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Walter Onnoghen

Tinubu breaks silence over Amotekun, says it’s not threat to national unity

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has debunked claims that a security outfit launched by South-West governors, Amotekun, is a threat to national unity. Tinubu said this in a press statement on Wednesday. The statement read, “Those claiming that this limited, inoffensive addition to security threatens the Republic have taken themselves

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Oxford dictionary adds Mama put, Okada, Danfo, 26 other Nigerian words in latest update

Oxford English Dictionary said it has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to the dictionary. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from Nigerian languages, or unique Nigerian coinages that have only begun to be used in English in the second half of the twentieth century, mostly in the

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Enjoy your youth but don’t destroy your future — Naira Marley advises Marlians

Azeez Fashola, Nigerian street singer better known as Naira Marley, has advised ‘Marlians’, his diehard fans, not to destroy their future. Marley, 25, has amassed a fanbase comprising of Nigerians, spanning people of divergent socio-economic backgrounds — irrespective of age or literacy levels. A flurry of opinion articles had elucidated about some Nigerians parading themselves as ‘Marlians’,

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We are afraid, Miyetti Allah reacts to creation of Amotekun

The National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Alhassan, says his organisation is afraid that if the Amotekun security outfit is allowed to operate, it could turn out to be a disaster for the country. Alhassan who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, likened the initiative to the Oodua Peoples Congress (APC) which

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Man arrested for allegedly stabbing wife to death with screwdriver

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested Olanrewaju Bamidele for allegedly stabbing his wife, Adenike Olanrewaju, to death with a screwdriver. A statement released by Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command today January 20th, says Bamidele was arrested after his son, Ayomide Olanrewaju, reported that his deceased mother was murdered by his father following a

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Meghan Markle

We had no other option — Prince Harry expresses ‘great sadness’ at royal split

Prince Harry says he and Meghan, his wife, felt they had “no other option” but to step down from their royal family duties. The duke of Sussex spoke on Sunday evening, while delivering his first public speech — since they stepped back from being senior royals — at a private reception for the charity Sentebale,

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