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24 Jan
The Nigeria Navy War College, on Friday, inaugurated 25 officers as participants for its warfare course 9 programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration ceremony was performed by the College’s Commandant, Rear Adm. Abdullahi Ahmed. Speaking at the event, Ahmed said that the course which officially started on Jan. 15, had…
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An Oyo State-based businessman, Alhaji Isiak Folorunso, has said he will be seeking legal redress against an attempt by a US-based online blogger who allegedly made a video to discredit him and his business. Folorunso said this at a press conference he held in Iseyin, Oyo State, to address a case of cyber-bullying in which…
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President Bola Tinubu has described the former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, as an able lieutenant, invaluable ally, and a committed patriot who has been with him in the trenches in the fight against dictatorship. President Tinubu in a moving tribute he personally wrote to Fayemi as he marks his 60th birthday, also described…
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Chidozie Nwangwu, a native doctor who is famously known as Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki has been arrested by security operatives in Anambra State. On Saturday, the Anambra State New Media account posted a video of Nwangwu being questioned by the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Onyeka Ibezim. "BREAKING NEWS!! Akwa okuko tiwaraki n’Oba denies okeite and…
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Gunmen who abducted a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maharazu Tsiga, have demanded ₦250 million for his release, a family source said on Sunday. Tsiga, a retired brigadier-general of the Nigerian Army, was kidnapped from his home in Tsiga town, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Wednesday, February…
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A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Achievers' University, Owo, Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, have called for interrogations and circumspection in the proposed 12-4 educational model by the Federal Government. It would be recalled that the federal government had proposed a new compulsory 12-year…
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Armed forces must only be used as legitimate defence, never to dominate another country, a breathless Pope Francis said Sunday, presiding over an outdoor mass despite a bout of bronchitis. "This armed service is to be exercised only in self-defence, never to impose domination over other nations, (and) always observing international conventions on conflict", Francis…
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A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that leadership positions at all levels are beyond the title but are about the ability to sacrifice, take responsibility, and serve the people. Fayemi said that the inability of politicians to come to terms with the fact that power is transient has led…
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The Governor of Kano, Abba Yusuf, has expressed the government's determination to eliminate the scourge of polio in the next four months in Kano State while stating that his administration would also ensure that the high rate of maternal mortality is reduced within the same period. The governor spoke while declaring open an orientation…