Veteran broadcaster, news director on Lagos Television, passes away

Alhaji Toyin Kawojue, famous as the Yoruba News Director and anchor on Lagos Television (LTV 8), Radio Lagos died Saturday night, after a brief illness. The late broadcaster is scheduled to be buried today in accordance with lslamic rites at his homeotwn, Epe. May God grant his family the fortitude to bear the loss.

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Kadaria Ahmed, protesting against killings, calls Yari ‘the most useless governor in the history of Nigeria’ (Video)

Veteran broadcaster and media entrepreneur, Kadaria Ahmed, has accused Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State of not being useful to the people of the state as far as security is concerned. Ahmed, who began her journalism career with the BBC, stated this on Saturday while addressing pressmen in Abuja, during a protest to Aso Villa […]

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Adeleke is eligible for Osun guber election -Appeal Court affirms

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, Saturday affirmed the qualification and eligibility of Osun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, to hold office. The court, presided over by Justice M A Damjuma, dismissed the appeal against the judgment of Osogbo High Court which had confirmed the eligibility […]

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Buhari’s speech at Jordan World Economic Forum (Full text)

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday, thanked His Majesty, King Abdallah Bin Hussein of Jordan, for the special invitation to participate in the Annual Middle East and North Africa Conference (World Economic Forum). Full text of Buhari’s speech: Permit me to start by thanking His Majesty, King Abdallah Bin Hussein of Jordan, for the special invitation […]

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Onnoghen may have been forced to resign

Impeccable sources within the National Judicial Council (NJC) have revealed to Saturday INDEPENDENT that suspended Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen was forced to resign his appointment. According to the sources, the failure of the NJC to reach an agreement on the fate of Justice Onnoghen and the acting CJN Justice Tanko Muhammad, as exclusively reported on […]

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Medical doctor dies in Nigeria 24 hours after convocation (Photo)

Medical doctor dies! Dr. Urueye Stephen aka Sarutobi, a House Officer at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, who graduated from the University of Lagos on Tuesday April 2, has passed away after he was stabbed by some robbers. According to reports, Stephen was walking along Idi Araba road where LUTH is situate when he was […]

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Appeal Court says, 736 petitions filed against 2019 elections, so far

Figures released by the headquarters of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal in Abuja showed on Thursday that 736 election petitions have been filed to challenge the outcome of the 2019 general elections,  including the presidential election, at various states and levels. The Court of Appeal is the coordinating secretariat for all election petition affairs, including the […]

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Initial report in fatal Ethiopian Boeing MAX 737 crash released

The Ethiopian government on Thursday briefed newsmen on the initial findings of its investigation into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Both the government and the airline said the Ethiopian authorities preliminary report showed that the doomed jet’s crew followed the guidance provided by Boeing on how to fly the plane. They also used […]

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NJC meeting on Onnoghen, Tanko ends in stalemate

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has decided on the report of the five-man committee it set up to investigate petitions against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, CFR. The NJC took the decision in an emergency meeting held on Wednesday. But sources within the NJC […]

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Finally, INEC declares Wike winner of Rivers gov election

Finally, election results show that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor of Rivers State has defeated his closest rival, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomabo Awara. From the total result, Wike polled 888,264 votes to beat the candidate of the AAC who polled 137,859 votes. […]

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NJC conveys report on petitions against Onnoghen, Tanko, to Buhari

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) said‎ on Wednesday that it had concluded investigation on the petitions written against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad. In a statement released by the NJC’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, he said the council had sent its report […]

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Wike, PDP win 17 out of the 19 LGA results collated so far

The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the March 9 governorship election in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, is in clear lead as the ongoing results collation resumed on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission had, on March 10, suspended the collation of the results of the election in the state, citing […]

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Veteran Nigerian actress and movie producer dies

Lagos-based veteran Nigerian actress and movie producer, Olabisi Monsurat Ishola otherwise called Bisket has passed away. The budding actress and filmmaker died less than 2 weeks after she welcomed a new baby. Her death was confirmed by her colleague Omolola Olumide. According to reports, she passed away at a clinic in Lagos on Saturday, the […]

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Adeleke’s nomination for Osun guber election nullified over certificate forgery

Justice Oathman Musa of an Abuja High Court sitting in Bwari Area Council of Abuja on Tuesday Nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the September 2018 Governorship Election in Osun State. Adeleke, who represents Osun West Senatorial District at the National Assembly was the PDP’s […]

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Onnoghen announces to close his defence at CCT

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday, rested his defence in his ongoing trial on charges of false and non-declaration of assets. The development came as a surprise as the defendant, whose lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, had indicated on Monday that the defence would be calling “two or three witnesses,” only […]

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Lagos Police Commissioner pays condolence visit to family of killed Kolade Johnson (Photos)

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu, in company of other officers, took the initiative, Tuesday, to pay a condolence visit to the family of Kolade Johnson, the football fan allegedly killed by a trigger-happy SARS officer in Lagos on Sunday. In his remarks, the Commissioner of Police condemned the action of the members […]

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