A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has assured that the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Taoreed Lagbaja, will wipe out terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. El-Rufai stated this in a Twitter post on Saturday. According to him, Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, members of the proscribed Indigenous People …
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A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has demanded an urgent response from the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over a document circulating online concerning the controversial EndSARS protest. The document had alleged that Sanwo-Olu approved the mass burial of 103 protesters who were claimed to have been massacred by …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released the final lists of successful candidates for the 2023 recruitment exercise for Narcotic Officer and Narcotic Assistant cadres. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson to NDLEA, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The development comes on the heels of the agency’s 2023 recruitment …
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ALEX Telles left Manchester United for a reunion with former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on Sunday. Telles is the latest star from a major European club to move to the Gulf state, having swapped the Premier League for the lure of the lucrative Saudi Pro …
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THE Lagos State Government has claimed that the bodies of 103 victims of #EndSARS protest in 2020 prepared for mass burial, were not from the Lekki tollgate. This was confirmed in a statement released on Sunday. The government claimed the bodies were picked up from different parts of Lagos like …
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OVER one billion people are on the brink of hunger globally, a report in the newsletter of the World Bank has stated. Majority of the affected people are in the low and middle income countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Quoting the July 2023 edition of …
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THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has pleaded with the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to summon enough courage to do substantial justice to his petition seeking the nullification of Ahmed Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25 election. Atiku pointedly said on Sunday …
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GOODS worth millions of Naira were destroyed in the early hours of Sunday following a fire outbreak in ATC area of Jalingo, Taraba state capital. No fewer than 10 shops were affected by the inferno, which started at about 3 a.m. Gabriel Olayinka, Chief Executive Officer of Taraba News, a …
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at two major international Summits in Rome, Italy, and St Petersburg, Russia. Shettima who left Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 3:00 pm Sunday will join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment Summit themed “Transforming …
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A Civil Society Organization, CSO, One Love Foundation, OLF, Sunday, charged Labour Party, LP, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, not to put Nigerians to shame. Speaking on the issues surrounding the alleged N70 billion for working condition of NASS members, N110 billion on bulletproof cars for Senate …
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