Rotimi Opeyeoluwa
16 Dec
A group of loyalists of the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola (SAN), under the auspices of Justice for Afe Babalola Legacy, has debunked reports making the round that the human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi
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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has approved major courses for the Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology, Iseyin, the institution's management disclosed on Tuesday. The courses, according to the Proprietor of the College, Adewale Owoseni, are central to the focus of the Institution's goal for health development. In a letter signed by…
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A former Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro, has called on warring factions in the Rivers political crisis to sheath their swords and let peace reign. Okiro, who made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is only dialogue among the parties that can resolve the crisis. The News…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the leadership of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) that emerged from the recent party’s emergency national convention. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in the judgment, held that there was evidence that NRM served on INEC a valid notice of its…
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Russia has finished issuing passports to Ukrainians living in parts of the country seized by Moscow's army, officials said on Wednesday -- a process slammed by Kyiv as an illegal attempt to scrub the area of its Ukrainian identity. Since launching its full-scale military offensive in February 2022, Moscow has pushed Ukrainians that live in…
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Greenland's prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump's pledge to take the Arctic territory "one way or the other", insisting that islanders did not see their future with the United States or even Denmark. Mute Egede rejected Trump's expansionist ambitions to annex the sparsely populated but mineral-rich and strategically placed island, in…
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South Sudan troops have arrested the oil minister and deputy head of the armed forces, both allies of Vice-President Riek Machar, as fears grew on Wednesday for the country's fragile peace agreement. South Sudan, the world's youngest country, ended a five-year civil war in 2018 with a power-sharing agreement between bitter rivals, President Salva Kiir…
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has submitted a petition against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of sexual harassment and abuse of office. The petition was submitted at plenary days after she accused Akpabio of sexual harassment on national television. According to the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, she had to open up on…
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Canada has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against the United States over President Donald Trump's dramatic tariff increases, the WTO confirmed on Wednesday. Late Tuesday, Canadian ambassador to the WTO Nadia Theodore wrote on LinkedIn that "the US decision leaves us with no choice". She said she had, "on behalf of the…
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Afrobeats superstar Wizkid has officially announced that the highly anticipated music video for his chart-topping single Kese (Dance) will be released today at 8pm, Nigerian time. The singer took to Instagram to share the update, posting a teaser clip with the caption: Kese Video out today at 8pm naija time.” This revelation has sent fans…
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Germany is set to rearm in a way not seen since World War II after likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government would vastly increase defence spending. Conservative Merz and his probable future coalition partners from the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) said Tuesday they wanted to ease Germany's strict constitutional "debt brake" to boost…