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By Yomi Odunuga The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on Nigerians agitating for state creation to reach out to elected representatives and groups from other geopolitical zones in the country.This, he said, is to get the buy-in of other legislators and groups, especially as they are key in determining if such demands will see the light of the day in the ongoing Constitution amendment exercise. Senator Omo-Agege stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he hosted the apex socio-cultural umbrella body of Urhobo people, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU).…

By Aliyu Isiyaku On Saturday, 5th September, 2020, the NorthEast Atiku Support Groups gathered in Gombe to support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential elections aspiration. The event which took place at the International Hotel, Gombe, was graced by big wigs politicians across the Northeast. Speaking during the event, the coordinator of the group, Isiyaku Babayo PhD said that the group was established by the Atiku Support Organization in order to converge support for Atiku in the six States of the Northeast Zone. “It was established to mobilize all political groups supporting Atiku’s 2023 presidential ambition in the NE…

The Police Public Relations Officer, Frank MBA has announced the arrest by security operatives of two Nigerians suspected of defrauding the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia of €2.3 million COVID-19 fund. In a statement on Sunday, Frank Mba revelaed that the said fund was meant for the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE). According to Mba, the suspects, Babatunde Adesanya, 50-year-old master degree holder in cell biology, and Akinpelu Abass, 41-year-old managing director of Musterpoint Investment Nigeria Limited, were arrested by the cybercrime unit of the Nigeria police force and INTERPOL. MBA alleged that the suspects were members of a…

By Sola Ojewusi World renown televangelist, erstwhile football club owner and Ambassador of Goodwill, Prophet T.B. Joshua has waded spiritually into the raging controversy regarding the future of Lionel Messi, the Barcelona and Argentina soccer superstar. It would be recalled that for some weeks now, there have been speculations about the player not being happy at Barça and willing to ply his trade next season in another club, presumably Manchester City FC. There are also insinuations about Messi’s bitterness about the way things are being run at the Camp Nou home of the Spanish giants. Prophet T.B. Joshua, a keen…

Hello everyone, As we mark “No Music Day” this September 1, 2020, we wish to remind everyone that “No Music Day” is a day that the music industry in Nigeria dedicates annually to bring the attention of the Nigerian nation to the widespread infringement of the rights of song writers, composers, performers, music publishers, record labels and other stakeholders in the nation’s music industry. As we have done every year in the past 11 years, COSON on behalf of the Nigerian Music Industry Coalition, has once again requested broadcasting stations in the country to devote a substantial amount of broadcast…

By Yomi Odunuga Sexual predators have turned the blessings in the student-educator fiduciary relationship of authority, dependency and trust to a source of torment, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Delivering a keynote address in Abuja, Thursday at the Conference on Sexual Violence in Nigeria, Senator Omo-Agege explained that this concern informed his decision to sponsor the Sexual Harassment Bill in the Senate.Citing jurisdictions in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia with laws that specifically penalize sexual harassment in educational institutions of higher learning, he noted that the Sexual Harassment Bill…

By Babatunde Odubanwo The management of Access Bank has assured its millions of customers that all is well after this morning’s fire incident in one of its branches. In an official statement made public by the company’s secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, the bank states: ‘’This is to inform the investing public, our esteemed customers and the Nigerian Stock Exchange that the fire incidence which occurred this morning in our branch at Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos has been extinguished without any human casualty. We would like to thank every organization and individual that helped in managing the situation. In the…

By Babatunde Odubanwo The mammoth gathering at the Amphitheatre of Mount Precipice located in Nazareth last year still holds the same force it held in June 2019. Drawing participation from all parts of the world, the ancient city mountain was greeted by religious enthusiasts and tourists alike who had come to encounter another dimension of the God of Israel. Nazareth, beyond the allure of its glorious past and fascinating present, a promising future glimmered in nearest sight of what can be termed a monumental divine visit. A two-day event turned a revival of significance was the reason behind the unforgettable…

By Mary Odunola Okwudiba The Cocoa pyramidSo high as a mountainBegins with a bagJust a bag?Yes, just a bagNow and then. Reaching into the clouds. Then the giant of the forest. Then Rome is built… but not in a day. But keep stepping.

Says ‘I Stand For Protection Of Human Rights At All Times The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Joel Nwachukwu Enwonwu has confessed that the escape of alleged serial killer, Sunday Shodipe from lawful police custody gave him the greatest nightmare in his career. The police officer also submitted that when he learned about the escape of Shodipe, the alleged serial killer in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state from police custody at Mokola in Ibadan, the experience gave him sleepless nights until the suspect was re-arrested by men under his command. He admitted this much while featuring…