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BREAKING: Former BBN housemate, Rico Swavey, is dead
Former Big Brother Naija season 3 housemate, Patrick Fakoya, popularly Known as Rico Swavey, has been confirmed dead. Colleagues who were housemates with him confirmed his death on various social media platforms on Thursday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the former BBN star was involved in an auto crash leading to his going into
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I’m coming to Ekiti with prosperity vision – Oyebanji
Ekiti State Governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that he will work with competent, courageous and transparent persons in his bid to drive his agenda of making Ekiti prosperous. Oyebanji said that securing the citizens, building enduring Infrastructure and solving the perennial epileptic power supply to the state would form the focal areas of concentration. “My
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Russia can’t erase sovereign state from map – Biden
United States President Joe Biden said the United Nations resolution against Russia’s annexations in Ukraine, passed with a historic majority, was a message to Moscow that it could not erase a sovereign state from the map. “Today, the overwhelming majority of the world nations from every region, large and small, representing a wide array of
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Ebonyi PDP gov candidate denies ‘romance’ with APC
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Dr Ifeanyi Odii, has denied the allegation in some quarters that he was hob-nobbing with the All Progressives Congress, in the state, for the purpose of ‘securing’ appointment after the 2023 general elections. Rumours made the rounds in social media a few days ago that Odii
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India Olympic medalist to stand trial for murder
Two-time Indian Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar will stand trial for allegedly murdering a fellow wrestler during a stadium brawl last year, a lawyer said Thursday. Kumar and 17 others were charged by a Delhi court on Wednesday, more than a year after they were arrested over the death of 23-year-old junior grappler Sagar Dhankar following
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A word for Batists, Obidients and Atikulates
For the umpteenth time, I bring an incident precedent to the 2010 elections in the United Kingdom to the attention of Nigerians. During a door-to-door campaign by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown towards the May 6, 2010 general elections, he encountered a 65-year-old widow, Gillian Duffy. Duffy, a longstanding Labour Party supporter and resident of
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Obajana: Kogi alleges asset-grabbing, Dangote kicks
The government of Kogi State has accused Dangote Industries Limited of “callous and deliberate asset grabbing” but the company countered it, saying that the acquisition of the Obajana cement plant followed due process. A statement by the state government said that Obajana Cement Company was solely founded in 1992 and owned by the state, which
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Ondo Senator kicks over delay in court’s judgment
The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, has faulted the alleged delay in delivering the judgment on his case against a former deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi, over the outcome of the senatorial primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi was declared winner of the primary, held in May this
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ASUU divided over strike suspension, holds NEC meeting
Barring a last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off its indefinite strike on Thursday (today). The Court of Appeal had last Friday, ordered the union to call off its strike. The House of Representatives also intervened in the matter, raising the hope that the union may call off the strike soon.
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15-year-old boy’s hands tied, throat slit in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of a 15-year-old boy, Jerome Chukwuemeka, in the Ago-Okota area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim’s father, after returning from work, found his lifeless body in his room. During a close observation, the deceased’s father was
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