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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…
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Sunday Igboho: Oluwo of Iwo Writes President Buhari
Outspoken traditional Yoruba ruler and the Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Adewale Okanbi on Friday urged President Mohammadu Buhari to slow down the security trail on Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as “Sunday Igboho”. The royal father in a letter written to the president, a copy of which was made available in Osogbo,…
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Video: TB Joshua Finally Laid To Rest (+Photos)
Foundation of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua has been laid to rest. The renowned cleric was buried at the church’s premises after an internment service that had dignitaries from around the world. TB Joshua’s corpse had yesterday arrived at the church premises in the Ikotun-Egbe area…
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Igboho Drags DSS, DG To Court Over Detention of 12 Aides
Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday through his legal representative, Chief Yomi Aliyu (SAN) Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to mandate and compel the State Security Services (SSS) and its Director-General, to produce the 12 people arrested in Igboho’s house on July 2 and…