Afolabi Hakim

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Ebola outbreak: FG places FCT, 9 states on high alert, activates ‘Emergency Operations Centre’; health workers, state govts get directives

The Federal Government is taking intense and aggressive steps to ensure the Ebola epidemic ravaging some parts of…

ADC presidential primary: Amaechi rejects ‘concocted’ results

Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the ADC Presidential Primaries.…

21-yr-old Belgium-based Nigerian footballer dies of food poisoning during holiday in Nigeria

Nigerian football whizkid, Victor Akaniyene Udoh, has passed away at just 21 years old under questionable circumstances. His…

Gombe: After quitting APC, Former minister, Isa Pantami, clinches PDP guber ticket

Recall that Pantami joined the PDP after his exit from the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his inability…

2027 election: Jonathan eligible to vie for presidency again, court rules

Recall that a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the leadership of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, last…

2027 presidency: Jonathan and the pursuit of a second term — A folly or a calculated gamble

But these speculations were seen as nothing more than negligible hearsay and the product of idle chatter. Over…

Fubara loses re-election bid; Wike consolidates power — How the battle for Rivers was won and lost

Still, those who have followed the events and occurrences in Rivers since he became governor, particularly the brutal…

A beleaguered town, forlorn students, a beheaded teacher, a hapless principal and a promise of rescue — A lowdown of bandits’ onslaught on Oyo schools

Last Friday, the serenity, tranquillity and peace of some communities in Oriire local government area of Oyo State…

APC Primary Election: 15 Serving House of Reps Members Who Failed To Secure Return Tickets

In Kwara State, Ismail Kayode, the serving house member representing Ifelodun/Oyun/Offa Federal Constituency could not secure a return…

BREAKING: Guardiola to leave Man City after 10 years in charge

Former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, who worked under Guardiola at City, is the leading candidate to take over…

2027 election: How does Governor Makinde’s entry into the presidential race tip the scales for Tinubu, Obi, Atiku

According to data from the 2023 presidential election, Obi’s weakest performance was in the South West, where he…

APC primary election: Buhari’s son, Yusuf, clinches Reps ticket; Cubana Chief Priest loses out

Late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary poll to…

Xenophobia in South Africa: Is Oshiomhole’s proposal to nationalise MTN the solution Nigeria needs

So when decades later the progenies and offsprings of those who lived through the horrors of apartheid and…

BREAKING: Nigeria’s inflation rises to 15.69%

Inflation in Nigeria rose to 15.69 per cent in April, as people continue to grapple with the cost-of-living…

EFCC nabs Energy Commission DG Mustapha Abdullahi for money laundering

The Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, has been arrested over alleged money laundering and…