Olayiwola Oshunrinade The House of Representatives has confirmed Olufemi Oluyede as the chief of army staff (COAS). The lower legislative chamber confirmed Oluyede after a report was presented by Babajimi Benson, chairman of the committee on defence. The house of representatives joint committee on army and defence had screened Oluyede on Wednesday. While moving a […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade A Finnish district court has fixed May 2025 for the prosecution to file charges against Simon Ekpa. Last Thursday, the pro-Biafra agitator was arrested by law enforcement in the northern European nation. He was subsequently sent to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media”. Ekpa was […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The British government earned over N40 billion processing visas for Nigerian nationals between June 2023 to the same month in 2024. According to Marc Owen, director of visa, status and information services at UK visas and immigration, at least 225,000 UK visa applications from Nigeria were processed in the period under review. Owen […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The hope of Nigerians getting premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, below N800 per litre, at least for now when the price of crude oil is less than $80 per barrel and the official exchange rate of the Naira to the Dollar is above N1,600/$1 at the currency market, may have […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Bishop TD Jakes has assured his followers that he is “not afraid to die” as he addressed the public for the first time following a recent health emergency. In a heartfelt video shared yesterday evening, Bishop TD Jakes expressed gratitude to his medical team and those who prayed for him after he fell […]
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Olayiwola Oshinrinade The immediate past Deputy President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Alhassan Yahaya, has been elected as the National President, while a Deputy Directors with Radio Nigeria, Abimbola Oyetunde, emerged unopposed as Deputy National President. The two top officials were elected at the 8th Triennial delegates conference of the union held in Owerri, […]
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A former Liberian warlord, Prince Yormie Johnson, who captured former President Samuel Doe, is dead. Like Charles Taylor, who is serving a prison sentence, Johnson was a key player in the 1989-2003 Liberian civil war. Officials from his party and the Senate confirmed his death on Thursday, saying that he died at the age of […]
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Olayiwola Oshinrinade The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arraigned Professor David Iornem and two organizations—Island Open University Inc. and Commonwealth University Inc.—on amended charges of certificate racketeering and money laundering. Iornem is accused of defrauding Nigerians by offering fake admissions and fraudulent certificates through these unaccredited institutions, which he represented […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Nigeria Customs Service in Lagos on Tuesday handed over 21 exotic cars worth over N1.8 billion to the Canadian Government. The Comptroller General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi, made the handover at the Federal Operation Unit (FOU), in Lagos The CGC also disclosed that the International Police (INTERPOL) had also identified countries in […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Senate has acknowledged an error in its earlier resolution advising President Bola Tinubu to remove Umar Danladi as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegations of corruption and misconduct. However, the upper chamber maintained that this mistake does not invalidate their decision to call for Danladi’s removal. Last Wednesday, […]
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