The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a swipe at the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the administration has failed Nigerians over its approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis and other security problems bedeviling the country. Soyinka said this on Sunday at his residence in Ijegba, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the …
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Pandemonium broke out in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State after two suspected herdsmen allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, identified as Rafiu Showemimo, to death. It was gathered that the heinous act was perpetrated on Sunday when the deceased was on his way …
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A company in which Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has a stake, Simmons Coopers Partners, has been linked to another firm, Ocean Trust Limited, which was fingered in an alleged N100bn scam involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LP. Ocean Trust Limited, which was accused of being a conduit for …
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Residents of Laderin and other villages along the Lagos-Ibadan rail line staged a protest in Abeokuta on Thursday against the contractor handling the project, CCECC. The protesters, led by the Chairman, Abule-Ake Community Development Association, Alhaji Farouk Akintunde, staged a demonstration at the Ogun State House of Assembly. Speaking on …
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Deji Adeleke, elder brother to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 22, 2018 governorship poll in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, said many promises made by the PDP before the family accepted the party’s governorship ticket were not kept. Adeleke, in a statement he signed …
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The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has indicated that “multi dimensionally poor” Nigerians increased from 86 million to 98 million between 2007 and 2017. The report released in New York on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, noted that the proportion …
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The Senate on Thursday threatened to blacklist any mobile telecommunication firm in the country accused of unwholesome practices despite the huge profits they are making. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, gave the threat in his remarks after the consideration of a motion by Senator Abdulfatai Buhari and 34 …
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has warmly welcomed the establishment of a new Global Media Defense Fund at the initiative of the United Kingdom and Canada and their respective pledges of £3 million ($3.8m) over five years and of 1 million Canadian Dollars ($765,000) to the Fund. The purpose …
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The Federal Government has dispatched a senior officer to monitor the ongoing investigation into the alleged murder of the deputy director-general of the CIIN in South Africa. It insisted that Nigerians and the deceased’s family must know what transpired, noting that the Consul-General at the Nigerian High Commission in South …
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Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has faulted calls for the suspension of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye. The president of PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude, while addressing newsmen in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, said those calling for Adeboye’s suspension for not taking …
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