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VIDEO: Tears as Sammie Okposo is laid to rest in Lagos

VIDEO: Tears as Sammie Okposo is laid to rest in Lagos

By Ada Osadebe Nigerian gospel singer, Sammie Okposo has been laid to rest in the state of Lagos. At the age of 51, the singer passed away from a slump that caused his demise. A night of tributes was held for the late musician on Tuesday, at the La Madison Place in Oniru, Lagos, while […]

NDDC: Akeredolu backs Senators’ rejection of Ondo nominee

NDDC: Akeredolu backs Senators’ rejection of Ondo nominee

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo state, has supported the rejection of the nomination of Charles Ogunmola, as the Executive Director, of Project in the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC board by the three Senators representing the state in the National Assembly.

2023: How INEC can restore faith in Nigeria’s electoral process — Ibim

2023: How INEC can restore faith in Nigeria’s electoral process — Ibim

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – FORMER Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Ibim Semenitari, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must make Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) work seamlessly in conduct of the 2023 elections if it is committed to restoring public faith in Nigeria’s electoral process. Ibim, former Rivers […]

Taliban might kill us, Afghan BBC journalists beg UK court for relocation

Taliban might kill us, Afghan BBC journalists beg UK court for relocation

By Biodun Busari Eight Afghan journalists who worked for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and other British media firms in Afghanistan have approached a London High Court to sue the United Kingdom’s ministers who refused their relocation to the UK. The journalists were represented by legal representatives on Thursday saying they and their families are not […]

Presidential Air Fleet under funded — Commander

Presidential Air Fleet under funded — Commander

The Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) says its budgetary allocation in the past years is insufficient to fund the operations fleet. The Commander of the fleet, AVM Abubakar Abdullahi disclosed this to members of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence during an oversight visit in Abuja. Represented by Fleet Operations Officer, Mr […]

2023: Fears over emerging gunboat democracy

2023: Fears over emerging gunboat democracy

When the 84th Congress of the United States of America USA passed legislation (Pub.L. 84–851), which was signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declaring the phrase, In God We Trust, as the national motto of the country, the Americans did not foresee that several decades later, a class of Nigerian politicians would alter the phrase to be “In Gun We Trust”, for their own sinister ends.