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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:56:12 +0000Memorable events in January 2021
By Dayo Mustapha The first month of the year 2021 has it victorious, memorable and as well as crimes, incursion and decisions making time. Here are some of the key events that headlined January 2021: * US presidential inauguration, Trump impeachment ...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:33:36 +0000‘How God killed UNILAG lecturer demanding sex from my daughter’
By Samuel Oamen Founder of Christ Life Church Ibadan, Bishop Wale Oke, has narrated how a UNILAG lecturer demanding sex from one his spiritual daughter was killed by God. He said the lecturer, a Head of Department (HoD), had been failing the lady for...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:06:18 +0000We’ve turned the heat on kidnappers, criminals in Ibarapa, Oke Ogun – Makinde
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has declared the state his administration has turned the heat on kidnappers and criminals in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun axis of the state. He assured the state will succeed in routing them. Makinde, who w...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:40:27 +0000Buhari leads tributes for ex-Minister Tony Momoh
Emmanuel Oladesu, Jide Orintunsin, Sanni Onogu, Bolaji Ogundrle and Tajudeen Adebanjo Death sneaked into the media on Monday, snatching former Information and Culture Minister Prince Tony Momoh. The eminent journalist, politician and lawye...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:30:38 +0000PTF: COVID-19 killed 405 Nigerians in two months
Bolaji Ogundele, Moses Emorinken and Faith Yahaya, Abuja Nigeria lost 405 persons to coronavirus in the last two months, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Monday. Seventy-five health workers were infected last week, accor...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:20:51 +0000No fixed date yet to appoint new IG, says Presidency
Nicholas Kalu, Abuja The Presidency has said no date had been fixed for the announcement of a successor to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu who reached retirement age on Monday. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said on Mond...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:10:18 +0000MultiChoice rules out pay-as-go subscription option
MultiChoice Nigeria has ruled out the possibility of implementing pay-as-go in the pay television industry in the country. It said such a subscription model would neither work for its DStv nor its GOtv services. It explained, however, that the pay-pe...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:59:27 +0000BREAKING: FG extends NIN/ SIM linkage
Blessing Olaifa, Abuja The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linkage of National Identity Numbers with Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards by eight weeks. Consequently, the new dealine has been shifted from February 9 ...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:52:22 +0000Sunday Igboho takes anti-killer herdsmen battle to Ogun
Alao Abiodun Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, on Monday visited Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on his mission to end herdsmen’s assault on farmers. Igboho, who was received with a loud ovation, insisted that...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:48:06 +0000N35bn bond: Doubling down on Kwara development
By Rafiu Ajakaye On assumption of office in May 2019, the immediate challenge before Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was to stabilise Kwara State. From primary healthcare, basic education, nutrition, water, access roads, cash-starved civil ser...