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The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile’s youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly large victory over his far-right rival in a polarizing race. Boric, 35, garnered nearly 56 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast, who conceded even before the final resultContinue reading “Chile elects 35-year-old Gabriel Boric as president”

A Nigerian priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abia, Abia State, and an Apostolic Nuncio to the Antilles, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, has been appointed the Permanent Observer of the Holy See – the Vatican – to the United Nations Office and Specialised Institutions in Geneva. The appointment, made by Pope Francis, was announced in aContinue reading “Pope appoints Nigerian priest permanent representative to UN”

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has submitted the probe panel report on the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to the Police Service Commission. This is coming almost six months after the SIP led by DIG Joseph Egbunike submitted its report to the IG. A commissioner on the PSC, Austin Braimoh,Continue reading “Hushpuppi: IGP submits report on Abba Kyari to Police Service Commission”

Owing to the lavish praises heaped on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by the Emir of Daura, Dr Umar Umar, on Saturday after the turbaning of the President’s son, Yusuf Buhari, members of the Progressive Consolidation Group have said that the gesture has reinforced their commitment towards actualising an Osinbajo Presidency in 2023. This is accordingContinue reading “2023: Emir of Daura’s praises attest to Osinbajo as right choice —Group”

The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, has askedthe government to partner with members of the various transport unions and security agents to curb armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and other criminal activities in the state. Oluomo said this while speaking to newsmen shortly after commissioning the new State Secretariat of theContinue reading “Insecurity: Ogun speaker asks govt to partner transport unions”

The Republic of Benin, Niger Republic and Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its just released Second Quarter Report 2021, the NERC stated that the power firms of the three nations and some other specialContinue reading “Togo, Benin, Niger paid nothing for Nigeria’s power supply, says NERC”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 to review theContinue reading “ASUU postpones decision on strike, accuses FG of blackmail”

Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu The Nigerian Army has denied torturing one Christian Ehima to death in Edo as claimed by the deceased’s mother. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday and made available to journalists in Benin, described as misleading the report on socialContinue reading “Late Edo youth wandered into military checkpoint naked, mother picked him up alive – Army”

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.493.0_en.html#goog_2127955875 Mrs Adejuwon Ogunfuwa, the wife of a site engineer, Ola Ogunfuwa at the collapsed Ikoyi building is demanding answers concerning the whereabouts of her husband. She said he was neither brought out dead from the rubble of the building nor accounted for in any way since the collapse of the 21-storey building on NovemberContinue reading “[VIDEO] Ikoyi building collapse: My husband was neither declared dead nor found in rubble -Wife of site engineer”

An Abuja-based radiologist, Dr Obialo Ibe, and his yet-to-be-identified friend, have been reportedly murdered in his residence in the Games Village area of the Federal Capital Territory. The victims were said to have been murdered last Wednesday between 8am and 11am. There are, however, two accounts of the incident. One of the accounts stated thatContinue reading “Doctor, friend planning travel to US murdered in Abuja”