Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has made claims that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria. Soyinka said this while speaking during an interview on PlusTv Africa on Thursday. The Professor was reacting to an open letter written to the President by retired colonel and former Military Administrator of Kaduna, Umar Dangiwa. Dangiwa, […]
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Busola Dakolo who accused the senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, of rape has said there is pressure to silence her case against the preacher. Busola Dakolo who is the wife of popular musician, Timi Dakolo, in a statement on Instagram Thursday, said the Ministry of Justice has been silent since […]
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Foremost playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he does not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of Nigeria. The renowned writer said this while speaking in an interview with PlusTv Africa, on Thursday. He said the answer to the nation’s problem is decentralisation, adding that there’s a need for the people […]
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Officers of the Intelligence Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, have arrested three brothers, namely; Johnson Emmanuel, 38, Gideon, 31, and Success, 27. The siblings are accused of kidnapping and gruesomely killing one Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya on May 14, 2020. The suspects, who hail from Isiekenesi, Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State, were […]
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Houssam Diad, the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, has revealed that his country will not issue Nigerians work visas anymore. He said this during a meeting with Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), on Thursday. He said the policy took effect on May 1, 2020, and was put in place to address the […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed 350 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus infection in Nigeria. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified twitter handle on Thursday. According to the NCDC the reported cases are, Lagos-102 Ogun-34 FCT-29 Borno-26 Kaduna-23 Rivers-21 Ebonyi-17 Kwara -16 Katsina-14 Edo-10 Delta-10 Kano-10 Bauchi-10 Bayelsa-9 Imo-8 Plateau-4 […]
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, (PPPRA) has removed the cap on the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which is also known as petrol, giving marketers freedom to fix price of the commodity and sell above the price it stipulated. In a document released, yesterday evening, by the PPPRA, titled, ‘Market Based Pricing Regime […]
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It was a bloody affair as a gang of heavily armed robbers attacked the First Bank branch in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East Local Government Area in Kogi State. According to witnesses, the attack started at about 2:30 pm and left many persons. The gunmen, described to be criminal herdsmen and numbered about eight were […]
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The commissioner for information and orientation in Edo state, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu has resigned his appointment just few weeks to the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Godwin Obaseki, the governor, is vying to retain the party’s ticket for a second term but a faction loyal to […]
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said religious centres in the state will be allowed to reopen. Sanwo-Olu said this on Thursday during a briefing at the Government House, Marina. According to him, mosques will reopen from June 19 while churches will begin services from June 21. He also noted that children below age […]
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