope Uzodimma disclosed that the state government has uncovered alleged sponsors and financiers of killings, unknown gunmen and insecurity in…
Positive Outlook For Nigerian Economy In 2022, Expert Says
In late 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had projected that the Nigerian economy, which was just emerging from a recession occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic would record a…
Legal hurdle clouds Olubadan succession
Twenty-four hours after the passage of Oba Saliu Adetunji, some Ibadan chiefs, yesterday, held a meeting at the home of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Lekan Balogun,…
Drugs War: How NDLEA confiscated N120bn Cash/Assets from 11,341 traffickers, barons in 2021 —…
Towards sending a strong message to barons to quit the illegal/dangerous crime, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency confiscated cash, assets and drugs valued at N120bn from 11,341 traffickers…
Tradition will determine next Olubadan, says Olubadan-in-Council
The Olubadan-in-Council, on Monday, declared that tradition would be followed in naming the next Olubadan of Ibadan, regardless of their elevation to obaship. The declaration came at the end of…
Vehicles prepared, as Zamfara criminal, Turji, set to release 52 victims, ready for peace talks
Barely a day after N igerian fighter jets were reported to have bombed and killed bandits, including two of their leaders in Zamfara forests, another notorious bandits kingpin, Bello Turji, has…
14 Things To Know About Late Bashir Tofa
Alhaji Bashir Tofa was the presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12 1993 election. He contested against Chief MKO Abiola of the Social…
Henceforth, no more Nigerian national anthems in south-east schools – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem will henceforth be banned in schools in the south-east. Chika Edoziem, IPOB director of state, stated…
Lekan Balogun not qualified to be Olubadan – Ex-Oyo AG writes Makinde
Michael Lana, a former attorney-general of Oyo state, says Lekan Balogun, a former senator, is unfit to be crowned as the next Olubadan of Ibadan. Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan,…
Nigeria’s Barkindo Exits July As OPEC Appoints Kuwaiti New Secretary General
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Mr Haiham Al-Ghais of Kuwait as Secretary-General of the organisation at a special meeting of the OPEC Conference on…
Don’t Berate Bakare over N9bn Loan – Ex-Lagos CPC Guber Candidate Tells Nigerians
The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos state, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has called on Nigerians to desist from…
Buhari Mourns Bashir Tofa, Says He Was a True Nationalist
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa. The President while…
ACF hails onslaught against terrorists in Zamfara, Urges NAF to kill more
The Arewa Consultative Forum ( ACF) has commended the Nigerian military, particularly the Nigerian Airforce ( NAF) for raids it carried out recently against terrorist elements. Chief…
OBITUARY: Bashir Tofa, MKO Abiola’s opponent who rejected declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day
There is that epochal moment — a landmark happening that defines a person’s life. Some people are the main characters when this significant moment happens. However, some are outshined by…
Sit At Home: Ebonyi records non-compliance
The sit at home order declared by the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB seems not to have had any impact in Ebonyi as residents and commuters were seen going about their normal businesses in the…
CLOSE-UP: The man who could become next Olubadan of Ibadan
Just as the world was celebrating the transition to a new year, news filtered in that Salihu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan, had passed on. Adetunji, who was crowned as the 41st…
UCH narrates how Olubadan of Ibadan died, UI mourns
The University College Hospital, Ibadan has narrated that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 01.15 am. The hospital in a…