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Nigeria’s survival depends on restructuring, says Okotie
The Founder of Household of God Church and former presidential candidate, Chris Okotie, has warned that Nigeria’s survival depends on its restructuring. According to Okotie’s New Year message released by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, the cleric said Nigeria would need strong governance structures and a stable polity if it would overcome the 2023 global
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Fallen heroes’ widows tell tales of sorrow, pain, anguish
DAYO OYEWO writes on the plights of widows of soldiers and policemen, whose husbands fell in active service It was all tales of sorrow, anguish and pain from widows of fallen heroes, as the country marked the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day across the nation last Sunday, The affected, mostly wives of soldiers and policemen,
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Learn other inspiring uses of ‘some’
If I say some people visited me yesterday, you can easily guess the number likely to be involved. Perhaps they were 10, 20 or more. You are sure that they were not many and definitely it wasn’t all the nearly eight billion people on the surface of the earth that visited me. But if I
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Murray wins Berrettini in Australian Open round one
Andy Murray rolled back the years to defeat 13th seed Matteo Berrettini in a five-set epic at the Australian Open on Tuesday, on a sweltering day that saw play suspended for three hours on most courts. There was controversy off the court meanwhile on day two after organisers banned Russian and Belarusian flags at Melbourne
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PDP targets 1,000 votes per ward in Anambra
The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Management Committee in Anambra State, led by its Director General, Obiora Okonkwo, has kicked off a campaign project tagged, ‘One ward, minimum of 1,000 votes’ in Anambra. Okonkwo said it is an initiative to take the recovery plan of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to the grassroots and
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Jigawa NSCDC arrests man with fake foreign currencies
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old man for being in possession of 26 pieces of 1,000 fake CFA franc. The Public Relations Officer of the Corps in the state, Adamu Shehu,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, the
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Pastor, wife die trying to rescue drowning son
A Brazillian pastor, Felisberto Sampaio, and his wife, Inalda, have died while trying to rescue their 13-year-old son, Ian, from drowning. The family’s outing at Camaçari Beach in João Pessoa, in the state of Paraíba, turned sour when they noticed their son struggling in the water. In an attempt to save the teenager, the couple
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Extreme heat halts Australian Open for hours
The second round of the ongoing Australian Open in Melbourne was on Tuesday halted for three hours on all outside courts, as temperatures rose to 35C. The extreme heat led officials to suspend all play on the outside courts, who agreed that it was too dangerous to play competitive tennis is such condition. The decision
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Australian music icon Renee Geyer dies at 69
Australia’s music icon and legendary soul singer, Renee Geyer, is dead. She was 69. Announcing the death in a statement, Geyer’s family said she died from complications following hip surgery, Daily Mail reported. Describing the singer as a “force of nature”, the family statement read, “It is with immense sadness that we announce that Renee
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NLNG’s Bonny plant still in operation – Official
The Nigeria LNG Limited has said its plant on Bonny Island is still active despite a force majeure declared in October 2022 and feed gas supply challenges. The General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, NLNG, Mr Andy Odeh, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Odeh said the plant continued to produce
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