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Kalu recommends consensus presidential candidate for Buhari
The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has urged the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), to choose the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the consensus presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress. Kalu, in a statement on Thursday, insisted it is only cohesion and consensus among the regions that can produce a president for…
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FULL LIST: Sanwo-Olu, Malami, 16 govs, five ministers to chair APC convention sub-committees
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress has unveiled a list of 18 chairmen and 11 deputies to head the sub-committees of the party’s special convention slated for June 6. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Wednesday night. The list contained the…
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Okada ban: Lagos police impound 140 motorcycles, arrest passengers
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday seized 140 motorcycles and arrested 16 passengers and riders as enforcement of the ban on the operation of okada riders in the state commenced. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said 94 of the motorcycles were impounded by the police, while others were seized by men…
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PDP delegate donates N12m received from aspirants to Kaduna constituents
A Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, Tanko Sabo, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna. In a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Thursday morning, Sabo said he wasn’t afraid that the Economic…
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Osimhen perfect for Liverpool – Vieri
Inter Milan legend Christian Vieri has urged English Premier League side, Liverpool, to sign Napoli’s Victor Osimhen as a potential replacement for Sadio Mane. Man has been heavily linked with an exit from the Anfield outfit with Bayern Munich his possible destination. Osimhen is equally no stranger to transfer speculations with the Nigerians being linked…
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Lagos ports collapsing, cargo diversion to West African countries imminent
There are indications that the nation may soon start experiencing more cargo diversions to neighbouring West African ports as well as increase in freight rates due to the collapse of both Tin Can and Apapa quay aprons. A quay is part of the port where cargo is lifted or vessels are loaded and unloaded. In…
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Buhari congratulates Bishop Okpaleke on appointment as Pope’s Cardinal
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday expressed happiness over the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Ekwulobia Diocese, Anambra State, as a Cardinal in the Catholic Church by Pope Francis. In a statement signed late Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari commended the Pope for…
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Rising inflation, others threaten Buhari’s poverty reduction scheme –World Bank economists
World Bank economists, Jonathan Lain and Jakob Engel, have said that rising inflation, persistent population growth, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine are threatening Nigeria’s poverty reduction aspiration. These economists said this in a post published on the bank’s blog on Tuesday. The post read in part, “Nigeria’s aspiration to lift all of…
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APC supporters, others fight dirty over Umahi’s N50,000 gift
Drivers, security officials and supporters of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday exchanged blows at the party secretariat over a cash gift from Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi. Umahi had breezed into the Secretariat to see the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, two days after he was screened by the John Odigie-led presidential screening committee…
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Osun 2022: Traditionalists warn against violence, say defaulters’ll face Ogun, Sango’s wrath
The leadership of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, Osun State, on Wednesday, warned politicians against fomenting trouble during the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. The group said whoever that foments trouble during the election would face the wrath of Sango and Ogun, calling on the stakeholders to shun violence in the overall interest of the…
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