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I Thought The Whites Owned South Africa!

In the last couple of weeks especially last week, the social media was awash with news from South Africa, of white folks in South Africa calling Black folks monkeys and claiming Blacks were let into South Africa and they are trying to take over everywhere or that it was the white folks that owned South…

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New Oluwo of Iwo takes the crown

The history of Iwo in Osun State will be incomplete without looking at her antecedents. The tradition of the town attests to the fact that Iwo originated from Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yorubaland. Its kingship has also been traced to Ife. The post The Ooni of Ife / Iwo ties relived as new Oluwo takes the crown appeared first on Vanguard News.

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Set free our soldiers jailed for mutiny

The Nigerian military is fast becoming a ready topic for this column. I have no apology for it because if I couldn’t early in life summon enough courage to enlist in any of its forces, as a journalist, i ought to be able to write about the institution when necessary. The post Set free our soldiers jailed for mutiny appeared first on Vanguard News.

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Your status is about to change

I’d like to begin Joyful Homes , this week, in an usual way by asking a simple question: What is the state of your mind? Are you still expectant? The post Your status is about to change appeared first on Vanguard News.

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Mama Died In My Arms Says Awolowo’s Daughter

Twenty-four hours after the demise of Yeye HID Awolowo, the matriarch of the Awolowo political dynasty, her last daughter, Tokunbo Awolowo Dounmu, revealed yesterday that her mother died in her arms. According to her, the family was happy because Mama left them after a praise worship and prayer session. “She prayed for us. She came…

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6 Nigerian Pilgrims Buried In Makkah

The six Nigerians that were killed in the September 11 crane accident at the precinct of Ka’aba in Mecca have been buried, the Nigerian Consul-General to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Ahmed Umar, said yesterday in Jeddah. The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) chairman Mr. Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammed had earlier confirmed the death of four Gombe State pilgrims…

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FIFA Presidential Race, An Intense Affair

NFF President Amaju Pinnick has reiterated that the conditions rolled out by the NFF Executive Committee for Nigerians aspiring for the Office of President of FIFA were perfectly in order and meant to ensure the aspirants make wide consultations before the real contest. Speaking on a sports programme on Television in Lagos on Friday, in…

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Arrest Warrant, Abuse Of Rule Of Law

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has described the call for his arrest by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Friday as an abuse of rule of law. Saraki, who said this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu said the ruling by the tribunal was…

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N8.15bn Wema Bank Commercial Paper Quoted On FMDQ OTC

Following the approval of the FMDQ OTC Plc Board Listings and Quotations Committee, the Wema Bank Plc’s 8,154,803,000 Series 1 Commercial Paper Notes, under a 20,000,000,000 Commercial Paper Issuance Programme, having successfully met the quotation requirements as contained in the FMDQ Commercial Paper Quotation Rules, was admitted to the FMDQ Quotations List. To commemorate the…

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Nigeria U-23 picks bronze in Congo

Nigeria U-23 squad, nicknamed Dream Team, won the bronze medal of the men’s football event of the 11th All-Africa Games on Thursday after a 5-3 penalty shoot-out defeat of host Congo. Full time and extra time at the Stade Alphonse Massamba-Debat ended 0-0 before the U-23 sides went into penalties. Both teams lost 3-1 to…

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STAR to Celebrate 2Face at 40 With All-Star Tribute Concert

In Nigeria’s 100-mile-an-hour music industry, it is often easy to forget how long some artistes have been around. Who can believe that 2Face Idibia is 40 already? From his days frolicking onstage at Star Mega Jam with Plantashun Boyz to lifting entire crowds off their feet while headlining Star Music Trek shows in Lagos and…

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How Giesi ruling house came tops

The culture of Ile-Ife does not allow long vacancy for the stool of Ooni. The Ooni is the symbol of Yoruba race, so a long vacuum should not be created after the demise of an Ooni. The custom and culture do not allow long interregnum in Ile-Ife. In 1980 when Oba Adesoji Aderemi passed on,…

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Jordon Ibe Prefers England To Nigeria

Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe has given priority to an England international call-up over Nigeria, Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has confirmed on his Twitter account. Ibe, who was recently called up to England’s U-21 squad also qualifies to play for Nigeria through his father, David Ibe. Oliseh had contacted Ibe back in August to persuade…

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Why I’m Still Single

He caught the attention of music loving Nigerians with his Ebute Metta remix of Rihanna’s Umbrella in 2008 and hasn’t looked back ever since. Banky W is one of the many music artistes abroad who relocated to Nigeria to build a career. Having released to critical acclaim, albums including Mr Capable, The W Experience, Back…

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First African Footballer In British Women’s Super League

Congratulations to Asisat Oshoala, a young diasporan who made history by becoming the first African footballer in the British Women’s Super League. The young lad signed for Liverpool early this year in January. The number four-shirted Asisat has continued to do the country proud with her impressive portfolio. Asisat was born to a Muslim family…

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7 Die, 13 Injured In Yola IDPs Camp Explosion

The Adamawa Government confirmed that seven people died and 13 were injured in an explosion that occurred at the Malkohi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp near Yola, on Friday morning. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmad Sajoh, confirmed the incident to newsmen after a visit to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, where the injured…

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Why Power Outage Persists

The lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Sen. Fatima Raji-Rasaki, says the persistent outage in the country is caused by negligence and insincerity of major stakeholders in the power sector. Raji-Rasaki said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. She said the interactive session held by the Ad-hoc…

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