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How Tinubu’s running mate will emerge -Reps majority leader, Ado-Doguwa
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has said the running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may come from the North-East geopolitical zone. According to Ado-Doguwa, this is based on the current zoning arrangement of the APC. Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State…
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History will be made if Tinubu becomes president – Tanko Yakasai
An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has hailed the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. In a congratulatory message on Thursday, Yakasai said history will be made if Tinubu emerges as the president of the country. The elder statesman said Tinubu’s emergence as president would signify “the total…
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JUST IN: Three days after Owo attack, gunmen kill six in Ondo
No fewer than six persons were shot dead at Sabo Area of Ondo town, Ondo State on Wednesday night by some men suspected to be bandits. This came 72 hours after some terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, killing about 40 people. Several other church members were injured in the attack. It was gathered…
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INEC seeks Air Force support on security, logistics
The Independent National Electoral Commission has sought the support of the Nigerian Air Force in deploying personnel and airlifting election materials to remote and insecure areas across the country. The commission also solicited the support of the Air Force to provide security in volatile areas just as it had been doing during the off-cycle elections….
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Kaftan TV founder, Adebayo, wins SDP presidential ticket
Prince Adewole Adebayo has emerged as the Social Democratic Party candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Adebayo scored 1,526 votes at the party’s National Convention on Wednesday in Abuja to emerge as the party standard bearer, defeating the only co-contestant, Ms. Khadija Lamidi, who polled 83 votes. The Convention Returning Officer, Umar Ardo, put the…
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Two more ladies accuse Lagos bishop of rape, narrate ordeal
Following an allegation of rape against a Lagos-based pastor, identified only as Bishop Daniels, two former members of his church have claimed that they were also raped by the cleric. The two victims, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity, said the suspect used a similar trick of summoning them from their branches…
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Adamawa teenager drowns woman for resisting rape, kills weeping child
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man over the murder of a 36-year-old nursing mother and her one-year-old child. The incident occurred at the Lamurde Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman Nguroje, said the suspect allegedly attacked the victim by the riverside, where she went…
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Tinubu vs Atiku: Two desperadoes running against Nigeria
For a long time, Nigeria has bandied around what has amounted to a myth that whoever seeks the presidency hardly gets it. Historical observers have variously posited that what we have almost always had are “accidental” presidents—men reluctant to step out for leadership roles but who somehow, through whimsical engineering of fate, find the presidency…
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Passengers panic as LASTMA officer, driver scuffle in motion
There was pandemonium at the CMS Bus-Stop, Lagos Island, on Friday, when an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, later identified as N. Bolarinwa, dragged the steering with a commercial driver, who was in motion. The driver of the Sienna minibus was on the CMS/Obalende route when the incident happened around 11am. Our…
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Basic education: Nigeria may not achieve global agenda by 2030, UNICEF laments
The United Nations Children’s Funds in collaboration with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in Nigeria has stated that despite the progress made, Nigeria is not likely to achieve the global agenda of universal inclusive and equitable quality basic education for all school-age children by 2030 if the current very low public investment in the education…
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