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Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State, is dead. Details of his death are sketchy as at press time. Born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Alao-Akala had his elementary school at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso before …

Chairman of the Public Opinion Leaders Group, a unit of The Progressive Project (TPP), Shettima Umar Abba Gana, yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t disclose the identity of his preferred candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election, during an exclusive interview with Channels TV on Wednesday because he was being …

Governor Hope Uzodimma will use the occasion of the sixth edition of Imo stakeholders forum scheduled to hold on Tuesday to name those who are sponsors and financiers of insecurity in the state. Imo Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, stated this in a statement on Sunday. Emelumba said …

Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka has raised an alarm of a plot to kill him after a row with the Catholic Diocese of Enugu in May last year. Giving his new year message, Mbaka recounted how he was asked to shut down his Adoration ministry in Enugu for one-month and embark on a retreat …

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 …

The Taliban Government in Afghanistan has set out a new decree ordering barbers and barbershops to refrain from shaving or trimming customers’ beards, citing that it is forbidden in Islam. The decree was contained in a copy of the instructions signed by the extremist Minister Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Haqqani, for …

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has said that his principal, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), made “tremendous progress” in the fight against banditry and insurgency in 2021. He stated this in Lagos on Thursday at a press conference to showcase the “achievements” of the Buhari regime during …

Desmond Tutu’s body lies in state at historic South Africa cathedral. The body of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu has arrived at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town where it will lie in state for two days. The Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end apartheid in South Africa died …

Presidential aide, Garba Shehu has stated that the reason Buhari refused to assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 is that he is protecting the country’s democracy. Shehu claimed the proposed amendments entail significant legal, financial, economic and security consequences for all Nigerians, principal among which would be a …

  Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to …