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Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:58:18 +0000
On the social revolution in Kwara
By Rafiu Ajakaye As I surfed the social media last Wednesday morning, something quite interesting popped up on my Facebook page. It was a post I had made on January 20, 2019 ahead of Nigeria’s presidential polls. This was Facebook, two years on, re...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:50:14 +0000
Seven killed, many injured as NURTW leadership crisis turns bloody
By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki   At least seven persons have been killed while many were seriously injured as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers clashed in Effin, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Though details of ...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:40:02 +0000
ACF, Afenifere clash as row deepen over herders quit order
Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor; Sam Egburonu; Bisi Oladele, Ibadan; AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna; Frank Ikpefan, Abuja; Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan     A furious Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) warned on Saturday that continued attacks on herder...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:30:55 +0000
IGP under fire over Sunday Igboho arrest order
 Bisi Oladele; Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan; Alao Abiodun/ Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja   A cross section of Nigerians on Saturday berated Police Inspector General Mohammed Adamu following his order for the arrest of the Southwest activist, Sunday Adeyemo ...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:10:42 +0000
Sexual harassment: Why OAU victim is yet to graduate – Source
•VC did not ask Akindele to go on sabbatical leave during meeting •How OAU Senate gave Monica Osagie waiver •Our disagreement with sexual harassment victim—OAU official •Explains OAU’s deal with ICPC Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, North...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:10:24 +0000
Makinde, Igboho cross swords
By Paul Ade-Adeleye   On Friday, Yoruba Gestapo commander, Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, was at Ibarapa in Oyo State with a huge crowd of followers in defiance of the state governor, and spoke many assuring words to the peopl...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:55:28 +0000
Seven things to know about Sunday Igboho
By Alao Abiodun and Adeyinka Akintunde In the ancient City of Ibadan everyone knows the name Sunday Igboho. He is a politician and a grassroots mobiliser. He has a reputation for defending people against injustice. One will probably ask a question &#...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:03:57 +0000
Obaseki governing under a cloud
Paul Ade-Adeleye   Just before the end of his first tenure as Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) where he won the elections in 2016 to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Prior to that ...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:57:55 +0000
Woman strikes husband to death with shoe heel in Delta
 Elo Edremoda, Warri   A yet-to-be identified woman on Saturday morning struck her husband to death with the heel of her shoe in Ugbuwangue community, Warri, Delta State. The deceased, identified as Etsebanghanro Ighomi, was a father of two chi...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:53:50 +0000
2023 Igbo presidency, a must, say Southeast APC leaders
By Nwanosike Onu, Awka And Emma Elekwa, Onitsha   Southeast leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), say the emergence of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023 is a must for Ndigbo Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, former Senate ...



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