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The organisers of the forthcoming coronation of a Sultan of Shuwa Arab in Edo State have claimed that the Oba of Benin and the state government were aware of the event, noting that the coronation was already done and that August 21 and 22 were just for partying. Vanguard had reported plans by some Shuwa Arabs, said to be an …

The leader of the Shuwa Arab in Edo State, Alhaji Idris Adanno has cleared the air on the controversy that has surrounded the purported plan to coronate a Sultan of Shuwa Arab in Benin City which has elicited condemnation from the public and the state government issuing a ban on the activity. Speaking to journalists in Benin City on Friday morning, Adanno …

No fewer than five cases are currently before different courts on the eligibility or otherwise of Governor Mai Mala Buni holding the positions of the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress and governor of Yobe State at the same time., investigation by The PUNCH has revealed. Of the five pending cases, three were initiated …

Warri: Ahead of the Coronation of Omoba Tsola Emiko as the 21st Olu of Warri on Saturday some parts of the oil-rich city of Warri-South Local Government Area, are already wearing a new look with banners, billboards and decorations on the streets celebrating the coming event. A septuagenarian, Pa Churchill Oki, said he witnessed the coronation of the father of …

Mali’s transitional President Bah Ndaw arrives at the Grand Palais Ephemere for the Financing of African Economies Summit, at the Champs de Mars in Paris, France May 18, 2021. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS The court of justice of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS has demanded that Mali justify the alleged detention of ex-leaders Moctar Ouane and Bah Ndaw, a lawyer …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on why the government invoked the “no work, no pay” policy against the striking resident doctors. The resident doctors on the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, had embarked on strike since August 2 over the inability of the government to meet with their …

I received the news of Afghan government toppling by the Taliban with shock on Sunday 15th of August, 2021. As the US (United States) and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) prepared to withdraw their troops from the Islamic State after two decades of war, Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani, vaunted his military firepower and affirmed his government has the capacity to …

The Federal Ministry of Education, Friday, announced the reappointments of Professor Ishaq Oloyede and Professor Abubakar Rasheed as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement to this effect by the Director of Press and Public Affairs in the ministry, Mr. …

Emboldened  by a recent judgement of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, signed into law a bill which authorises the Rivers State Government to henceforth collect Value Added Tax (VAT) in the state. Besides VAT, the court had ruled that Rivers State Government, and not the agent of the Federal Government – the Federal Inland Revenue Service …

They were arrested for harassing a septuagenarian in the Kajola area of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the underaged children: Audu Ibrahim and Musa Ibrahim, who were six years old, threatened one 70 years old Mrs. Victoria Ajayi, who was sick in her home with a cutlass. Narrating her experience, the septuagenarian said …