President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: “Upon the personal invitation of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, I joined world leaders and millions of Catholics in witnessing the beginning of a new papacy. “Pope Leo XIV’s humility, history with Nigeria, and message of peace remind us of the moral leadership the world desperately needs. “As a nation of...
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Photos: “Nigeria Remains Committed To Building Bridges Across Belief, Race, And Continent—For Peace, For Progress, And For All Of Humanity.” President Tinubu At Pope Leo XIV Inauguration
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: “Upon the personal invitation of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, I joined world leaders and millions of Catholics in witnessing the beginning of a new papacy. “Pope Leo XIV’s humility, history with Nigeria, and message of peace remind us of the moral leadership the world desperately needs. “As a nation of...
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Breaking News – Pope Leo XIV has allegedly refused the $2000 dollars salary they gave him
Breaking News 🚨🚨🚨 Pope Leo XIV has allegedly refused the $2000 dollars salary they gave him . He insisted that it should be given to charity every month since he already has food , clothes ,security and everything he needs . He said he doesn’t need any money . This is great , this is...
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Nigerian Army Sets Record Straight on Welfare Benefits for Widows, Next-of-KinMay 18, 2025
The Nigerian Army has debunked a publication made via Instagram by @hausaroom and @punchnewspaper on 18 May 2025, alleging neglect of widows of fallen soldiers and raising concerns about sexual harassment and bribery during the processing of death benefits . In a press statement on Sunday, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Lt. Colonel Appolonia...
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LeadershipTalks with Dr.Muiz Banire
Distinguished readers, you are welcome to our weekly leadership discourse. I have followed the controversy surrounding the mass failure in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) conducted recently but chosen not to have said anything since, not due to absence of something to contribute but awaiting the final response of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
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President Tinubu meets with Peter Obi, Fayemi at the Vatican
President Bola Tinubu, Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, and former Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi met at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass on Sunday in Rome. Fayemi sighted President Tinubu, where he sat with other leaders and asked Obi to follow him to pay homage to the Nigerian leader. Obi agreed. On getting...
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Nigerian Army recovers 1,000 rustled cattle, neutralises two bandits in TarabaDate: 16 May 2025
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, operating under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke and working alongside personnel from Operation Safe Haven, have neutralised two suspected bandits and recovered about 1,000 rustled cattle during a recent operation in Taraba State . The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed...
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Disgraced monarch, Joseph Oloyede, forfeits cash, property to U.S. government ahead of sentencing
Disgraced Nigerian monarch, Joseph Oloyede, has been ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cash and high-value property to the United States government following his conviction on several fraud-related charges in $4.2 million COVID-19 relief scam, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The latest blow to Mr Oloyede, who was the Apetu of...
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In today’s Saturday Tribune, I provide global parallels of server glitches in computer-based standardized tests similar to what happened to this year’s UTME and, while not lessening the horror of what happened, show that it isn’t unique to Nigeria.
JAMB’s Fiasco is Horrible, But It’s Not Unexampled By Farooq A. Kperogi The server glitch that led to unnaturally high failure rates in Lagos and southeast states in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has alarmed the nation and provoked intense, impassioned debates about the integrity of computer-based standardized tests. There...
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Lagos to Enforce Ban on Nylon Bags, Sachet Water, and Other Single-Use Plastics Starting July 1, 202517th May 2025
The Lagos State Government has announced that the enforcement of the ban on single-use plastics, including nylon bags and sachet (pure) water, will officially begin on July 1, 2025. The directive was made public via a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab,...