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Bashir Tofa, MKO Abiola challenger is dead

The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major challenger in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. According to family sources, he died in the early hours of …

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ASUU to go on strike soon, dismisses FG’s ₦52.5bn

The Academic Staff Union University has said the N30bn Revitalization Fund and ₦22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totaling ₦52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system,  The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, noted in an interview that there was a possibility …

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South Africa: Tutu’s Ashes Buried In Cape Town Cathedral

The hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, died a week ago, aged 90, after a life spent fighting injustice.   His ashes were “interred at St. George’s Cathedral in a private family service early today (Sunday)”, an Anglican Church statement said.     Archbishop Thabo Makgoba placed his remains under an …

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