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SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT FAILS TO SEAL LG AUTONOMY SEVEN MONTHS AFTER VERDICT The implementation of local government autonomy has faced numerous hurdles seven months after the Supreme Court judgment. Legal practitioners have expressed concerns that the delayed implementation of the Supreme Court ruling was disrespectful to the apex court and showed how the Nigerian government often seeks to circumvent judicial …

HOW MARYAM CAPTURED MY HEART, CHANGED MY LIFE – IBB ABUJA – Former Nigerian Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has reflected on his life and marriage, describing his late wife, Maryam Babangida, as the pillar of his personal and professional journey. He credited her unwavering support, intelligence, and vision for shaping both his career and her own …

POPE FRANCIS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican has said. Francis, 88, who has been hospitalised for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in …

POPE FRANCIS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican has said. Francis, 88, who has been hospitalised for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in …

DELE GIWA’S MURDER TARGETED AT MY GOVT – BABANGIDA Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has addressed the long-standing controversy surrounding the assassination of a journalist, Dele Giwa, describing it as part of “booby traps and acts of destabilisation” targeted at his administration. Dele Giwa, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, was killed by a parcel bomb delivered …

HOW BIAFRAN OGBUNIGWE SHELL NEARLY TOOK MY LIFE – IBB RECOUNTS WAR EXPERIENCE Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after his command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces on March 27, 1969. IBB stated that the Biafran artillery began an uninterrupted bombardment of …

POLICE CONFIRM ABDUCTION OF TWO REV FATHERS IN ADAMAWA The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two reverend fathers from their home. The command said on Saturday morning that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, who has condemned the “kidnapping of Reverend Father Mathew David Dusami of Yola Catholic Diocese and Reverend Father Abraham Samman …

HOW MY FATHER, MOTHER KILLED EACH OTHER AT HOME – 13-YEAR-OLD One of the children of the couple who killed each other on Tuesday at the Ita Eku area of Igirigiri, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has recounted how his parents engaged in a deadly machete fight that led to their deaths. The couple’s lifeless bodies were discovered in a pool of …

HOW MY FATHER, MOTHER KILLED EACH OTHER AT HOME – 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER One of the children of the couple who killed each other on Tuesday at the Ita Eku area of Igirigiri, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has recounted how his parents engaged in a deadly machete fight that led to their deaths. The couple’s lifeless bodies were discovered in a pool …

ABACHA: THE MAN THEY ENVIED, SON WRITES ABOUT FATHER AFTER IBB’S BOOK Sadiq S. Abacha, son of former Nigerian military ruler, General Sani Abacha, has praised his late father, describing him as a leader whose legacy remains strong despite continued criticism. In a social media post, Sadiq asserted that his father was the subject of envy and silent deceit but …