NEWLY-crowned Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has promised that a new Yoruba nation where youth empowerment is the focus will emerge during his tenure. Ogunwusi’s coronation is coming five months after the demise of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, who passed on at 85. The new Ooni is the 51st Ooni to ascend the throne, […]
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General Babangida who spoke with The Interview magazine in the December 2015 edition which is currently on sale argued that Jonathan who lost his re-election bid in March “is a very pleasant person” and that he believed the former president meant well for the country. Asked about the perception that Jonathan is a good person […]
Read More The special team raised by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the disbursement of $2.2 billion arms contract deal in the office of the former National Security Adviser, yesterday, confronted the major suspects with evidence of their illicit transactions. The 27-member task force, which has Ibrahim Magu as a […]
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A 35-year-old clearing agent, Isiaka Muritala, was on Monday arraigned by the police before a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court, Igbosere, for obtaining N4.1million from a customer under the pretext of clearing two cars for him. Muritala, who resides at Ketu, is standing trial on a two-count charge of fraud and stealing. The prosecutor, Inspector Kenneth […]
Read More Will the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to say all he knows about the controversial $2 billion arms deals? Will the anti-graft agency take evidence from the ex-President in camera? Will the EFCC allow its comprehensive investigations to be sufficient enough to try the suspects involved in the arms deals? […]
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The former Minister for Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the solution to Nigeria’s power problem lies in off-grid initiatives that are climate friendly and also promotes sustainable development. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke at the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC) in Paris, Franc, said Nigeria needs […]
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Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of the House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders require divine wisdom in order to solve the numerous problems the country was facing. It was reported that Dogara said this on Sunday, December 6 when he visited Keffi in Nasarawa state, to condole with the people […]
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Police have placed a ban on all forms of procession, rallies or demonstrations in Bayelsa State, as the result of the governorship election concluded on Sunday is being awaited. The State Police Command said the decision was taken after information at its disposal revealed that some disgruntled persons in the state were planning to carry […]
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The new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, will on Monday (today) be presented with the staff of office by the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. The ceremony which will hold at the Enuwa Square in front of the Ile Oodua (Ooni’s palace) is expected to have many dignitaries in attendance, […]
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The redesigned Lagos-Ibadan Expressway earlier scheduled to be delivered in July 2017, now has 2018 as its new completion date, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, The Infrastructure Bank Plc, Mr. Adekunle Oyinloye, has said. He said if talks between the Federal Government and private sector participants in the project went well, full work would commence […]
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An official of the Lagos State Taskforce Environmental and Special Offences (enforcement) Unit, Mr. Akude Silas, is in critical condition at a public hospital after suspected hoodlums bathed him with acid. It was learnt that the victim was among a team of officials deployed in the Oshodi Oke area to enforce traffic rules. A commercial […]
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…3 soldiers killed In apparent bid to meet the December timeline set by President Muhammadu Buhari, to flush out the Boko Haram insurgents, the Nigerian Army said yesterday that it has deployed many of its units to Sambisa forest, for a final push to flush out the sect from their stronghold. This was revealed in […]
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