Why Aisha kept mum on Buhari’s ‘other room’ comment – Biographer

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja THE Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs (Office of the First Lady), Dr Hajo Sani, has given an insight into why the wife of the President, Aisha, did not react publicly to “the other room” comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2016.Sani […]

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Bad belle stopped Abiola from becoming president – Obasanjo

Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday broke his silence over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.Obasanjo, who described Abiola as his school mate at the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, lamented that the cancellation of June 12 election had robbed […]

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PDP releases candidates’ list for South-West congress

PDP releases candidates’ list for South-West congress Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has released the list of candidates cleared by its screening committee for the April 12 South-West Zonal Congress expected to produce the party’s executive in the region.A document, signed by the National Organisation Secretary of the party, Col. Austin Akobundu, and […]

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Hijab: Kwara directs 10 shut mission schools to resume today

Tunde Oyekola, IlorinThe Kwara State Government on Sunday recalled students of the 10 mission schools affected by the hijab crisis in the state since February from the second term holiday, directing them to start third term academic programme from today, Monday April 12,2021. A statement by Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and […]

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NAFDAC probes Kano food poisoning, warns against addictives, chemicals

Friday Olokor, Abuja THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has advised Nigerians against using chemicals and additives for food and drinks to enhance taste, warning that such practices could result in severe illness and even death.The agency issued the warning against the backdrop of the recent incident in Kano where three persons […]

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Grieving family demands justice as hoodlums stab legionnaire to death

Deji Lambo The family of Oluwakemi Odugbesan is mourning her death after succumbing to the injuries she sustained when hoodlums attacked her on Oduntan Street in the Ikosi Isheri Local Government Area of Lagos State.PUNCH Metro gathered that Oluwakemi was on her way home after attending a vigil in the Alapere area of the state […]

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Two bullets extracted from body of Ekiti monarch shot by masked gunmen

Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti A commissioner in Ekiti State House of Assembly Commission and an indigene of Ewu Ekiti in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state, Segun Erinle, said on Sunday that the tension in the community following the shooting by bandits on Friday of the monarch, Oba Adetutu Ajayi, had gone down. […]

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Doyin Okupe Raises Alarm, “2023 General Election Under Threat”

Dr. Doyin Okupe has expressed his concern over the conduct of the next general election in Nigeria, according to him,” Our Collective National Aspiration for a Political Process that will lead to schedule elections in 2023 has come under a very serious and compelling threat due to the prevalence of some issues which has been […]

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PDP Southwest Leadership Tussle: Charting the Party’s Future with Makinde or Fayose- Doyin Okupe

The die is cast and barring a Divine intervention, an amicable settlement between Gov Makinde and fmr gov fayose, is an impossibility. Several attempts have been made by leaders and elders at the zonal level. Efforts were also made directly by the national secretariat and indirectly by the indefatigable Bukola Saraki’s reconciliation committee. All to […]

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