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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:38:50 +0000
Reflections from a wreath laying ceremony, by Femi Adesina
By Femi Adesina There’s no year I attend the Wreath Laying Ceremony marking the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration that I don’t shed a tear or two. Secret tears. Yes, secret, as men don’t want to be seen giving way to emotions in public. ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:41:50 +0000
Tunde Ednut recovers Instagram account
By Samuel Oamen Blogger Tunde Ednut has recovered his Instagram account with his one million followers still intact. On his return to the photo sharing platform, Tunde shared a picture of himself with a crown on his head on Thursday. He asked his fol...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:39:23 +0000
New retirement age for teachers takes effect Jan. 1, says minister
Our Reporter If the words of Education Minister Mallam Adamu Adamu are anything to go by, the implementation of the 65 year retirement age and 40 year of service approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday have taken off. The ministe...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:34:39 +0000
Akeredolu right on quit notice to herders, says Adams
By Oyebola Owolabi Aare-ona-kakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams has supported the quit notice given to illegal residents of Ondo State forest reserves. According to him, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is right, under the constitution, to order the quit ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:31:43 +0000
Adeboye clocks 40 years as RCCG general overseer
By Alao Abiodun The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday clocked 40 years as the General Overseer church. Adeboye who was ordained a pastor of the church in 1977, became general ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:31:29 +0000
Jonathan, Jega, Nwodo, Ogbe disagree on restructuring
By Sanni Onogu and Tony Akowe, Abuja There was a sharp divergence of views among eminent Nigerians on Thursday on how to restructure the country. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, a Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) leader Prof Attahiru Jega and elder...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:29:55 +0000
U.S. back in WHO as Biden reverses Trump’s policies on immigration, climate change, others
Agency Reporter Lifting of immigration restrictions on 13 countries, stoppage of the border wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border are some of the Donald Trump administration’s policies reversed yesterday by United States (U.S.) President ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:27:48 +0000
‘Why we’re borrowing to fund budget’
By Bolaji Ogundele and Nduka Chiejina, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration has been borrowing to finance the budget due to dwindling revenues. He urged Nigerians to be alive to their tax obligations as taxation is a r...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:26:42 +0000
Buhari to NSA: end banditry around Zamfara gold mines now
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno got a marching order from President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. He got a directive to immediately end banditry around the gold mines in Zamfara. The order came on a ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:20:53 +0000
Doyin Okupe, son in a row over ‘gay status’
By Alao Abiodun Mixed reactions have greeted a viral photo shared by Bolu, son of former presidential spokesman Dr. Doyin Okupe, wearing rainbow boxers with the caption; “Yes, I am gay”. Bolu, who graduated from the University of Manchester in th...



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