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In the build-up to the 2015 and 2019 general elections, security was a campaign issue as kidnapping, banditry and killings were the order of the day. ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU, in this …
Insecurity: Like 2015, like 2023? Read MoreAmidst the incessant attacks on Nigerians living in the North-east by Boko Haram insurgents, the National Assembly and notable Nigerians have called for the sacking of the nation’s service chiefs. …
Will service chiefs’ sacking end insecurity? Read MoreStakeholders in Kannywood are currently confused over the best way to handle the Maryam Booth naked picture that was posted on social media on February 8, 2020. This is because …
Why my ex-boyfriend posted my nude pictures on social media – Maryam Booth Read MoreWhen the Boko Haram marauders raided Kano in 2013 or thereabouts, killing close to 100 of innocent folks in one fell swoop, among them travellers at a popular motor park, …
Buhari’s theory of self-help Read MoreUnless Manchester City win their appeal, the fifth-placed Premier League finisher will play in the Champions League. Manchester City were banned from all UEFA competitions for the next two seasons …
UEFA Champions League: Manchester City face points deduction, to be replaced by 5th place Premier League finisher Read MoreShortly after he took over as new Bayelsa Governor Senator Duoye Diri headed straight to the residence of former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and presented his certificate of return to …
Picture: New Bayelsa gov Diri presents certificate of return to Jonathan Read MoreAs more Nigerians continue in search of more oppurtunites to work, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ended their recent recruitment exercise. This is even as it announced the …
Revealed! Outcome of NNPC recruitment exercise as Nigerians search for more employment oppurtunities Read MoreEgypt on Friday confirmed a case of Coronavirus in its territory,the first in Africa since the deadly virus began ravaging China in December. But the victim is not Egyptian, the …
Confirmed: One infected as first Coronavirus case berths in Africa Read MoreMonths after the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) instituted corruption case against him, Presisenr Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu. Details loading…
Breaking: Buhari slams suspension on embattled NBC DG Read MoreManchester City have been banned from all UEFA competitions for the next two seasons and fined £24.9m for “serious breaches” of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play and club licensing regulations. An …
Breaking: UEFA slams 2-year Champions League, Europa ban on Manchester City Read MoreSenator Duoye Diri has finally been sworn in as the Governor of Bayelsa state. Also, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has taking over as deputy governor of the state. Before the short …
Bayelsa: Diri sworn in as Governor amidst protests, dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed Read MoreAward-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will deliver the address at the 2020 University of Pennsylvania Commencement on Monday, May 18. The announcement was made Thursday by Vice President and Secretary …
Adichie to speak at Penn’s 264th Commencement Read MoreThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had faulted the Supreme Court over the pronouncement of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hope Uzodinma, as the winner of the 2019 …
Bayelsa: Will PDP fault judiciary again? Read MoreSheik Umar Dada Paiko, a popular Islamic cleric, is presenting his debut collection of poetry to the public today. AWAAL GATA caught up with him in the thick of organising …
There is a strong connection between literary aesthetics and scripture – Dada Paiko Read MoreThere was pandemonium early hours of Friday as a midnight fire gutted a two-storey Post Graduate Hostel in Campus 3 of the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka in the Ethiope …
Chaos as fire guts DELSU hostel Read MoreSporadic shooting erupted at Tombia roundabout and Akemfa in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, last night, which snowballed into massive protest following the Supreme Court’s judgement which sacked David Lyon …
Shooting in Bayelsa as APC, PDP clash in massive protest Read MoreThe Bayelsa state sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Ikechukwu Igwe, has reiterated the position of the Command to arrest and prosecute tricyclists operating illegally. He, …
FRSC cautions okada, denies extorting operators Read MoreThe General Manager, Bauchi State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), Mr. Garba Magaji, on Friday said three million people practice open defecation in the state. Magaji disclosed this …
3m practise open defecation in Bauchi – Officials Read MoreThe Kano state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, has said the state had recorded huge success in the fight against polio by sustaining routine immunisation campaigns as portrayed …
Polio immunisation: ‘We recorded success in January’ Read MoreMore than 1,700 medical workers in China have been infected with the new coronavirus, and six have died, medical authorities have said. The vast majority of the medical workers – …
Over 1,700 China medical workers infected with coronavirus Read MoreThe governor-elect of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri, has said that God had healed Bayelsa state with the judgement of the Supreme Court that disqualified the election of the All …
I won’t forget the judiciary, Diri declares Read MoreThe president, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older People in Nigeria (COSROPIN), Senator Eze Ajoku, on Friday, urged the federal government to establish a social security policy for …
FG urged to establish social security policy for the aged Read MoreGlobal Partnership for Education (GPE), a multi-donor funding agent for interventions in basic education in developing countries, has extended a grant of $125 million to Nigeria to support development of …
GPE offers Nigeria $125m grant for basic education Read MoreThe Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that the federal government “will soon establish a special laboratory to boost the testing capacity of Lassa fever in the country.” …
FG’ll establish 6th special laboratory on Lassa fever – Minister Read MoreThe Lagos state Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Friday announced that it had closed 16 companies in the state over alleged failure to remit about N126.19 million consumption tax. The …
Lagos closes 16 coys over N126.19m tax evasion Read More