Catholic faithful and mourners, on Tuesday, turned out in their numbers for the funeral mass of Michael Nnadi, a seminarian at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, who was killed…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The president arrived Maiduguri from Addis Ababa after the signing of visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport…
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The delay by Southeast governors and the Inspector General of Police to arrive at the venue of the South-East security summit nearly marred the event. The event which was slated…
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FG Drops Money Laundering, Cyberstalking Charges Against Sowore
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020The Federal Government has amended the charges brought against rights activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, by dropping money laundering and cyberstalking from the case. Counsel to the government, A. Aliyu,…
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Deontay Wilder believes Tyson Fury is scared and will be having sleepless nights before their world heavyweight title rematch later this month. The pair fight in Las Vegas on 22…
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KESINGTON ADEBUTU’S SOCIAL IRREPRESIBILITY IN THE FACE OF THE ‘PULL HIM DOWN SYNDROME’ – Prof. V.O.Awonusi
by Reporter February 12, 2020Sir Kesington Adebutu, CON is some form of an enigma. A few weeks ago in the sleepy town of Ogere in Remo, Ogun State and in the scorching sun, the…
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The CEO of Tesla, Inc, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company, Elon Musk, has joined the ranks of renowned figures campaigning against Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s multinational social network…
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The outcome of the coronavirus test on two Nigerians is negative, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire, has said. He announced this during the opening ceremony of Kano…
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For the ninth time in a row, Nigerian businessman and CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has topped the Forbes list for African billionaires. The 62-year-old billionaire was recently named the…
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News
Catholic Bishop, Kukah Tackles Presidency Over Buhari’s Undeclared Assets
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd. Matthew Hassan Kukah, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, yesterday traded words over the…
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Opinion
THE IMBALANCE IN NDDC AS IT AFFECTS IMO AND ONDO STATES – ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniola February 12, 2020Since 2000 every President in Nigeria has been unfair to Ondo and Imo states in terms of appointments of chairman/Managing Director/Executive Director in the NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC). It…
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Sports
AFCON Qualifiers: Top Players Will Be Available For Nigeria – Gernot Rohr
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is confident of his key players’ availability for next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Sierra Leone. Over the weekend, some Nigeria internationals…
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News
Noble Laureate, Wole Soyinka, Shehu Sani Show Solidarity For Soyinka In Court
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, and Shehu Sani are at a federal high court in Abuja to witness the trial of Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement. Soyinka arrived about 8:50am,…
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IPOB Warns Police Against Clampdown At Nnadu Kalu’s Parents Burial
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, warned the police against attacking mourners during the burial ceremony of the parents of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Eze Israel Okwu Kanu…
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News
Ike Ekweremadu Becomes Leader of South-East Caucus In The Senate
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020Ex-Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is now the leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate, it was learnt Wednesday. Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, disclosed…
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News
Judge Orders FG To Pay Sowore, Bakare N200k For Delayed Trial
by Damilare Salami February 12, 2020Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Government to pay N200,000 each to Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, who are both standing trial…
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News
Podium International Launches a Virtual Cinema on YouTube with Majemu Egbon
by Reporter February 12, 2020Podium International Launches a Virtual Cinema on YouTube with Majemu Egbon movie, a film produced by Titilola Aboyade–Cole. Starring Antar Laniyan, Saidi Balogun, Ayo Adesanya, Regina Chuckwu and Launching “M1–MIKKY…
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News
Huge pay disparity with navy, air force causes rancour in the army
by Reporter February 11, 2020Indications have emerged of grumblings within the lower cadre rank or non commissioned officer (NCO) cadre of the Nigerian Army over huge disparities in the payment of salaries of soldiers…
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The management of Imo Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park on Monday February 10, confirmed that a hyena escaped from its facility. General manager of the park, Francis Abioye who confirmed the…
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“I was the Senate leader between November 1992 and November 1993 when the late Sanni Abacha ousted us. But the Senate I led was not paid. Only N5,000 was paid…
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WHAT AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION REALLY MEANS – Prof Wande Abimbola
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020“Don’t call it African traditional religion. That comes from a Christian mindset. What that means is that it is not really a religion but tradition. Why don’t they say Christian…
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News
IFA VERSES CAN BE DOCUMENTED INTO A BOOK LIKE BIBLE OR QURAN – Prof Wande Abimbola
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020“People ask me that question everywhere I go. Ifa books are available everywhere. I wrote several volumes from the 1960s but people don’t read them. That is the problem I…
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Celebrity Lifestyle
How I Got My 1st Job As A University Research Assistant Without A Degree – Prof Wande Abimbola
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Prof Wande Abimbola is an erudite scholar who needs no introduction. He has taught at Havard and Boston Universities and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He…
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News
Why I Didn’t Know My Real Date of Birth – Former OAU VC, Prof Wande Abimbola
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Oyo-born scholar and Ex-Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Wande Abimbola is a man of many parts. He was born into the family of a famous Babalawo. He…
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International
Queen Elizabeth’s Grandson, Peter Phillips Divorces Canadian Wife
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Queen Elizabeth’s oldest grandchild Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn have separated and will divorce, a spokesman said Tuesday, piling more misery on Britain’s most famous family. Phillips, 42, and…
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News
Court Declares David Lyon Authentic Bayelsa APC Guber Candidate
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili on Tuesday affirmed David Lyon as the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State.…
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News
World Bank Says 87% Of Poor People In Nigeria Are Northerners
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020The World Bank has estimated that 87% of all the poor people in Nigeria are in the north. In a report titled, ‘Advancing social protection in a dynamic Nigeria’, the…
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News
All children kidnapped by Boko Haram will be freed – Buhari Assured Nigerians
by Reporter February 11, 2020President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to secure the freedom of all children and other victims abducted by Boko Haram in the country. The Nigerian leader who expressed the commitment of…
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Simone Johnson, 18-year-old daughter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has towed the path of her dad, grandfather, and great-grandfather into wrestling. The WWE Network announced on Monday that Simone has…
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An explosive device went off at the home of the factional secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Lawrence Okah who is loyal to the national chairman…
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News
How Obasanjo, Yar’Adua Were Framed In Abacha’s Coup Plot – Ex-EFCC Boss, Farida Waziri Reveals
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020A former chairperson of the EFCC, Farida Waziri, says former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, and his former military deputy, Musa Yar’Adua, and others were falsely accused in the alleged 1995 coup…
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The death toll from coronavirus, a disease which broke out in Wuhan, China, in December, has exceeded 1000. The Chinese state media pegged the death toll at 1,011 as of…
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Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Club Brugge’s Nigerian striker Emmanuel Dennis. Belgian outlet HLN reported the Bundesliga side has had scouts in Belgium in the past weeks to monitor…
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News
Stop Relying On FG For Jobs – Labour Minister, Ngige Warns
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has cautioned youths against solely relying on government for job opportunities. Ngige tasked Nigerian youths to seek other means of employment and…
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News
Kenya Holds State Burial For Late Ex-President, Daniel Arap Moi
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country’s longest-serving leader, the hardline Daniel Arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral. Moi, whose 24-year…
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News
Fire Destroys Properties Worth Millions of Naira At Atakumosa Market In Osun
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Some parts of Atakumosa Central Market, Adeti, Ilesha in Osun State, have been destroyed by fire. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday morning, has destroyed items worth several millions…
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Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday morning resumed their protest to draw attention to what they described as the deplorable state of affairs in the country. The…
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News
REVEALED: How University Lecturers Spend Research Grants On Cars, Houses – TETFUND
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has accused lecturers across the country’s public tertiary institutions of diverting research grants to build homes, purchase cars, and engage in other frivolous activities.…
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Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has suspended Mohammed Abdulkadir, the vice-chancellor (VC) of the Kogi State University (KSU), Ayangba, over “insubordination.” Bello also suspended Muhammed Atureta, the rector of the…
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The Senate on Tuesday suspended its plenary and all legislative activities in honour of the late Senator Ignatius Longjan. Longjan, who represented Plateau South Senatorial District in the National Assembly,…
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Odion Ighalo will be included in Manchester United’s squad to face Chelsea next Monday. Ighalo signed for the Red Devils on a six-month loan…
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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents in gun trucks have attacked Auno Village in Borno State, killing over 10 people and destroying 18 vehicles. The attack on Sunday came barely three days…
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Some soldiers at the war front in the north-east have expressed disappointment over the release of 1,400 ”repentant” Boko Haram suspects. Babakura Jato, commissioner of information in Borno state, on…
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News
Aisha Buhari, Patience Jonathan Hold Closed-Door Meeting In Aso Rock
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Monday hosted her predecessor, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Aisha confirmed the meeting via her verified Twitter…
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Ex-President Jonathan Denies Sacking Former EFCC Boss, Waziri For Probing Oil Dons
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has denied allegations made by ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, that she was sacked because she probed some oil racketeers.…
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Police arrest SUG President, Polytechnic Ilaro, during initiation rite [PHOTO]
by Reporter February 10, 2020The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji, the President of the Students Union Government (SUG) of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro on charges of cultism. Olatunji…
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MICURA Services Marks 8th Anniversary – CEO, MICHEAL OROBOSA UBOGU Speaks
by City People February 10, 2020Hurray! It’s the 8th Anniversary of the highly respected frontline Maritime Company, MICURA SERVICES LTD, this February and who is better to reflect on its journey than the amiable CEO/MD,…
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Every delicious Nigerian meal is often accompanied by either palm or vegetable oil. Recent market research has shown that many Nigerian women now prefer to cook their meals with vegetable…
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News
Why I Went Into Property Business In IBADAN – Mogaji JELILI ADANLA Speaks On His New Estate
by Dare Adeniran February 10, 2020•It’s Called AFIA Court Inside AEROMODOME GRA Some weeks back, a prominent Ibadan chief and the Mogaji of Adanla family, Chief Jelili Adekunle Kareem, popularly called ‘Adanla’, shut down Ibadan…
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•Details Of The Classy Party @ La Scala Restaurant, ONIKAN On Friday 7th February 2020, the Iya Oge of Lagos, Chief (Mrs.) Opral Mason Benson (OON) celebrated her 85th birthday…