Tinubu, Akande, Southwest APC oppose Oduduwa Nation, endorse the ban on open gracing

Southern Governors have gotten the support of national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and other chieftains of South-West chapter of the party like Olusegun Osoba and Bisi Akande, who met in Lagos on Sunday May 23. On Oduduwa Nation, the political leaders who discussed the issue of insecurity facing the Southwest and Nigeria as a […]

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Bill to repeal the NYSC Act slated for second reading at Nigeria’s House of Reps

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. In the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, the sponsor, Mr. Awaji-Inombek Abiante, listed the various […]

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Female University lecturer, student, two others kidnapped in Nigeria

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a female lecturer with the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode, Mrs. Lateefat Abimbola; a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Toyinbo Olayinka, and two others. It was gathered that Olayinka, a 400-level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management was abducted on Saturday, May […]

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Nigerian University graduate raped, killed in Nigeria (Photos)

Nigerian lady, said to be a recent graduate of University of Abuja, Otunla Blessing, has been found dead. The deceased who is believed to have been raped before she was killed, was found naked inside a gutter at Student village in Iddo Sarki, Abuja, on Saturday May 22, 2021. Blessing, who was reported to have […]

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Yoruba Nation agitators on their own ―Gov Akeredolu

In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Sunday, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said he does not believe in any entity aside from the Nigerian State and that Sunday Igboho and other secessionist agitators were on their own. Akeredolu was reacting to a statement made at a rally in Akure […]

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Ex-Senate President, Chuba Okadigbo’s son, dies in auto accident

The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday May 23. Buhari said: “It is very sad to lose such a promising young man, with so much potentials and passion for youth involvement in the socio-political development of Nigeria.” He added: “The nation will […]

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Billionaire Kogi prince, Malik Ado-Ibrahim lambastes Govs, Ministers, others for attending a funfair-wedding while the COAS, 10 others were being buried

Billionaire Kogi prince, Malik Ado-Ibrahim has lambasted the State Governors, Ministers and other politicians who were pictured laughing at a wedding ceremony while the burial of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and the 10 military officers who died in a plane crash on Friday was ongoing on. Governors of Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, […]

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Nigeria Needs New Constitution, Not Amendment ―Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) yesterday rejected the review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, saying Nigeria needed a new constitution and not amendment of the existing document. PFN, a voluntary fellowship of pentecostal churches and organisations, canvassed the enactment of a new legal document that would be in agreement with the socio-political […]

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Late pilot, Flt. Lt. Olufade dancing with his wife at their wedding reception about 2 months ago (Video)

The video clip of the Late Flt Lt Olufade dancing with his wife at their wedding reception about 2 months ago has been shared online. Late Olufade piloted the ill-fated flight that claimed his life, that of the Chief of Army Staff and 9 other military officers in Kaduna on Friday, May 21. May their […]

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Gunmen attack Civil Defence outpost in Anambra, two officers killed, official vehicle burnt

Two officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been killed after unknown gunmen attacked their outpost at Nneyi in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday night, May 21. A statement released by the state command’s Public Relations Officer, Edwin Okadigbo, said the gunmen also razed an official vehicle […]

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Reno Omokri berates Buhari, Osinbajo for not attending the funeral of COAS Attahiru and 10 others

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri took to his Twitter handle to call out Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof Yemi Osinbajo for not attending the funeral of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and officers who perished in a military crash on Friday, May 21. Reno believes if President Buhari could fly […]

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Woman delivers her baby inside a BRT bus in Lagos Nigeria (video)

Yet-to-be-identified woman gave birth to her baby inside a BRT bus in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, May 21. According to Twitter user @oapaynigeria who shared a video of the baby and the mum, doctors and nurses, as well as other passengers, attended to the new mum and her baby before personnel of the Lagos State […]

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Funeral rites held for the COAS and 10 other military officers killed in ill-fated plane crash (Photos)

Funeral rites for the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and the other 10 military officers killed in the ill-fated military plane crash that occurred in Kaduna state on Friday, May 21, is ongoing in Abuja. The bodies of the deceased military officers were conveyed from Kaduna state to Abuja this morning and […]

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‘I no dey do again’ ―SA to gov Ayade wrote resignation letter in pidgin english (See Letter)

Mr Abang Ogon, Special Assistant to the Cross River State governor on Student Affairs, has resigned. His resignation however shocked all as he wrote it in pidgin English. The resignation letter was addressed to PDP following Ben Ayade’s defection from the party. In the letter addressed to the PDP ward chairman, Mbube-East ward II, he […]

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Names of those who died in the air crash with the COAS, Attahiru (Full list)

A full list of those who died in the plane crash involving the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru has been released. Buhari Sallau, Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Broadcast Media who published the list, disclosed that 11 people died in the plane crash. Here is the full list below: COAS […]

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Lt.-Gen. Attahiru, 10 others die in air crash ―Nigerian Army

Nigerian Army has announced that its Chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others, died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Force plane near Kaduna International Airport on Friday. The plane was en route Kaduna from Abuja when the crash happened. Without disclosing the names of the other victims, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, […]

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I appointed 38,000 political aides to reduce poverty ―Gov Ayade

Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that he appointed 38,000 political aides to reduce poverty. Ayade in the interview on Arise TV, said the aim of the appointment was to give him the “emotional and social temperature to […]

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