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To save Esan language from extinction, I’ll do anything – Dr. Mabel Imooje

By Fred  Iwenjora  Dr. Mabel Imooje holds a doctorate degree in linguistics from Bayero University, Kano. The staff of National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Kano is making  name as an advocate for the survival of  Esan Language seen by many researches as one of the indigenous languages set to go extinct if drastic measures…

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46-yr-old businessman commits suicide, leaves video message for family

By Dayo Johnson, Akure A 46-year-old businessman, Akinbolusere Kayode, has reportedly died by suicide in Ondo Town, Ondo State. Sources said he took his life in his office near BOVAS Petrol Station in Igba Town at about 3 p.m. on Thursday. Two empty bottles suspected to have contained poisonous substance were recovered by police detectives…

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2027: Obi not a threat in Lagos; we’ve corrected 2023 mistakes — APC

Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State said on Thursday that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, is not a threat in the state, as the mistake of 2023, when Obi won the presidential election in the state, has been corrected. The APC stalwarts stated this…

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2027: How we will curb election violence — INEC

By Omeiza Ajayi The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has unveiled an intelligence-led security framework to curb violence ahead of the 2027 General Election, vowing to hunt down anyone who threatens its ad-hoc staff, National Youth Service Corps NYSC members or permanent personnel. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, disclosed this in Gombe on Tuesday…

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Niger Illegal Miners: Detainees drank urine, sweat in NSCDC cell before 33 died – Report

Details have emerged of how alleged illegal miners held in a cell at the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) drank urine or sweat because they had no access to drinking water before 33 of them died.  Read Also: Full List: Names of 37 miners who died in NSCDC…

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Two widows demand justice over husband’s alleged killing in Edo

Two widows whose husband was allegedly killed and buried in Obagie N’ Evbousa community, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, have appealed to Governor Monday Okpebholo to intervene and ensure justice. DAILY POST reports that the widows, Mrs Joy Azuka, 28, and Mrs Favour Azuka, 34, made the appeal when they staged a protest…

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Take It Back Movement rejects police account of attack on Sowore in Ekiti

The Take It Back Movement, TIB, has rejected the Ekiti State Police Command’s account of the attack on its leader and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti. The group also demanded the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, CP Falade Adegoroye Michael, and the identification and prosecution of…

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We can pray for Nigeria here, no need for Saudi Arabia – Makinde slams Tinubu’s trip

The Presidential Candidate of the Advanced Peoples Movement, APM, and Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his trip to Saudi Arabia to pray for Nigeria. Makinde said there is no need for the president to travel all the way to Saudi Arabia to pray for the country when prayers…

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2027 campaign one-sided, only APC on ground, others are on social media – Umar Ardo

The Convener of the Northern League of Democrats, Umar Ardo, has accused other political parties of abandoning grassroots campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections. Ardo made this assertion on Thursday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. According to him, going round the nation’s capital, Abuja, and other states, it is…

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Ebola: A virus that refuses to disappear

By Chioma Obinna WHEN late Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh insisted that Patrick Sawyer be isolated at a Lagos hospital in July 2014, she was confronting a disease Nigeria had never experienced on that scale. Her decision to trust her clinical judgement, despite the pressure surrounding the patient, became a defining moment in the country’s fight…

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