Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from struggling to restore Nigeria to the path of sanity and moderate rectitude, describing him as ‘objectively unfitted’ for the role. He urged the former president to instead head for a monastery. Soyinka said, “…I know that deep inside, there is a […]
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The Senate on Tuesday said it would revisit calls for State Police and design framework for mopping up 350 million light weapons suspected to be in circulation within Nigeria. President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, made this known while welcoming senators to plenary after a three-week Eid-el-Fitr recess, according to the News Agency of […]
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NIGERIA- President Muhammadu Buhari and President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday, engaged in bilateral talks bordering on security at the presidential villa in Abuja. The French leader and members of entourage arrived the presidential villa at about 4:35pm. He was received at the forecourt of the presidential villa by Buhari. Others at the forecourt […]
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The Naira maintained N360 to the dollar at the parallel market on Monday in Lagos. The Nigerian currency had been trading at N360 to the Dollar for four days running, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N486 and N420, respectively. Trading at the investors’ window saw the naira close at N361.40 with […]
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Mr Ketil Karlsen, the Head of European Union (EU) Delegation, has urged Nigerian youths to strive toward occupying political and public offices of their choices after the actualisation of the Not-Too-Young-to-Run law. Karlson made the call at the Not-Too-Young-to-Run Conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the presidential assent for the law marked the beginning of […]
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The United Nations (UN) says more than 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflicts in 2017 while more than 8,000 youngsters were recruited or used as combatants. The annual report of the secretary-general on Children and Armed Conflict covered 20 countries, including Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, the Philippines, Syria and Yemen. Virginia Gamba, UN’s expert […]
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Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that the nation is dying. He urged the president to seek help if the federal government lacks the necessary resources to curtail the wanton killings across the country. Soyinka issued the advice in a statement titled ‘ON DEMAND: A Language of Non-Capitulation, Non-Appeasement!’ According to […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of trade and investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, says there is no cause for alarm in respect to the recent global poverty report released by Brookings Institution – a report that said Nigeria has replaced India as the world’s poverty capital with six people slipping into poverty every minute. While responding to questions […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have crashed out of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup after losing 2-1 to Argentina in their final Group D game in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the first half before Victor Moses equalised from the penalty spot. The Barcelona star’s goal was the 100th […]
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Security operatives attached to the presidential villa in Abuja, assaulted Oby Ezekwezili, former minister of education, who embarked on a solo march to the state house, on Tuesday. The protest which kicked off at the federal secretariat was disrupted at the villa gate. The security operatives stationed at the gate manhandled her while struggling to […]
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