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Ill health: 14 years after, Akeredolu’s call for Yar’Adua’s resignation haunts him
“We always know the right thing for others to do until we are confronted with a similar challenge,” Olusegun Adeniyi, former Special Adviser to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, wrote in a recent article published by ThisDay. Adeniyi was…
Traditional Ruler, Pregnant Wife, 15 Others Abducted in Taraba
A second-class chief in Pupule, Taraba State, Chief Alhaji Umaru Abubakar Nyala, his pregnant wife and 15 others were on Monday night abducted by suspected kidnappers at Pupule town in Yorro Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen,…
Benue gov in closed-door meeting with Defence Chief
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. Although, the purpose of the official visit was yet to be made public, one of the aides of the governor,…
Niger Gov Presents N600bn Budget, Clarifies Civil Servants’ Dress Code Report
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has proposed N613,274,081,698.17 as the budget estimate for the 2024 fiscal year. Presenting the appropriation bill on the floor of the House of Assembly on Tuesday, Bago said the budget was tagged…
Celine Dion can’t control muscles amid incurable stiff-person syndrome battle — Sister
Legendary Canadian singer Celine Dion no longer has ‘control over her muscles,’ according to her older sister Claudette. A year after the My Heart Will Go On hitmaker was forced to cancel her world tour last December, her sibling, 74,…
Report on Kaduna bombing investigation will be out soon – Defence Chief
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, has assured the public that the report on investigation into the Kaduna bombing will be out very soon and made public. Speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday, the CDS acknowledged the public’s…
How I was Treated After ‘Oga At The Top’ Video – Retired NSCDC official
Shem Obafaiye, the then Lagos State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, who came in the limelight after his ‘Oga At The Top’ comment during a TV interview in 2013, appeared on the same show on Tuesday morning,…
118 killed in China earthquake
At least 118 people have been killed and 500 injured in an earthquake in northern China while many people were sleeping. Residents were forced to go outside into below-freezing weather on Monday after a powerful shallow earthquake occurred…
Seun Kuti: How I was stigmatised for being Fela’s son
Seun Kuti, the youngest son of late Afro-beat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has narrated how he suffered stigmatisation while growing up for being his late father’s son. The Afrobeat singer said his paternity affected not only his personal…
Gov Yusuf pledges to immortalise late Asma’u
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has pledged to immortalise the late Asma’u Sani, the patient he sponsored for surgical operation in India but died before the departure to the Indian hospital. The governor made the pledge when he…