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Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...
Jurgen Klopp named Premier League’s manager of the season
Liverpool football club manager Juergen Klopp was named the Premier League’s manager of the season on Saturday after leading the club to their...
PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...
Digital ID card to replace plastic National Identity card, says FG
After about 17 years the plastic national identity cards printed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was introduced , the Federal Government...
Amendment of NB Code By Lai Mohammed is illegal – NBC Board declares
The Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has raised the red flag over the purported amendment to the 6th edition of...
Another unrepentant paedophile bags 25 years in Nigerian jail for deflowering underage
…You are guilty as charged, judge tells convict For deflowering an 11-year-old girl, a paedophile, a 36-year-old Ugochukwu Obiakor, was on Wednesday sent to...
FG approves N8.49bn for COVID-19 items to strengthen NCDC testing and diagnostic capacities
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8.49 billion for the procurement of 12 items to enhance the testing and diaégnostic capacities of...
Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as VP pick
Former U.S Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his...
Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison
A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...
COVID-19: No tests, no reported cases in 85 council areas in 20 states yet — PTF
Apprehensive of imminent danger, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has disclosed that 85 local government areas in 20 states have...
Insurgency: Buhari says state governments, people should appreciate troops sacrifices
In spite of the inability of the military to win the nearly 10-year-old insurgency war in the Northern part of the country,...
Kashamu’s interment: Mass of people violate COVID-19 protocols to pay last respect
A concourse had on Sunday massed at the late former Senator Buruju Kashamu’s Ijebu-Igbo country home in Ogun State to pay...
Ojowo-Ijebu monarch, Banjo, expresses condolences on Kashamu’s demise
More prominent Nigerians have continued to send condolences to the government and people of Ogun State on the death of ex- Senator...
Kashamu: Obasanjo says he escaped prosecution in U.S. for drug, but surrendered to Grim Reaper
Endowed with sense of humour, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, saying in his lifetime...
Grief-stricken Ogun Gov. Abiodun, ex-Gov. Daniel mourn Kashamu
Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun says he is terrified by the passing on of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu on Saturday in Lagos just as...
Edo September guber poll: U.S. flags political actors, security forces roles
Ahead of the September governorship poll in Edo State, the United States has expressed serious disappointment with the role being played by...
