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First-class traditional ruler, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors in the Villa. The prominent Yoruba monarch visited Aso Rock, amid heated ethnic tension in Ondo and some parts in Oyo state, generated by the recent locals-Fulani herders’ confrontation. The …

When Kamala Harris became the first Black female vice president in American history, her husband, Doug Emhoff, also became the country’s first-ever second gentleman. Emhoff, who was described as the Biden-Harris campaign’s “secret weapon,” is an accomplished entertainment lawyer. In a move that defies stereotypical gender norms, he’s leaving his …

Police Recruit 18, 360 For Community Policing The inspector-general of police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu said 18, 360 personnel have been recruited, screened, vetted and trained as community policing officers (CPOs). Adamu stated this at a one-day workshop to sensitise members of the public on community policing in Abuja. This is …

This is to confirm that the result of my last COVID-19 test returned positive. Though I have not shown any symptoms, I have already commenced treatment. Let me advise those who have come in contact with me in the last couple of days to go for test It is important …

The Northern Elders Forum says the appointment of new service chiefs is not enough to bring the needed change Nigerians expect to see in the country’s war against insurgency and sundry security challenges, adding that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), must exercise leadership as the Commander-In-Chief of the …

The stakes are high for the new service chiefs to surmount many security challenges in the country… The new service chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, are in for a tough, rough ride to secure a country bedevilled by a mishmash of internal security challenges– long-drawn insurgency, raging …

AbdulRazaq mourns Kwara’s pioneer Grand Khadi Justice Orire Today, our state lost of one of its finest jurists, a founding father, and indeed a national statesman, retired Justice AbdulKadir Orire (CON), who was the pioneer Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal between 1975 and 1999. He …

The newly-appointed Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, SMBF, and immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has expressed shock and disappointment at President Muhammadu Buhari’s exclusion of Igbo in the appointment of the new Service Chiefs. Nwodo insinuated that Buhari’s action was an obvious expression …

The Nigerian government generated a total sum of 1.53 trillion naira revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2020, up by 29.3% when compared to 1.18 trillion naira recorded in 2019. This is according to the Sectoral value-added tax report, recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Sectoral …

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on the Federal Government to help in funding the National Sports Festival, scheduled to hold in the state. Obaseki said the state is ready to host the 20th edition of the sports event but does not have the financial capacity to host …