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Gov. Uzodimma swears in 18 commissioners
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Dec. 20, 2021 Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has sworn in 18 commissioners and assigned portfolios…
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Jailbreak: NCoS sets up special security team for custodial facilities
By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Dec. 20, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has set up a special security team to strengthen…
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Fighting insurgents: Zulum releases salary bonus, rice to thousands of Civilian JTFs, hunters, others
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday in Maiduguri, approved one month salary bonus for thousands of volunteers fighting…
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Beware: NNPC not conducting survey, not recruiting
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), has raised the alarm concerning a fake competition trending online which claims to…
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Hong Kong election turnout sinks to record low; Pro-democracy movement candidates excluded from contest
Hong Kong, Dec. 20, 2021 Voter turnout in Hong Kong’s first parliamentary election since the crackdown on its pro-democracy movement…
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S. Africa’s Ramaphosa back at work after COVID-19 self-isolation
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a press conference after the G20 Compact with Africa conference at the Chancellery in…
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18,153 candidates eye admissions into UNILORIN
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Ilorin, Dec. 20, 2021 A total of 18,153 candidates sat for the University of Ilorin Post-UTME examinations…
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Court nullifies APC, Uba’s participation in Anambra poll
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Dec. 20, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the participation of the All…
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A critique of Bisi Akande’s ‘My Participations’ By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 20 December, 2021) ‘The Man who looks history in the face’ is the title Professor Wole Soyinka put on…
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KSJI leader in Nigeria urges Christians to show love, happiness, tolerance to people of other religions
As Christmas draws nearer, Prof. Remy Uche, Supreme Subordinate President, Nigeria (SSPN), Knights of St. John International (KSJI), has urged…
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Has democracy failed Nigerians? By Dakuku Peterside
Globally, citizens of countries with democratic profiles are beginning to question the efficacy of democracy—especially democracy’s capacity to deliver the…
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Reduce strangulating number of checkpoints in Igboland by 75% Group urges Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector General of Police
A group, Cultural Credibility Development Initiative (CCDI), has called on Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky E.O. Irabor…
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Another award conferred on NiDCOM boss
Abuja, Dec. 19, 2021: Another award has been conferred on Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM)…
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Ekeh, Zinox boss, donates N50m to NCS Innovation & Development Fund
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has donated the sum of N50m to an Innovation and…
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Buhari condemns gruesome killings as death toll in Kaduna State bandits’ attacks on villages rises to 38
By Ismaila Chafe, Abuja/ Mohammed Tijjani, Kaduna, Dec.19, 2021 The Kaduna State Government says the death toll in an attack…
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Don’t return to your vomit, Dikio urges repentant cultists
Interim Administrator, the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has urged repentant cultists in the Niger Delta…
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Kukah celebrates 45 years of priesthood, thanks parents, Catholic family
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Dec. 19, 2021 Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, celebrated 45 years…
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My donations to schools humanitarian, not political, says Obi
By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Dec. 19, 2021 The former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019,…
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Boycott Ethiopian Airlines!, Sanction Togolese security officials who maltreated Nigerian travelers; Sue them all – Nigerians roar in anger
Nigerians have expressed anger over the ill-treatment of some of their compatriots at the Eyadema International Airport, Lome, Togo on…
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As Libya decides By Jibril Salisu Na`inna
As Libya goes to the polls December 24, 2021, African countries under the aegis of the African union, AU are…
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A critic, George Akinola, replies Akintoye By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last week’s “Akintoye: A response to critics” quoting Prof. Wale Adeniran, National Chairman of Ilana Omo…
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With enough support, Eguavoen will deliver, says Akanni
By Aderonke Ojediran Lagos, Dec. 19, 2021 Wahidi Akanni, an ex-international, on Sunday said that the success of Austin Eguavoen,…
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FBN Holdings gives notice of Babalola’s resignation; Abdullahi is new Chairman
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Lagos, Dec. 19, 2021 FBN Holdings Plc has officially notified the Nigerian Exchange Ltd and the investing…
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Hon. Bamidele Faparusi, resigns as Commissioner, joins Ekiti State governorship race
Idowu Ariwodola Ado Ekiti, Dec. 19, 2021 Mr. Bamidele Faparusi, Ekiti Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, has resigned his…
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Group mourns Ezeife’s wife
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Dec. 18, 2021 The Movement for the Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction, a political…
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