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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 […]
Residents of Aeroplane Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Bomadi Local Government of Delta State have raised an alarm of floating corpses as the flood continues to ravage parts of the country. This came as several communities in Bomadi, Patani and Burutu local government areas of Delta State were yesterday sacked by the ravaging […]
Thugs invaded the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party at Ranchers Stadium in Kaduna State on Monday 17, 2022 They were armed with swords and machetes but failed to disrupt the ongoing rally. The rally which is still ongoing has the National Chairman of the party Iyorchia Ayu, members of the […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has come under fire following his advice to Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Atiku, who stated this during an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on […]
Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary said Monday, doubling the official toll from the blaze that further stoked tensions one month into protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Authorities in the Islamic republic have blamed the fire late Saturday on […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant tone on Monday after Russia launched dozens of drone attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv. The capital was hit at least four times by “kamikaze” drones, with rescue workers pulling at least 18 survivors from the rubble, according to authorities. “All night and all morning, the enemy terrorizes […]
The special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu the leader of IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has called for his release. Ejimakor urged the international community and influential Nigerians to persuade the Nigerian Government to comply with the order of Appeal Court to release Kanu. He also referred to the number of times Nigerian Government failed to heed […]
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