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[1] On August 30 1894, British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. Over the next 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French

LAWYER Adebayo Lawal has been sworn-in as the new deputy governor of Oyo State following the recent impeachment of his predecessor Rauf Olaniyan by members of the Oyo State House of Assembly.

OSUN State's new governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke is yet to receive his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) despite being declared the winner of the recent gubernatorial election.

NIGERIA'S Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has denied that its general overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

NIGERIAN- born British Conservative Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Tory Party leadership race and bid to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister after coming fourth with 59 votes in the latest round of the contest.

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has suffered another setback in his bid to return to full fitness ahead of the forthcoming English Premier League season twisting his ankle during a training session yesterday.

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Unfortunately for Nigeria, our leaders never make it a duty to study what goes on elsewhere or what has happened in the past. As a result, they constantly repeat the mistakes of others 

MEMBERS of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have reacted to the recent victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke in Osun State by calling for the immediate suspension of former governor Ayo Fayose over the failure of the party in their state.

MEMBERS of the Oyo State House o9f Assembly have impeached deputy governor Rauf Olaniyan this morning after adopting the report of the seven-man panel constituted to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against him.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu has denied the allegation that he is undermining all the party's opponents in next year's election saying he has utmost repeat for the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).