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National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, who died last Wednesday as a citizen of one nation, son of two. In a special tribute to the late ambassador, Tinubu said Carrington came to Nigeria...
President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with former Chairman of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Sam Ohuabunwa, on his 70th birthday on August 16, joining friends and family members to celebrate the visionary leader, whose competence and influence have greatly impacted on the Nigerian economy and beyond. Buhari congratulated Ohuabunwa,...
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Lanre Razak, and a member of Governor’s Advisory Committee (GAC), the highest decision-making body in Lagos State, has died of complications arising from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Razaq, sources said, died early Saturday morning. The Epe-born politician was said to have taken ill some...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been told by Trademore International Holding Limited to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unseal properties belonging to it. Trademore, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/696/2020, had taken EFCC to court challenging the sealing of its building and asking that...
Another round of 'retail trade war' is now brewing between Nigerian traders and their Ghanaian counterparts over the legal status of traders that should operate at the retail market located at Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) in Ghana. While Nigerians under the aegies of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association Ghana...
For about the umpteenth time since he was rumoured to have died on three different occasions in July, juju music maestro, Chief Ebenezer ‘Obey’ Fabiyi has again reacted to his purported death, saying it wasn’t a good experience. The 78 year old legendary performer, who was a guest on an...
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said radical changes were needed from top to bottom after his side were annihilated 8-2 by Bayern Munich on Friday to exit the Champions League in one of the Catalan side's darkest ever nights, Reuters has reported. "We feel devastated, although shame is the real word...
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Universities (CVC) on Friday condemned the controversial sack of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. According to the committee's Secretary-General, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, the sack of Ogundipe was without due process. The CVC also condemned the...
Ogun State Government has suspended weekend lockdown in the state, a measure that was part of seceral efforts to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The development was made known by the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun while giving an update on the efforts of the his government in combating...
A Friday morning accident that occured at Irete in Owerri West Local Goverement Area of Imo state has claimed the life of one person and left three others injured. Echotitbits gathered that a bus loaded with fruits reportedly rammed into a gas truck that was heading out from a gas...