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Why I joined politics – Banky W
Singer Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, on Wednesday, opened up on why he joined politics despite being a successful entertainer and entrepreneur. He said he had joined politics to make a difference beyond activism, adding that joining politics was the only way to change systems that were not working. The singer, who is
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Confession: How I killed Super TV boss – Chidinma
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday watched the video recording of the lifeless body of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021. An undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are standing trial for Ataga’s murder. They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister,
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Prioritise elderly Nigerians’ health needs, expert urges FG
A medical practitioner, Dr Oladipupo Fakoya, has called on the government at all levels to fashion out ways of addressing the peculiar health needs of the elderly population. Fakoya, who is the physician in charge of the Ijesaland Geriatric Centre, Ilesha, an arm of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, said it had become
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PSG not disrupted by Mbappe reports, says Galtier
Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said rumours about Kylian Mbappe’s future did not disrupt his team’s preparations for Tuesday’s Champions League match against Benfica. Stuttering PSG were held to a third straight draw as the game at the Parc des Princes ended 1-1 after Mbappe put them ahead from the penalty spot just before half-time.
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Insecurity affecting North’s economic development, group laments
A Civil Society Organisation, Northern Youths Coalition, has lamented that the insecurity ravaging the part of the country was affecting the economic development of the region. The coalition added that insecurity has taken the north several years backward. In a statement by President Ishyaku Bello and Secretary, Gaius Gyang, they called on the people of
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Lagos developer defrauds 200 house seekers, victims blame police
There was pandemonium on 22, Anuoluwapo Street, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, on Saturday, after about 200 house seekers who paid various sums of money for accommodation discovered that they had been duped. PUNCH Metro gathered that the landlady of the one-storey building, identified only as Kudirat, allegedly connived with an agent, Tunde
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INEC deletes 2.7 million for double registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it detected 2.7 million cases of double registration carried out during the last Continuous Voter Registration and that the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the
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Nigerian doctors in UK lament exploitation, slave labour
Doctors recruited from Nigeria to work in the United Kingdom hospitals have lamented that they are being exploited. The doctors believe they are being overworked and fear they may put their patients’ health at risk. This is according to a BBC investigation published on its website on Tuesday. The investigation showed evidence of how a
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Late COAS Attahiru’s family boycotts award over non-invite
Mrs Fati Attahiru, wife of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and his family, boycotted the National Awards ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday over the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s failure to invite them to receive the national honours award on Attahiru’s behalf. The late COAS was among the 13
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Kano Assembly to rename state varsity after Dangote
The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the renaming of Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, after the business mogul, Aliko Dangote. This was sequel to a letter, transmitted to the State Assembly by the executive in May 2022, seeking for the approval of the House to change the name of the institution
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