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BREAKING: Pipeline explosion rocks Lagos
Sodiq Oyeleke There was a large explosion at Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State on Sunday. It was learnt that the impact of the explosion damaged nearby houses. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Abule Ado inside Omo Onile around 9 0’clock. It was learnt that roofs and windows of some nearby houses
Sanusi’s fall: Of tradition, politics and conscience
Minabere Ibelema When Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the cerebral former governor of the Central Bank, was installed the Emir of Kano in 2014, it caught me off guard. Blame it on stereotypes, but I couldn’t have envisioned him as a traditional leader, certainly not in that highly tradition-bound position of the emir. My sense of a
Lagos Assembly crisis: Aggrieved lawmakers link feud with Pension Bill for Speaker
Mudiaga Affe Some aggrieved members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have alleged that the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, removed some principal officers of the body because they did not support the Pension Bill in favour of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the 8th Assembly. The bill, introduced by the House in 2016, sought
Boko Haram: Royal welcome for killers of patriotic soldiers, Nigerians
SUNDAY ABORISADE examines the bill being proposed by a senator to give foreign education, among other mouth-watering incentives, to alleged repentant Boko Haram terrorists, while families of soldiers killed by same extremists struggle to survive on account of the untimely and violent deaths of their breadwinners Just when Nigerians at home and abroad, as well
Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham, Ramsey Nouah, others shine at AMVCA
Tofarati Ige Top Nollywood actors, Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham, Ramsey Nouah, were some of the big winners at the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held on Saturday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Akindele won the award for ‘Best Actress in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series)’ for her performance
Suspected cultists dump three corpses at Benue varsity gate
John Charles Suspected cult members were reported to have killed three people and dumped their corpse close to the main gate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, in the early hours of Friday. It was gathered that the assailants after hacking the three victims to death set their corpses ablaze. A source
Sanusi felt he owed allegiance to Kwankwaso, not Ganduje –Yakasai
A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, shares with TED ODOGWU his thoughts on the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi as the Emir of Kano How did you receive the news of the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi as the Emir of Kano by the state government last week? Well,
I lost a great loyalist same day I wanted to surprise him, says Amosun
Daud Olatunji Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has lamented that a former majority leader of the state House of Assembly, Yinka Mafe, who he described as a great loyalist died the day he intended to surprise him with a federal appointment letter. The former governor told the congregation at the burial service
Touching tales of jobseekers lured to kidnappers’ den via employment scam
JESUSEGUN ALAGBE writes about how fake employers are offering phony jobs to kidnap jobseekers for ransom That morning when Abiodun Badmus got a call from a man who claimed to have a job for him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, he was elated and looked forward to adding to his growing list of clientele. Badmus,
I don’t know if I’ve contracted Coronavirus –Nwankwo
Ebenezer Bajela Nigeria international, Simy Nwankwo, who plays for Crotone in the Serie B in Italy, has opened up on how scary life has been since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, adding that people have been living in fear and panic. Italy is the most affected country in Europe with 17,660 confirmed
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