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One of Nigeria’s first four Architecture graduates, Fola Alade, is dead. Alade died on Saturday at the age of 87, family sources in Aramoko-Ekiti said, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Architectural masterpieces bearing his insignia are the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, defunct Federal Secretariat building, Ikoyi, Lagos and the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Others are the Remembrance …

…Says those calling for restructuring are afraid of partisan politics President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that he would not cede power to any politician who cannot win election in his domain. He spoke on Saturday as a Special Guest of Honour during the Launch of Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari, Zaria Peace Foundation which took place at Ahmadu Bello University Hotels, …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in the country is not aborted. The President’s position is contained in his statement delivered at the 59th Ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana, on …

Committee of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Imams Initiative has advocated the inclusion of religious leaders in Nigeria’s security architecture to combat insecurity in the country. The Chairman of the initiative, Dr. Tajuddeen Adigun, made the demand at the 17th Extraordinary Dawrah (Conference) of the FCT Imams, on Saturday in Abuja. The conference is themed: “Unity of Imams as a Forte …

The Senate is working currently on a bill to set aside 30 per cent of seats at the National Assembly and  40 per cent of seats at states’ houses of assembly for young people. The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, made the disclosure in Lokoja on Friday at a symposium to mark the 46th birthday of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. “If youths are given …

Female Student found dead. The Nigerian Army said on Friday that troops operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji who have been on hot pursuit of kidnappers and bandits following an unfortunate abduction incident in Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri on Thursday 17 June 2021 have so far, rescued two Teachers and five students after a fierce exchange of …

The U.N. General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organisation at a time a deeply divided world faces numerous conflicts, the growing impact of climate change, and a pandemic still circling the globe. Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause as Assembly President …

World leaders have continued to pay tributes to Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia who died Thursday. Mr Kaunda, the founding president of the Southern African nation, died on Thursday at the age of 97. Known by his initials of KK, He led his country from 1964 until 1991 and is known as one of the giants in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, the capital of Ghana. A release issued Friday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said that the president will depart Abuja on Saturday for the summit. President Buhari is expected to join other Heads of …

World Health Organisation (WHO) says caesarean section use continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than one in five (21 per cent ) of all childbirths. WHO, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that the rising rates suggested increasing numbers of medically unnecessary and potentially harmful procedures. The UN health agency stated that worldwide caesarean section rates had risen …