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Costa Rica: Cargo plane breaks into two during emergency landing
A cargo plane carrying mail and packages skidded off the runway and broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica on Thursday, causing the temporary closure of the international airport in San Jose. Smoke was billowing from the bright yellow plane of German logistics giant DHL as it ground to a halt, having…
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Buhari and Nigeria’s Burning Train
IN the sociology of death and dying, only those around when death knocks can imagine the pain, the struggle and the desire of the deceased to stay alive. “I’m in the train. I have been shot. Please pray for me” was the last Twitter post by the late Dr Chinelo Nwando, a distinguished medical doctor…
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Nigeria, others at high risk of debt distress, IMF warns
Nigeria and 72 other countries are at high risk of debt distress or already in debt distress, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund. The report, titled “Restructuring debt of poorer nations requires more efficient coordination,” noted that low-income countries face fewer debt challenges today than they did 25 years ago, thanks…
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Dabiri-Erewa decries detention of Nigerians, others in Poland
The Chairman and CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the Polish government for detaining Nigerians and other African students who had fled war-torn Ukraine for safety in neighbouring Poland. Dabiri-Erewa said this in Abuja on Thursday at the commencement of a two-day Psychosocial Trauma Clinic for Ukraine returnees organised by the…
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Osinbajo, best man to fix Nigeria’s problems – Group
…VP to declare ambition in two days time The Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, on Thursday, stormed Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to mobilise support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to succeed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd.), in 2023. The Directors-General of OGO in the states in the South-West took turn to state the…
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Osun 2022: Oyetola trusts God, electorate for victory, says aide
The Special Adviser on Civic Engagement to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, said the governor will be putting his trust in God and the electorate in the state for a victorious outing during the July 12 governorship poll. He said this during an engagement meeting with the members of the Plant…
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2023: Ex-Bayelsa information commissioner picks Reps form
A former Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 National Assembly election. Iworiso-Markson presented the forms to the people of Ogbia Federal Constituency, which he is seeking to represent, in Yenagoa, on Thursday. Speaking at the event,…
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Supreme Court reserves judgment on Kano APC crisis
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, reserved judgment on the Kano All Progressives Congress’ crisis. The appellants in the suit are Musa Chola and 1,319 others and the respondents include the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, Olayide Adewale Akinremi, Senator Abba Ali, Dr Tony Macfoy, Auwalu Abdullahi, Usman Kaita, Adebayo Iyaniwura and the…
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Sacked Imo lawmaker tackles Speaker, says seat not vacant
Sacked Imo lawmaker, Obinna Okwara, on Thursday, said that the Speaker, Kennedy Ibe, had no constitutional power to declare his seat in the parliament vacant. Okwara, whose seat was declared vacant by the Speaker during a plenary on Wednesday for defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress last week, said that…
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Stay away from politics, NYSC tells corps members
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has warned Corps members to stay away from partisan politics as the 2023 general election draws near. He also advised them to be unbiased electoral umpires anytime they were called upon to serve as electoral officers. A statement issued on Thursday by the NYSC…
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