Author: Femi Ajasa
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Pig farmers also want grazing routes created – Dele Sobowale
Dele Sobowale “I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.” Ulysses S Grant, 1822-1885, 18th US President. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 122. Grant was an American Civil War General who defeated the Confederate army before being elected. His victory was made…
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God is the troublemaker (1)- Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Armed robbers broke into a man’s house. They cornered him in his bedroom. In desperation, he pleaded to be allowed to say his last prayer. His assailants were amused. They told him to go ahead but make it brief. The man went down on his knees. “Father,” he cried silently, “I need…
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Like Tinubu, Osoba undergoes knee replacement surgery in UK
A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has undergone a “knee replacement surgery” in the United Kingdom. The surgery is similar to that of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Friday in his congratulatory message to the…
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We’re waiting on Buhari’s promise to lift ban – Twitter
The social media platform, Twitter, which is currently banned in Nigeria, says it looks forward to being reinstated there following “productive” discussions with its government. Their statement follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement that the month-long ban on Twitter will be lifted, but only after certain conditions are met. An unnamed Twitter spokesperson said on Friday…
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Anambra: Andy Uba postpones guber campaign flag-off over violent killings
Sen. Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra, has shifted his campaign flag off at Onitsha on Saturday following upsurge in violent attacks and killings in parts of the state. In a statement he personal signed and made available to journalists at about 9pm on Friday in Awka, Uba said the…
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COVID-19 : World Bank approves $400m loan to fund vaccine acquisition in Nigeria
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a $400 million credit to Nigeria in additional financing, from its International Development Association (IDA), for COVID-19 vaccine acquisition. The bank announced this in a statement it issued on Friday, in Washington. The bank said that the fund is meant to provide upfront financing for safe and…
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JUST IN: Bandits burn 10 alive, kidnap seven after bloody raid of Niger communities
Ten people have been reportedly burnt alive, several others killed while seven women were said to have been kidnapped by bandits during an attack in the Kachiwe community in Sarkin Pawa Ward of Munya Local Government Area of Niger state during the week. The Secretary of Munya the Local Government Area, James Jagaba narrated the…
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FG set to splash $120m on Imo for promotion of livestock farming
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has disclosed that the state will soon receive $120million from the federal government to fund its livestock programme. In an independence day broadcast to the people of the state on Friday, Uzodinma said the state was one out of the seven states approved to benefit from the $850 million set…
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Nigeria @ 61: Sen. Uba calls for collective resolve against forces of destruction
Senator Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the coming Anambra State governorship election, has called for peace, unity and a “collective fight against forces of destruction and bloodletting, previously unknown to our society, but shockingly taking over our dear state, Anambra.” According to a statement issued by Hon. Victor Afam Ogene,…
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Police officer killed by Lagos hoodlums is buried
Tears flowed freely on Friday as a Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Kazeem Abonde, who was killed by hoodlums in Lagos during a raid to enforce the restriction of the commercial motorcyclist was buried in Ibadan. Family members, relatives, and some residents of Abonde community, Ibadan in Ona Ara Local Government Area where the deceased…