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35NewsOne Person Killed As Building Collapses In Akure
An elderly woman died on Tuesday morning in Akure after a building partially collapsed in the Ondo State capital. Channels Television crew visited the scene later after the incident occurred in Akure South Local Government Area of the state. A photo taken on September 21, 2021, shows onlookers at the scene...
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Anti-Open Grazing Policy Not Working, Says Nasarawa Governor
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has faulted the anti-open grazing policy adopted by some state governments in the country. The governor, who spoke on Monday during an interview on Politics Today, believes the programme is not working. “We don’t like the current anti-grazing policy, it is not working,” he said...
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79NewsEx-CBN Deputy Governor, Mailafia Is Dead
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia is dead. He died at the age of 64. The family lawyer, Mr Yakubu Bawa, confirmed the news to Channels Television on Sunday morning. He said Dr Mailafia died in the early hours of the day in...
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2023: We Will Lead Nigeria, We Have Majority Of The Votes – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has vowed that the north will continue leading Nigeria, arguing that the region has the majority to produce a leader through the ballot. With the 2023 presidential polls in view, leaders and politicians of southern extraction have been clamoring for a shift in power,...
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78PoliticsBreaking>> Ekweremadu Proposes Political Solution To Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has proposed a political solution to ensure the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. He believes this can be achieved as the South-East Caucus in the National Assembly moves to intervene in the matter. “We expect...
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59Science & TechLekki Shooting: Adegboruwa Raises Alarm Over Plot To Frustrate Probe
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has raised an alarm over the investigations into the October 20, 2020 shooting at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State. He alleged that there was an attempt to frustrate the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses...
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68PoliticsUmahi sabotaged PDP in 2019 elections, PDP governors allege
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday expressed outrage over disparaging comments made about the PDP and its governors by the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi. Umahi had, in a television interview, said, “One or two governors that own PDP, their body language suggests that...
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Ekweremadu Proposes Political Solution To Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has proposed a political solution to ensure the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. He believes this can be achieved as the South-East Caucus in the National Assembly moves to intervene in the matter. “We expect...
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65EntertainmentBBNaija: Stop Flirting, It Could Kill Your Political Ambitions – Whitemoney To Queen
Whitemoney, a Big Brother Naija season 6 housemate, has advised Queen to stop flirting around in the house. Whitemoney who gave the advice during his conversation with Queen at the garden on Friday night warned that her actions now could affect any political ambitions she has later. He further said...
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66PoliticsUPDATED: Southern Governors Meet In Enugu
Members of the Southern Governors’ Forum have met in Enugu on Thursday, just about two months after they converged in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State. Governors who first arrived at the meeting included Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State; Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State; Rotimi Akeredolu...
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19PoliticsAkwa Ibom Governor Signs Anti-Grazing Bill Into Law
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has signed into law the anti-grazing bill which was earlier passed by the state House of Assembly. Governor Emmanuel assented to the bill on Wednesday during brief at the Exco Chambers Government House, Uyo. The new law prescribes a N10 million fine against offenders....
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75PoliticsUPDATED: Fani-Kayode Joins APC, Explains Role In Defection Of Three PDP Governors
Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former PDP chieftain was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari as the newest member of the ruling party on Thursday during a visit to the Presidential Villa in...
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70PoliticsYou’re a political beggar, PDP, Umahi, others knock Fani-Kayode
The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West on Friday criticised a former Minister for Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, over his claim that he had wrongly the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in the past. The South-West PDP, through its Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati, said nothing had changed about...
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53Security updatesNiger State records 100 cholera deaths from July to date – Health Commissioner
Niger State recorded 100 cholera deaths from April to date in the 25 Local Governments Areas, Dr Muhammad Makusidi, Commissioner for Health has said. Makusidi, made this known in an interview with newsmen at the ongoing workshop for journalists, organised by Pathfinder International in Minna. He attributed the outbreak of...
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64PoliticsFormer Anambra governor, Peter Obi reveals why Nigerians are getting poorer
A former Governor of Anambra State and successful businessman, Peter Obi, has said that Nigerians are getting poorer because the government is borrowing for the wrong reasons. Obi, who was also the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election said that Nigeria is...