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Fleeing Sri Lankan president’s cash in court – Police
…protesters stay put, demand official resignation Millions of rupees in cash left behind by Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa when he fled his official residence was handed over to a court, Monday, after being turned in by protesters, police said as a succession battle got underway. Protesters discovered 17.85 million rupees (about $50,000) in crisp
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NEMA recovers more corpses from Lagos boat accident
The National Emergency Management Agency says 13 more bodies have been recovered from the ill-fated boat that capsized on Saturday. The boat was sailing from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, a suburb of Lagos, when the tragedy struck. In a statement on Sunday, Zonal Coordinator, South-West, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said a total of 17 bodies
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Ebonyi APGA holds another primary to replace candidates
The All Progressive Grand Alliance in Ebonyi State has fixed Tuesday, July 12, for the conduct of another round of primary elections to replace candidates who left the party ahead of the 2023 general poll. The Ebonyi Chairman of APGA, Ricky Okorouka, told newsmen on Sunday in Abakaliki that candidates would be vying for seats
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Ex-Rivers Rep dumps APC, cites high-handedness
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former member of the House of Representatives, Elder Chidi Wihioka, has resigned from the party. This came barely 24 hours after a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dame Ibim Semenitari, resigned from the party. Wihioka, an ally to Senator Magnus Abe, represented
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2023: Kwankwaso satisfied with Tinubu-Shettima combination
Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Monday, expressed satisfaction with the choice of Bola Tinubu’s running mate in the 2023 presidential race. The presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, nominated the ex-Borno governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate. The 55-year-old banker-turned-politician, who is the senator representing Borno Central District,
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Kidnapping: Zamfara NULGE chair’s wife births in captivity, regains freedom
Ramatu Yunusa, the wife of the chairman of the Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Sanusi Gusau, who was nine months pregnant when she was abducted two weeks ago, was delivered of a baby girl while in her captors’ camp. Her abductors have also released her after collecting N15 million
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Family releases Sound Sultan’s album one year after death
Monday marked the first anniversary of the death of Nigerian musician, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan. To commemorate the event, his family is set to release the last album the singer was working on before his demise. The listening party for the album, Reality CHQ, was held across three cities on Sunday night.
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Ganduje congratulates Shettima on nomination as APC VP candidate
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated Sen. Kashim Shettima over his nomination as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 presidential election. The governor, in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, described Shettima as highly quick-witted and prepared for the office of
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Borno CAN chairman backs Shettima’s candidacy
The Chairman of Borno State, Christians Association of Nigeria, Bishop Mohammed Naga, has applauded the selection of the former governor of the state, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The PUNCH reports that despite opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket from some quarters, the APC standard-bearer, Bola Tinubu, on
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Youths’ll determine next president – Ekiti Reps candidate
All the presidential candidates would not be able to win the 2023 elections without the support of the youths, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ekiti South federal constituency 1, Henrich Akomolafe, has said. He also stressed that the youths remained the only forces that could bring change to the country. Akomolafe, 29, said on
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