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Unity Necessary To Beat COVID-19 – Oba Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali By Steven Anu’ Adesemoye As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on businesses and lives in general, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, Emugoriade 1, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, assured his people that it is a phase that will pass. In a message to mark his fourth anniversary as ruler of Igbogbo Kingdom, Oba Semiudeen, stated that in order to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to be united in adhering to the laid down directives by the government and the health bodies. According to the…

A day after late Air Combat hero, Tolulope Arotile was committed to mother earth, Air Force authorities have handed over the case file of the men who allegedly killed her to the police. We present the pictures of the suspects as they are being handed over.

By Zailani Bappa His Excellency, Gov. Bello Matawalle Mohammed (MON)increased interest in creating safe environments while controlling security costs has led to the proliferation of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems in the public sector. This article describes the progress made by His Excellency Dr. Bello Matawalle MON, the Executive Governor of Zamfara State and benefits of CCTV systems in the State. You will recall that the State Government led by His Excellency Dr. Bello Matawalle MON, donated about 200 operational vehicles to the National Security Agencies to assist the security agencies in its operation to combat crime in and around…

By Olamilekan Olusada The Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Tolu Akande-Sadipe K on Thursday said about eighty thousand Nigerians are currently held as sex slaves and in forced labour across the world, in countries like Lebanon, Mali and across the Middle East. Akande Sadipe who said this during plenary in Abuja, condemned the complacency of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Labour and Employment, which has subjected young Nigerian girls to modern-day slavery, sexual exploitation and organ harvesting among other ills. Mrs. Sadipe also noted that the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the guise of diplomacy is working…

In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the country was divided right down the middle. On one side were the Jonathanians, who supported the then incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, and wanted him to continue in office for another term of four years. On the flip side were the Buharists (I was one, and remain one of them) who wanted the then former military head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, elected civilian President. It was a pitched battle. O le ku, ija Ore (apologies to non-Yoruba speakers. The war was robustly fought, and won by the Buharists. That was…

By Deyemi Saka “Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure…

Liverpool have finally claimed their trophy! And it came in big style with a thrilling 5-3 win over rivals Chelsea. The win serves as a befitting finale to an extraordinary season in which the Merseyside team shown like a million stars. The Lagosian celebrates with the champions with these memorable pictures from Liverpool.

Dismisses Claims That Prof Akintoye Is Leader Of Yoruba Frontline activist and Publicity Secretary of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin has pronounced that President Muhammadu Buhari’s much talked-about anti-graft war has collapsed and failed. Odumakin made this pronouncement while featuring on Space FM Ibadan’s programme, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola, on Tuesday. The frontline activist said that the five-year anti-corruption war of Buhari ‘wombled and fumbled’ until recently when everything came to the open on how corrupt the system has been. Said Odumakin “those inside know that there is no anti-corruption war. Those in the…

Ismaila Isa Funtua, President Buhari’s close ally and alleged member of the Aso Rock power players has died. He was said to have lost his life to cardiac arrest on Monday, today. Believed to be one of the unseen hands behind the Buhari Presidency, the late Funtua was a one time Managing Director of Democrat Newspapers and a former boss to the late Abba Kyari, erstwhile Chief of Staff to the President. Fungus hailed from Buhari’s home state, Katsina and had been a long term close associate of the President. He was the Chairman of Bullet, a big time Construction…

The dramas and intrigues and, of course, a dose of national tragedy and near tragedy continued today at the Committee Room of the House of Representatives where alleged financial malfeasance by the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC is being investigated. First came the resignation of the Reps Committee Chair, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, replaced by his Vice in Acting Capacity. Though this was not unexpected, it did not reduce the dramatic atmosphere. Then came the shocking collapse of the Acting MD of the NDDC while he was being grilled for what many have described as alleged monumental mismanagement of resources at…