Father to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State is dead. Sir Arthur Okorie Okowa was according to reports born in 1932. Deputy Senate President Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege sent condolences through his spokesman, Yomi Odunuga. Omo-Agege noted that the deceased meant a lot to the people of Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area. The […]
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The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru,, has taken over the mantle of leadership of the Nigerian Army in an elaborate handing over ceremony by his predecessor, Tukur Buratai, in Abuja on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Attahiru alongside other service chiefs. In line with the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the President signed the […]
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A Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of new service chiefs as illegal and unconstitutional. Buhari had appointed new service chiefs on Tuesday following the resignation of the former officers. However, Falana, in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, quoted a 2013 judgment which described such appointments […]
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The correction of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution has been recommended by the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams. Adams who had described the constitution as satanic said it is the wrong structure that Nigeria is running on. He said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. Saying that, “The major […]
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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress is silent to talk on the issue of Fulani herdmen attack in the South West because he doesn’t want to offend President Muhammadu Buhari. This allegation was made by a leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. Adebanjo had spoken on Wednesday on a […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met the new service chiefs for the first time since he announced their appointment. The new service chiefs are Major-Gen. Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, Chief of Air […]
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Governor of Abia State, Ifeanyi Ikeazu has dissolved the State Executive Council. The Governor also recalled his Chief of Staff, Dr Anthony Agbazuere., who was on suspension after he was caught on video spraying money on a prophet identified as Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere a.k.a. Odumeje. This was announced in a statement issued by his Chief Press […]
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It was a bad Saturday in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State following the death of students and residents of the community who were killed by an articulated truck. The cement-laden truck which belongs to Dangote Group was said to have lost control before ramming into some open shops opposite Adekunle […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is now a mandatory requirement for registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by candidates, Tribune reports. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this disclosure, on Thursday, in Abuja during 2020 Ministerial press briefing, ordered the Joint […]
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