Category: News
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The foreign ministers of military-ruled Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Friday recommended creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within a federation. Mali and Burkina, ruled by juntas who seized power in coups in 2020 and 2022 respectively, rushed to back Niger’s military rulers when they…
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When the author of Usefulness of Useless Knowledge, Donald Jordan, said “history is an aggregate of half-truths, semi-truths, fables, myths, rumours, prejudices, personal narratives, gossip and official prevarications,” he may have been frustrated by the historical contradictions of his time. And such inconsistencies have been the fate of history from time immemorial, making Karl Marx…
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A plane crash has left several dead, including a senior politician, in a horror accident just moments after it took off. The incident, which took place on Saturday, Dec 2, in Paraguay saw the plane turn into a fireball after it plunged into a field. Walter Harms, a legislator for the ruling Colorado party, was killed along with three…
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old suspected cultist, Ahmed Ololade aka Small Mercy. Spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 3, 2023, said the suspect was arrested by officers of the Orile Division. The suspect was found in possession of the following items:…
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A Nigerian woman garnered praise and attention as she won ₦10,000 after swiftly finishing three bottles of alcohol in less than 1 minute. In the video, a young man can be seen informing a group of ladies that whoever drinks three bottles of drink the fastest will win ₦10,000. Nigerian women. Shortly after they began,…
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Olatosho Oshoffa has disapproved of the invitation of Portable and Pasuma to participate in one of the church branch’s praise nights. Olatosho Oshoffa who is the pastoral leader of the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters in Ketu took to his Facebook page to announce the cancelation of the invitation. The flyer for their worship…
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has prohibited the use of travel sacks, ‘Ghana Must Go’ by passengers at all the nation’s airports. According to a circular by FAAN, titled, ‘Re: Prohibition of Usage Of Ghana Must Go’, signed by Manager, Airport Services, Henok Gizachew, dated November 24, the ban is particularly for passengers…
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In a bid to speedily approve the N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year before the end of the year, the Senate yesterday commenced the consideration of the proposals without having the full details. President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday presented the estimates to the joint session of the National Assembly, during which he…
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The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja, said the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. Mohammed said…
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Lagos Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, has been re-elected for a second term in office. Akinsanya, Alhaji Sulyman Ojora – Deputy Chairman; Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle (Sego) – Treasurer and 28 other executive members were elected unopposed on Thursday at the 10th Quadrennial…