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Bola Ige Murder: Omisore Replies Wole Soyinka
The Nation All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore yesterday accused people he described as “drowning politicians” of spreading propaganda against him. He lamented that a decade after the Bola Ige murder case, Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka still referred to him as a prime suspect, despite being cleared by the court. Omisore,…
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Just In: Bar Outgoing Call on Sim Cards Not Link With NIN, FG Directs MTN, Airtel, Others
The Federal Government has issued fresh directives to telecommunications operators in the country including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number effective today, April 4, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this in a…
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Ooni, OAU and Ife deaf gods (2)
By Tunde Odesola AROLE Oduduwa, my second mental image of you left me in pure dazzlement of your unfolding personality, which I thought was a perfect fit for the big shoes left behind by the departed Ooni Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II. But William Shakespeare warns, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the…
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Ex-corps Member Jailed For Stealing N3.1 Million Meant For Fellow NYSC Members in Osun
Justice Adepele Ojo of Osun State High Court 1, Osogbo, has sentenced a former Commandant of Osun State Disciplinary Corps, Mr Sola Oyedeji, to two years in jail with hard labour for stealing N3.1 million subvention meant for the salaries of members of the corps. Oyedeji was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
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Police Inspector, Two Worshipers Kidnapped in Ogun Mosque
A police officer, Inspector Kamarudeen Bello, who oubles as the chief Imam of a mosque at Soyoye in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been kidnapped by suspected gunmen along side two other Worshipers last week . The abducted officer is attached to one of the divisional police headquarters in Abeokuta, the…
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Suspension of Abuja Imam Not Surprising, UNIABUJA Chief Imam
The Chief Imam of the University of Abuja, Prof. Taofiq Azeez, has enjoined the suspended Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Abuja, Shiekh Nuru Khalid, not to be discouraged by his present ordeal. Recall that the fiery cleric, Sheikh Khalid was suspended after delivering a strongly-worded sermon on insecurity in some part of the…
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Nigerian Artistes, Other World Celebrated Super Stars Nominated For 2022 Grammy Awards (Full List)
A couple of top Nigerian Artistes and their counterparts across the world world made the nomination list for the 64th annual Grammy Awards which will be handed out later on Sunday in Las Vegas. Jazzman and bandleader Jon Batiste leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed by Justin Bieber, H.E.R. and Doja Cat with eight.…
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ASUU Hints On Possible Extension of Strike
As students in government owned institutions continue to wallow in an ocean of indefinite break, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has hinted the public that the ongoing nationwide strike may be extended due to the Government’s inability to accept the union’s requests. The Union through its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in…
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Hypocrisy of Sheikh Khalid’s Suspension For Criticizing Buhari, by Farooq Kperogi
The conscientious, straight-talking Imam of the Apo Juma’at Mosque in Abuja by the name of Sheikh Nuru Khalid was suspended from his position yesterday for saying, during a Friday sermon, that Buhari’s decision to not visit Kaduna in the aftermath of the bombing, kidnap, and murder of Kaduna-bound train passengers by terrorists was unjustified because…
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CBN Warns Banks Against Bringing Mutilated Naira Notes For Deposits
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has warned Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, to stop bringing “composed banknotes” as part of their deposits with the apex bank. The warning is contained in a circular issued in Abuja by Ahmed Umar, the Director, Currency Operations Department of CBN, which he said took effect from April 1. The…
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