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The Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 69th birthday. Dr Fayemi in a congratulatory message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti, described the former Lagos Governor as a distinguished Nigerian and a leader who is courageous, reliable, ...
March, 2021
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29 March
Okorocha, monarch in verbal war on ex-gov’s ordeal aboard aircraft
Drama ensued at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Sunday morning as a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and a former chairman of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, engaged each other in a serious altercation to the surprise of other passengers on board. Okorocha and Ilomuanya were aboard Air Peace airplane en route ...
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29 March
Abba Kyari’s team investigates attempt on Ortom’s life
Crack, result oriented team of Police cops, Abba Kari has arrive in Benue. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu has set up a Special Investigation Task Force to further probe the attempt by some gunmen to kill Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. The team, the police said, is led by Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and ...
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29 March
Nigeria’s Public debt hits N32.92t
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said States and Federal debt stock stood at N32.92 trillion as at December 2020. Its data titled “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt (Q4 2020)” on its website said while N12.71 trillion was external, representing 38.60 per cent of the total debt stock, N20.21 trillion, representing 61.40 per cent was domestic. NBS said: ...
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29 March
Ilorin Indigenes beg Buhari’s to wade in, on Hijab Crisis
The indigenes of Ilorin, under the aegis of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), at the weekend appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene on the violence that trailed the wearing of Hijab in Kwara State in order to return Ilorin to its status as the town of peace and harmony. Muslims and Christians in Ilorin recently locked horns together ...
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29 March
Lawmaker Bemoans Massacre of 20 Vigilante, One Soldier in Niger
Senator representing the Niger East Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Senator Sani Musa, yesterday described the recent killings of 20 members of the local vigilante and a soldier in Kontokoro town of Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State as “callous, inhuman and wicked.” The vigilantes were killed in an ambush last Thursday when they were going on a ...
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29 March
Ohanaeze insist on 2023 Igbo Presidency
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo at the weekend made a fresh pitch for a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. The main socio-cultural group of Ndigbo, rising from a meeting of its Elders’ Council in Owerri, the Imo State capital, also insisted on the restructuring of the country to ensure fairness, equity and harmonious co-existence. The council, under the leadership of Prof. ...
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28 March
Rivers monarch regains freedom 5.wks after abduction, no ransome paid
Five weeks after unknown gunmen lay siege to his palace and whisked him to an unknown destination, the monarch of Ikuru town in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, HRM Aaron Ikuru, has regained his freedom. Recall that the gunmen had invaded King Ikuru’s while he was having a meeting with some of his kinsman, shot sporadically before he ...
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28 March
World Cup:Ronaldo throws his captain’s armband to the ground in anger
Cristiano Ronaldo threw his captain’s armband to the ground in anger after being controversially denied an injury-time winner as Portugal blew a two-goal lead against Serbia in World Cup qualifying on Saturday, while Romelu Lukaku’s 59th international goal salvaged Belgium a 1-1 draw with the Czech Republic. The Netherlands saw off Latvia 2-0 after their opening Group G defeat by ...
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28 March
Seriki’s brother, two others abducted in Osun
Gunmen have abducted three passengers in Osu town, along Ife/Ilesha expressway in Osun State. One of those abducted simply identified as Usman, is said to be brother of Seriki Hausa of Iyere town, while the identities of the other two victims could not be immediately ascertained. The victims were said to have been taken to a forest in Osu after ...
