Category: News
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14 Yoruba Traditional Rulers From Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Others Call For Immediate Release of Sunday Igboho’s Aides
As reactions continue to trail the invasion of the residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, by Operatives of Department of State Security (DSS), Some Yoruba traditional rulers from Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi states, on Sunday called for the immediate release of his 13 aides who were arrested by the…
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Eid-Ul-Kabeer: Sultan of Sokoto Declares Sunday First of Dhul-hijjah
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Sunday, July 11, as the first day of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH. This is contained in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Sunday. “The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee…
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Iightning Strikes 3 Persons Dead in Ebonyi
Tragedy struck in Ebonyi State when lightning killed three persons in Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area. The incident occurred around 3 pm on Friday in Ngodo community and another community in the ancient town after a heavy downpour that lasted for some hours. A resident of Afikpo, Iheukwumere Okogwu Otu who spoke to Tribune…
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Igboho Disowns Oluwo’s Plea, Insists On Yoruba Nation Agitation, Presidency Reacts
Presidency: Only DSS, Police, AGF can determine his fate By Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation, Gbenga Aderanti and Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan The camp of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo alias Igboho, on Saturday denied that he was about to soft pedal or dialogue with the federal authorities. Reacting last night to Friday’s offer by…
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Banditry: President Buhari Gives Fresh Marching Order To Military
President Muhammadu Buhari has given a fresh marching order to the military to respond to the worrying situation in a language that the bandits understand as he condemned repeated bandit killings in Zamfara and Kaduna states. Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu, said the president…
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Former Vice President, Atiku Goes Back To School
Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has gone back to school to obtain a Masters degree in London varsity . President of African Development Bank, AFDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina stated this on Saturday. Adesina made this known while delivering the convocation lecture for the graduating students of American University of Nigeria, in Yola. Adesina said…
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Nnamdi Kanu Was Arrested While Strolling in Kenya, Brother
Brother to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Kingsley Kanu has said that, Nnamdi Kanu was nabbed while strolling on the street of Kenya. While announcing the arrest of the IPOB leader last month, Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, had refused to disclose the location where he was nabbed. But…
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Fresh UNIBEN Graduate Reportedly Drowns at Swimming Pool During Post-Graduation Picnic
A fresh graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) simply identified as Joshua, has reportedly drowned at a swimming pool during a post-graduation picnic. It’s gathered that, TJ, as he was fondly called before his death drowned at the pool on Thursday in the Edo state capital. “He(the deceased) doesn’t know how to swim, I…
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JAMB and myth of declining education standards by Farooq Kperogi
By Farooq Kperogi The mass failure in this year’s JAMB-administered Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has inspired yet another familiar and predictable national mourning about the fall in education standards and about the decline in English proficiency. I want to buck the trend and suggest that notions of decline in standards are usually only a…
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Oko Iyabo: Fabiyi Reacts To TAMPPAN Suspension
Following the indefinite suspension of Nollywood Actor, Yomi Fabiyi by The Theater Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners’ Association, TAMPPAN, over his recently released movie, “Oko Iyabo”, which many claim trivialised the sexual assault a teenager was subjected to. TAMPPAN announced Yomi Fabiyi’s suspension on Friday, July 9, in a statement titled, “TAMPAN suspends Yomi Fabiyi…