October 20, 2020, two years ago the nation Nigeria was thrown into mourning following shootings in the Lekki Tollgate allegedly carried out by the Nigerian Army to stop the youths protesting against police brutality. It will be recalled that Nigerian youths across the country had in October 2020, staged a nationwide protest over extrajudicial […]
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has declared a 7-day mourning in honour of the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye who died at the age of 66. Before the death of the Speaker on Wednesday evening during a brief illness at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, he was representing Ikere constituency 1. In a statement […]
Fresh reports amid wild speculations about the “sudden” trip overseas by Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of Nigeria’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to Paris, France, Monday night. An enquiry by NewsDiaryOnline revealed that in this particular instant, claims that Atiku travelled principally on health grounds were described variously as “not true” and “a […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
Renowned Oral Literature and Folklore, Prof. G G Darah has called on religious bodies, NGOs and good-spirited individuals to urgently respond and offer assistance to thousands of deltans who have been displaced by the flood. He made this known in an interview with CROWN FM at Otu-Jeremi, headquarters of Ughelli South Local Government […]
Former governor of Cross River state and member of the People’s Democratic Party, Donald Duke has opined that the party may have lost 70% of votes in the Southeast and 50% of votes in the South-South region ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Donald Duke made this remark during an interview when he […]
The national assembly says only 11 states have considered and voted on the constitutional amendment bills. Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president of the senate, said this on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja. The deputy senate president said the states include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Ogun […]
The 63-year-old American rhythm and blues singer/songwriter, Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, is dead. passed away on October 15. Her death which occurred on October 15 was confirmed by events promoter CJ Carlos in a post on his Facebook page. He wrote, “Having spoken to her immediate family tonight, it’s with […]
The Naira on Monday exchanged N441.25 against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, making a slight appreciation. The figure represented a slight increase of 0.03 per cent when compared to the N441.38 it exchanged for the dollar before the close of business on 14 October. NAN also reports that the open […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that he can arrest the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi if he so desires. Speaking at an interactive forum on Monday, Mr El-Rufai said he had within his disposition a plethora of state security agencies to intimidate political opponents. “In 2013, I went […]
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