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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:50:37 +0000
Nigerian-American spearheads mass employment for Nigerian graduates
By Samuel Alonge A United States-based Nigerian, Dr. Henry Balogun, has spearheaded an online platform to reduce unemployment in Nigeria, by seeking placements globally, for jobless Nigerian graduates. Balogun, an Ikere, Ekiti State-born philanthropi...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:25:00 +0000
‘I first saw myself getting married to man on wheelchair in my dream’
In what could well be described as a fairy tale story, Chukwudi, a disabled man on wheelchair and Nkiruka, a young able-bodied trader in Ebonyi State, tells Gboyega Alaka their unusual love story and marriage. He is a cripple on wheelchair and she, a...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:05:18 +0000
Dimeji Bankole weds Kebbi governor’s stepdaughter in low-key ceremony
Our Reporter Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on Saturday tied the nuptial knot with Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, a stepdaughter of Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu. The wedding occurred in a low-key ceremony in Abuja almost...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:00:49 +0000
2023: Yahaya Bello plays the truant
By Paul Ade-Adeleye Egged on by sycophants, opportunists and merchants of fortune, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, may soon turn a dreamy eye to Aso Villa. It is not immediately clear if he will try to campaign for the presidency, especially as he...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:50:47 +0000
Ugandan President Museveni wins sixth term
Agency Reporter Uganda’s long-time president, Yoweri Museveni, is to rule the county for another term having been re-elected with 58.64 per cent of the vote in Thursday’s polls, the country’s electoral commission announced yesterday...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:40:06 +0000
Oyo-Ogbomosho highway: Stop giving building approval on right-of-way, FG tells Oyo govt
Agency Reporter The Federal Government has implored Oyo State Government to stop giving approval for erection of buildings and other structures on the right-of-way of the Oyo–Ogbomosho highway. Mr Funsho Adebiyi, the Director of Highways, Federal M...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:30:21 +0000
Minister approves use of 20 centres for NIN enrolment in FCT
Our Reporter Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isah Ali Pantami, on Saturday approved the activation of 20 NIN enrolment centres within the FCT, to make the process easier, beginning from tomorrow, Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communi...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:10:57 +0000
#EndSARS: 12 injured staff of Nigerian Correctional Service get N3m medical support in Edo
Agency Reporter Twelve staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Edo Command, were on Saturday given cheques for more than three million naira to support their treatment for injuries sustained during the #EndSARS protest. The Controller of command,...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:07:02 +0000
Many feared dead, injured in Anambra communities renewed crisis
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Some persons were feared dead while several others sustained varying degrees of injury in a renewed crisis between Umueri and Aguleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. One building, four vehic...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:05:55 +0000
#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality
By Adebisi Onanuga There were shocking revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses on Saturday. A deacon with the Apostolic Church, David Komolafe, told the panel how he lost a tooth...



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