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Tinubu warns election riggers in Anambra
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin National leader of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has warned that the party would react…
Salute To The Insight Newspaper @ 20
By Chido Onumah I am happy writing about twenty years of what has become an institution, one that is very…
Thousands in US mark MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tens of thousands gathered Saturday to mark 50 years since the March on Washington, the civil rights…
Rain of encomiums on prominent lawyer, Babalola
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Notable Nigerians today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State showered encomiums on Chief Afe Bablola, (SAN) a legal…
Amosun unveils scorecard, thanks the people
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun today in a simulcast on the state-owned…
Dana Air pays $3.95m to families of crash victims
Dana Airline has paid $3.95million in compensation to the families of the victims of its plane crash a year ago,…
Nigeria To Mark 100% RAW P/lifting Fed Anniversary
Africa affiliate to US-based 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation will mark the second anniversary of the body in Nigeria in July…
Folake, Others For Miracle Explosion
Contemporary gospel singers Folake Umosen, Timi Osukoya, Bunmi Akinnanu, Oge Amara are expected to thrill the crowd at the 10th anniversary of…
Protesters Teargassed As Cameroon’s Biya Marks 30yrs In Power
Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on…
Seriake Dickson’s Bayelsa state clocks 16
—OKAFOR OFIEBOR/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State which shares the same date of birth with Nigeria, clocks 16 The Ijaw of the…
Gowon, Jonathan, others praise Ogbemudia at 80
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon and prominent Nigerians, including State governors on Monday paid…
Memorial service for UN House bombed victims
Nigerian and UN officials gathered in Abuja today to hold a memorial service for victims of last year’s suicide bombing…
402 radio, TV stations licensed in Nigeria
The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Yomi Bolarinwa, on Wednesday in Sokoto said the commission had in…
Redeemed Church ordains 7000 deacons
The 60th Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) started on Monday with the ordination of 7,000 deacons…
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Lagos government supports Fela Museum with N40m
The spirit of Fela Kuti haunts his old house — the musician’s colourful clothes in the bedroom, his shoes on…