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The Senate has thrown its weight behind the idea mooted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the military to be deployed to the nation’s highways to stem growing insecurity. Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, gave this indication in chat with ...

At Oyo state house of assembly complex, Ibadan. The day ìsèse(august 20th) holiday was passed by the members of the house of assembly.

Is it time to pronounce Oyenike an òrìṣà, at the level of Yemọja, Ọ̀ṣun and Mọ́remí, at the level of Ogun Sango and Obatala? Nowadays, when we mention the word òrìṣà, people immediately think of it only in terms of ...

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria took their protest to Lagos kicking against the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. On Thursday, they asked the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to tell President ...

Yinka Odumakin, spokesperson for Afenifere says the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin is a declaration of war on Yoruba people. Odumakin said herdsmen attacked and killed Mrs Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere ...

Suspected kidnapper have reportedly shot dead Funke Olakunrin – The victim is the daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti , the leader of Afenifere – The group’s spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin blamed the incident on herdsmen Funke Olakunrin who is the daughter ...

Description: In a recent programme on RT Arabic surrounding the Yemeni crisis, Saudi political communications scholar Dr Abdullah al-Assaf said that the Houthis with their ‘very primitive minds’ could not possibly be behind the UAV and ballistic missile attacks on ...

Earlier Friday, Turkey’s Defence Ministry reported that the first batch of components for its Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems had been delivered to the Murted Air Base in Ankara Province. The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of the delivery ...

France has admitted that four advanced FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) captured by forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) recently belonged to its armed forces. In an official statement released on July 10, France’s Ministry of the ...

While the Northerner who issued a deadline to President to go ahead and implement the suspended RUGA project in 30 days, or southerners will be thrown out of north, is working around free. Ralph Uwazurike the MASSOB leaders who released ...