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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has charged African parliamentarians to rise above narrow partisan considerations and be committed to pursuing the public good. Jonathan gave the advice in his remarks on Thursday in Banjul, Gambia, at the opening session of a two-day capacity building workshop for members of the Gambian parliament, organised by The Goodluck Jonathan
Two-time Minister for Finance, Kalu Idika Kalu, has disagreed with Shiekh Ahmad Gumi over his comment on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the agitation for Biafra. Gumi had in a post, said that the emergence of Obi had slowed down the agitation for Biafra by IPOB members, claiming that the
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki said that he would not have allowed the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to linger this much in his capacity as the Senate President or as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum. Saraki, who had earlier stated that the lack of compassion by members of
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Sunday, rescued an elderly woman who was trapped in a building, at Oluwaga in Ipaja, Lagos, following the weekend downpour in the area. According to LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency responded to a distress call concerning the incident after which it activated its men to
Four bodies have been recovered from Friday’s boat mishap at Ojo area of Lagos. The four bodies, part of passengers in a W19 fibre boat carrying 16 passengers were recovered at Mile 2 area on Saturday. The boat capsized on Friday night. General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, confirmed the recovery
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has congratulated Nigerian Muslims and other faithful across the world on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival while also urging them not to get tired of praying for peace, security and prosperity around the globe. In a Sallah message on Friday signed by the head of his Media Office, Yusuph Olaniyonu, and
The Catholic Bishop of Zaria Diocese in Kaduna State, Most Reverend George Jonathan Dodo, is dead. Dodo, who was the pioneer Bishop of the Diocese, was said to have died in the early hours of Friday after a brief illness. The Diocesan Vice-Chancellor of Zaria, Reverend Father Abraham Bisan Make, announced the demise of the
The Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday released the names and images of inmates with cases of terrorism who escaped from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in Abuja. The PUNCH reports that the inmates escaped the correctional centre on Tuesday night after members of the Islamic for West Africa Province attacked the facility. “If you see any
The Anambra State House of Assembly has expressed displeasure over 70 per cent budget slash in education from N3.23 billion to N1.1billion in the 2022 revised budget presented by Gov. Charles Soludo. They said that the budgetary allocation to education sector was unrealistic and the slash would lower the standard of teaching and learning, as well
The Indigenous People of Biafra has demanded the transfer of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to a prison in the eastern part of the country, following the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Tuesday night by terrorists. IPOB worried over the safety of its members detained at the Kuje prison, doubting the ability of