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4-1-9!

April 18, 2023

By Toyin Falola When the drafters of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act formulated Section 419 of the Act, I am sure that they never intended that the number of the

INEC declares Kebbi guber election inconclusive

March 20, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared the gubernatorial election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the election was keenly contested by

Prof Sonaiya decries role of money in politics, urges more women’s participation

March 3, 2023

By Olayinka Oyegbile, Editor Prof Remi Sonaiya has said that the participation of more women in politics would ensure the availability of more social services to the general populace. Speaking

Any vote for Peter Obi is vote for Tinubu’, warns ADC presidential candidate

February 24, 2023

ADC presidential candidate Dumebi Kachikwu has warned that if PDP and Labour Party flag bearers Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi failed to ally, they would have inadvertently handed victory to

Why it took me so long to bag a Ph. D, by Duyile

January 19, 2023

Dr Dayo Duyile, a veteran journalist has explained why it took him so long to bag a doctorate degree at 83. Duyile was on Wednesday one of those who bagged

Accident: PDP directs flags to fly at half-mast in honour of 16 members in Plateau

January 17, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday directed that party flags at the National Secretariat in Abuja be flown at half-mast in honour 16 members who died at the weekend

Commissioner abducted in Benue

December 5, 2022

Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped. He was abducted at the notorious Adankari Junction along the Otukpo-Ado road around 9pm on Sunday.

‘Anikulapo’ is Netflix’s most-watched non-English film

October 28, 2022

A week after its premiere, Anikulapo, a film by Kunle Afolayan, has become the most-watched non-English film on Netflix. Owing to the huge success it has garnered, Afolayan said

Impeached Oyo Deputy Gov faults process

July 18, 2022

The sacked Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has faulted the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, over the constitution of the seven-man panel which recommended his removal

A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI, PART 3

June 30, 2022

This is the second interview report with President Mbeki on June 19, 2022. Viewership figures on television, radios and over a dozen platforms reached over 35 million by June 20,

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