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2023 may be jeopardised unless politicians are sensitive to threats facing Nigeria – Momodu
A former presidential candidate and publisher, Chief Dele Momodu, talks about 2023, his political ambition and reasons for joining the Peoples Democratic Party among other issues with GBENGA ADENIJI Did you recently join the Peoples Democratic Party to contest the presidency in 2023 since you hinged your decision on the resolve to “contribute to the…
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Renowned Nigerian historian, Abednego Ekoko, dies at 79
Renowned Nigerian historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka, Professor Abednego Ekoko, is dead. Family sources said that Professor Ekoko died on Saturday morning at the age of 79. A notable scholar, the deceased who hailed from Uzere in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State was a member of the Project…
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I fled to Ghana after DSS threatened me for posting Lekki shooting photos online – Photojournalist, Akpan
A freelance photojournalist and entrepreneur, Etim-Inyene Akpan, tells OLUWAFEMI DAWODU he became a person of interest to security agencies after posting online pictures he took at Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20, 2020 when soldiers confronted #EndSARS protesters Please tell us about yourself. My name is Etim-Iyene Akpan. I am the founder of…
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Eight dead, many injured at American rapper Travis Scott’s concert — Officials
Members of a densely packed crowd surged toward a stage and were crushed against each other at a Houston music festival Friday night. At least eight people were killed and scores of others were injured in the chaos, witnesses and officials said. The victims were aged 14, 16, two were 21, two were 23 and…
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Electoral Act: INEC, National Assembly may clash over direct primary
There are strong indications that the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral Commission may clash over the mandatory direct primary proposed in the 2010 Electoral Act (amendments) Bill 2021, for all political parties in the country. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had while defending the agency’s 2022 budget before the joint Senate…
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I’m not encouraging alcoholism –Joeboy
Ever since singer, Joseph Akinfenwa-Donus, aka Joeboy, released the hit song, Alcohol, it has been greeted with diverse reactions, with some being of the opinion that it encourages alcoholism. However, in an interview with an online platform, Genius, Joeboy stated that that was not his intention. He said, “Being tipsy inspired ‘Alcohol’. There are different…
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‘FG budgets N1,000 daily feeding allowance for prisoners, corpers get N650’
The National Youth Service Corps has lamented that inmates in the facilities of the Nigerian Correctional Service feed better than corps members. The Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, who stated this when he appeared before the House Committee on Youth Development for budget defence on Wednesday, said corps members were served a…
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Canelo Alvarez knocks out Plant, becomes undisputed super middleweight champion
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez made history Saturday, knocking out Caleb Plant in the 11th round to become the first undisputed world super middleweight champion, unifying all four major belts in less than 12 months. The 31-year-old Alvarez added the IBF belt to his WBC, WBA and WBO straps in a winner-takes-all showdown to join an exclusive…
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CAN laments 66 Kaduna worshippers’ abduction, seeks FG’s intervention
The Christian Association of Nigeria has said 66 worshipers were abducted by gunmen on Sunday, October 31, 2021, in Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Kakau, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The organisation said contrary to the earlier number reported, its finding showed that 66 congregants were whisked away at gunpoint and…
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Ikoyi building: Families identify corpses, wife, relations fight over late developer’s cash, luxury vehicles
• Tinubu, Nasarawa gov visit site, death toll now 42 Emotions ran high on Saturday as families of those who died in the 21-storey building collapse on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, besieged Lagos Mainland Hospital morgue in the Yaba area of the state to identify corpses of their loved ones. This is just as the…
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