The University of Ibadan, UI, on Tuesday 31 July 2018, at the 2nd Geoffery Axworthy Lecture renamed its 63 year old Arts Theatre after the Nigerian born literary icon and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The aged arts theatre will now be known as “Wole Soyinka Theatre”. However, the programme was almost marred when the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). He was elected at the 53rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Lome, Togo. A diplomatic source had said at a dinner on Monday night, some of the West African […]
Continue ReadingSenate President Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Both men made their decision known via Twitter on Tuesday evening. “I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the […]
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The Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Godwin Adama, has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian, Linus Chibuzor-Nwankwo from Enugu State by a fellow Nigerian, Lawrence Nwarienne from Anambra, in that country. Mr Adama, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed shock over […]
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The Commander-In-Chief of Nigerian armed forces, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the deployment of 1,000 security personnel to Zamfara state to stem the killings in the state. In a statement on Sunday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said the security personnel comprise the army, air force, police and the civil defence. Zamfara has been on the […]
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Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, who was last week, assumed to have been abducted after his associates claimed he ran into unknown assailants as he travelled towards Kogi State, has narrated his ordeal. The senator said he was on his way to court for a third appearance in his ongoing trial for […]
Continue ReadingThe Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Rikiji told newsmen in Gusau on Sunday in Gusau that the security situation in the state called for serious review. He recalled the ugly incidences […]
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Not less than 16 Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by troops at the Mairari, a village in Mongno Local government area of Borno State. The Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said on Sunday that the success was recorded on Friday evening when the soldiers deployed in […]
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The minister of information, Lai Mohammed, has described the defection of some national assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as “an answer to their prayers”. Mohammed spoke in his country home of Oro, Kwara state, on Sunday when members and supporters of the party welcomed him at the playground of Muslim Community […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will easily win Sokoto, Kano and Bauchi states even from his “sickbed” without any form of solid opposition. Amaechi, who is the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, said this to journalists on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to the spate of defections that […]
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