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Okowa’ll add electoral value to PDP, says Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo Socio-cultural, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has congratulated the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on his emergence as the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, describing him as a “detribalised patriot, purveyor of morals and a poster personality”. While expressing optimism that his candidacy will add enormous electoral value to the PDP, Ohanaeze noted
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Hundreds of families ill with intestinal disease, North Korea says
North Korea said Friday that hundreds of families had fallen ill with an unidentified intestinal disease, heaping pressure on a crumbling healthcare system already strained by COVID-19. Pyongyang announced its first coronavirus cases last month and activated a “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system”, with leader Kim Jong Un putting himself front and centre of the
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Seven die, five injured in Kogi crash
The Kogi State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of seven people while five persons were injured when two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision along the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway on Thursday. The Kogi Sector Commander of FRSC, Stephen Dawulung, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lokoja on Friday According
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NYSC: PDP chieftain drags party, Oduah, INEC to court
The senator representing Anambra North in the Senate, Mrs. Stella Oduah, has been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged perjury committed in order to be nominated for the 2023 senatorial election. Mrs. Oduah was sued alongside the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission as the 2nd and 3rd
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Eko Atlantic City: Africa’s real estate hub where square metre costs $1,720
Over the last few decades, the geographical dichotomy between Mainland and Island in Lagos has placed the latter as a highbrow settlement that now boasts of some of the most immoderately aesthetic structures in Africa, and maybe the globe. Even for a non-Lagos resident, the mere mention of places like Lekki, Ikoyi and Victoria Island
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Davido begins North America tour with New York concert
Superstar musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has kicked off his much anticipated North America tour. The tour, which was scheduled to hold in five cities, began with a concert in New York on Thursday night. Davido got the fans buzzing with excitement with his energetic performance during the Brooklyn concert, which marked the
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Buhari’s successors, their dreams and the reality (1)
Any expectation of an outcome other than the one from the recent All Progressives Congress presidential primary is a dream, a fantasy. Why? The realities in our political landscape clearly tell what is possible and what is not, except one still chooses to dream instead. But it’s good to dream and fantasise sometimes. The challenge
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Sanwo-Olu inaugurates DSS office in Lagos
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, inaugurated and handed over a building to the Department of State Service in the Alimosho area of the state. The governor, according to a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, during the inauguration of the DSS building project, said the ultimate goal of
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Reps primary: Aggrieved Lagos APC members protest at Tinubu’s residence
Aggrieved members of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress have denounced the primary election which produced Lanre Oshun as the party’s House of Representatives candidate for the Lagos Mainland (West) federal constituency. To express their grievances, the members, in their hundreds, stormed the residence of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. A press statement, jointly
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I’m sure of victory, won’t step down for Atiku, Tinubu – Kwankwaso
In this exclusive interview with ABIODUN SANUSI, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said he would not forego his presidential ambition for anyone, including the presidential candidates of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and that of the ruling All Progressives Congress,
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