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The writer Emmanuel Ugwu in this piece mimicked Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari by offering advice to Psquare on the need to toe the path of peace and unity, rather than separation.  Read the piece below: Dear Paul and Peter, I have just been informed that one of you unilaterally announced the ‘split’ of the crisis-prone P-Square. That’s an act of self-determination. It is treasonable and worthy...

Ajayi speaking at the APC True federalism meeting recently in Akure Deputy Governor of Ondo state, Hon. Agboola Ajayi expresses his profound  appreciation for the show of love from the people of the state on the occasion of his 49th, birthday, held on 24th, September 2017. In a statement from his Chief Press Secretary, Leke Akeredolu and made available to THE...

The Zamfara state assistant commissioner of police Mr Emmanuel Adeniyi, attached to the state police command in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has yesterday been abducted by a group of gunmen suspected to be notorious kidnappers. The assistant commissioner of police was reported to have been kidnapped while driving along Dandume/Birnin Gwari road (Katsina/Kaduna) road on his way back...

By Abiodun Tadese, Akure Towards preventing malaria epidemic in Ondo State, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Catholic Relief Services in collaboration with Ondo state Ministry of Health are set to distribute a total of 2,930,500 mosquito nets in the State, THE PRECISION can understand.  Disclosing this at a Media chat with journalist in Akure, representative of Catholic Relief Services, Mrs...

The banner at the entrance of event The News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture is holding currently at the moment at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. The event is being headlined by the Guest Lecturer, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, who is speaking on “National Unity and the Demand for Restructuring — A Governor’s Perspective”. Managing Director of Nigeria...

Nigeria's Budget Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, says the ministry is working hard to ensure that the 2018 budget proposal will be sent to the National Assembly in January. Udoma, represented by Mr Aso Vakporoye, Deputy Director, Economic Growth in the ministry, spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during the public...

Nigeria raised 243.7 billion naira at a bond auction on Wednesday, almost double the amount it had initially sought, as local funds and foreign investors piled into longer-term debt to lock in higher returns, traders said.  Nigeria’s borrowing costs have fallen from as high as 18 percent a few months ago as inflation has slowed, helping the government raise money...

Mrs Kehinde Akingboye, 45 years old woman from okitipupa in Okitipupa local government area of Ondo state is down with what is called "an advanced breast cancer." The patient has been suffering from the disease for over seven years and now struggling for a lifeline.  The chairman of Okitipupa local government area painted a gory picture of the patient who she...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 2nd, public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 57th Independence Anniversary. Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (Rtd), who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on the anniversary and urged them to sustain the collective efforts towards maintaining and strengthening the unity of Nigeria. Dambazau emphasized Government’s commitment to promoting national...

    Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday, sentenced former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, in absentia to five years jail term for negligence over mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme.    The politician was convicted of negligence in preventing corruption and irregularities in her government’s rice-pledging scheme prior to the 2014 coup. The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders ruled that Yingluck had acknowledged...