Year: 2021
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Arts & Entertainment
Obi charges Christian leaders: Promote good values, societal development through the gospel
Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, has called on…
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Local
Community policing: Panacea for Nigeria’s insecurity problems? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Tuesday, February 9, 2021, a workshop on community policing held in Lagos titled “Mass sensitization…
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Lead Story
Trump acquitted in historic 2nd impeachment trial
New York, Feb. 13, 2021 The historic second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the Senate ended…
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Education
UNILORIN postpones reopening of hostels over NASU/SSANU strike
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Ilorin, Feb. 13, 2021 The Management of the University of Ilorin on Saturday postponed reopening of hostels…
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Kean’s goal sends PSG top of Ligue 1
Paris, Feb. 13, 2021 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) moved to the Ligue 1 summit as Moise Kean’s late goal sealed a…
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Local
Klopp says Liverpool title hopes over after 3-1 loss to Leicester City
Leicester (UK), Feb. 13, 2021 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has admitted that his side’s slim chances of retaining their English…
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Local
Former Senate President Anyim preaches national unity
By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, Feb. 13, 2021 Former President of the Senate, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has urged Nigerians irrespective…
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Business and Economy
Allegations that SPDC’s under-reported 2 million barrels of crude, false says DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dismissed media reports that it uncovered ‘missing 2 million barrels of crude’ in…
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Local
Fayemi condemns Yoruba-Hausa clash in Ibadan
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has condemned the violent clash between some Yoruba and Hausa traders in Shasha market,…
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Local
NSA coordinates new onslaught against security challenges; Leads Service Chiefs on tour of zones
In furtherance of Federal Government’s commitment to address multiple security threats facing Nigeria, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General…
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Health
Health workers strike shuts Primary Healthcare in Bayelsa
The ongoing strike by Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Bayelsa Chapter has grounded Primary Healthcare Centres across…
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For remaining at Monguno Hospital despite Boko Haram, Borno Governor approves N13.9m, Car for Yoruba doctor … Employ’s daughter of once abducted father
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the payment of N13.9 million and car gift to a 65-year…
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Local
Oyo closes Shasha market indefinitely, imposes curfew; How crisis erupted between Fulani, Yoruba traders
Following skirmishes reported in Shasha market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State government has ordered the…
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Arts & Entertainment
“STILL WITH US”; Short Film on COVID-19 premiers in Lagos
The need to follow all precautionary measures of COVID-19 and be committed to staying Safe and Alive has been re-emphasized…
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Local
Gov. Udom inaugurates Abia-Akwa Ibom link road
By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Feb. 12, 2021 Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Friday inaugurated the 9.3-kilometer-long Aro Umuejie-Osokwa-Omoba…
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Business and Economy
Niger Delta: Embrace entrepreneurship for economic survival, NCDMB Boss, Wabote, tasks young Nigerians
By Precious Akutamadu Port Harcourt, Feb.12, 2021 Mr Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring…
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Local
UNN professor, Inyama laid to rest in Imo
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Feb. 12, 2021 Felix Inyama, a Professor of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka…
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Jakande’s remains laid to rest in Lagos •As Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Osoba, Amosun, others bid him farewell
•He was an embodiment of all positives – Hamzat The remains of elder statesman and first civilian governor of Lagos…
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Kaduna Court convicts fake Lawyer, two others for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Alhaji Ahmadu Abdullahi before…
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Arts & Entertainment
Mad Cows and Madder Narratives By Wole Soyinka
February 11, 2021 The most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created…
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Local
WEMA Bank celebrates Valentine season with special gift cards for customers
Lagos, Nigeria; February 12, 2021: With the season of love already here, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, Wema Bank, has set…
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Local
JC Okafor: A Gallant Police Officer departs
With the transition to eternity of John C. Okafor, a retired Commissioner of Police from Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area,…
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Enugu ecstatic as United Nigeria inaugural flight touches down
United Nigeria Airlines’ maiden flight to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu Friday, was accorded a rousing reception by Governor…
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