Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, on Sunday, disclosed that the Nigerian troops have killed 1,015 Boko Haram ISWAP terrorists in the ongoing operation in Nigeria’s Northeast region which started on 12th April – about six weeks ago. The Chief of Army staff made this known during a luncheon organised for […]
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Lagos State Government on Sunday announced that the Marine Beach Bridge, inwards Apapa area of the state, would be shut for five months. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the closure was for emergency repair works and would start from Wednesday, May 27. Oladeinde, in a statement, said the repair works by the […]
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By Tunde Asaju Check this glossary of terms – full body slam, choke hold, choke slam, hip toss and you would be forgiven for thinking of the dangerous exploits of professional wrestling. You are wrong. These are the ‘deliverance’ moves of the latest rave in miracle land, Chukwuemeka Ohaenemere Odumeje, aka Indabosky Bahose, aka the […]
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The President of Senegal, H.E. Macky Sall, President of Liberia, H.E George Weah and United States Senator Chris Coons will form part of a high-level leadership panel to be moderated by the Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, to discuss Africa’s economic recovery in the 2020 edition of […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control l, NCDC has confirmed 313 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The NCDC via its official twitter handle on Sunday made this known. Breakdown of the cases are, 148-Lagos 36-FCT 27-Rivers 19-Edo 13-Kano 12-Ogun 11-Ebonyi 8-Nasarawa 8-Delta 7-Oyo 6- Plateau 5-Kaduna 4-Kwara 3-Akwa Ibom 3-Bayelsa 2-Niger 1-Anambra. As of Sunday […]
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General Overseer, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said COVID-19 will not end completely,. According to Pastor Adeboye, who spoke during the Sunday live broadcast on Dove TV, the disease won’t end until there’s a special miracle from God. Pastor Adeboye said the Coronavirus won’t disappear completely like flu, […]
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Mohammed Bello, the Minister of the FCT, has approved the extension of market days in Abuja The Minister, in a statement issued on Saturday, said markets will now open three times every week. Bello noted that with effect from 25th May, markets will operate between 8 am and 3pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays He […]
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Senator Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, has urged the Muslim faithfuls to continue praying for the country. Also in the same vein the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, PDP, Enugu West has tasked Muslims across Nigeria not to relent in their prayers and concerted efforts against the Coronavirus pandemic. Lawan […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States of America, has permitted the reopening of religious centres in the country. He announced this on Friday at the White House, noting that what America needs is “more prayers”. Trump declared that his administration considered places of worship as “essential” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The American leader told […]
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Adolphus Kabiri-Whyte, a former judge of the supreme court, has died at the age of 88. Son of the late justice, Dagogo Kabiri-Whyte, confirmed his father died on Friday in Port-Harcourt in Rivers State. Kabiri-Whyte, a native of Abonnema, Rivers, was born on 29th January, 1932. He attended Kalabari National College Buguma, Rivers, from 1946 […]
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