Tragedy struck on the eve of local government council election in Lagos State as a PSP truck crushed a chairmanship aspirant of the Ikotun/Igando Local Council Development Area to death. The deceased, Shakiru Balogun, aka SAB, was a former Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees of the LCDA …
Read More »The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am. This number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to the country. The …
Read More »The Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS said it has curtailed a minor fire incident detected at the Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital on Friday evening. Humphrey Chukwuedo, NPS, FCT Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that the fire was, however, immediately …
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Nigerians have been urged to support the anti corruption crusade of President Muhammad Buhari and as being championed by the National Assembly. In a release signed by the Special Adviser on ‘Media and Illicit Financial Flows’ to the Chairman House Committee on Financial Crimes, Rev. Bunmi Olupona,Nigerians are told to …
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A center for transparency advocacy, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has sounded a note of caution to those who are trying to drag Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakub into the fate of the recall process initiated against Senator Dino Melaye. Melaye is facing …
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An election observer group, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has warned that any attempt to tarnish the integrity of the head of the Electoral Management Body (EMB) through orchestrated media campaigns will have dire consequences on future elections and the nation’s democracy. Addressing journalists in Abuja, ISDMG Executive …
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Reports says that Usher’s herpes case dated back to 2012 before his recent wife and after his ex-wife, Tameka Foster. By the way, the case has been settled with $1.1million. My question now is why is the case just rising up? Is it just blackmail? since nobody seems to know …
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Dr Chima Amadi Typical of the Nigerian body politic, the political cloud has gathered around the semantic of one word: restructuring. This word, to the undiscerning is being portrayed as holding the keys, indeed, the Midas-touch-solution to every ill that has bedeviled the Nigerian nation (Vanguard’s Ochereome Nnanna holds this view too). We have been here before. During the period of …
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By Dare Babarinsa Last Thursday, I finally got my copies of My Dialogue With Nigeria, the compilation of articles, interviews and reminiscences of Lt. General Ipoola Alani Akinrinade who retired from the Nigerian Army at 42. My friend, Kole Omololu, the organising secretary of Afenifere, had purchased two copies for …
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There was a mild drama at the Federal high court in Ede yesterday as workers and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) force the judge,Oladimeji David to reverse his earlier order that OAU’s ex acting vice chancellor,Prof. Anthony Elujoba should be kept in Ilesha prison. This reversal came after …
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