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Tribunal: Begin seven-day fast, Osun APC directs members
The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has enjoined members of the party to embark on a seven-day fasting and prayer session, starting from Friday to seek God’s favour as the Election Petition Tribunal hearing the party’s petition delivers its judgement. The Justice Tetse Kume-led panel had concluded sitting on the petitions filed before it
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Gunmen miss Rev Father, abduct Catechist in Kaduna
Gunmen on Thursday abducted Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, who was not in when his residence was
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Folk-rock pioneer David Crosby dies at 81
David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock’s range, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 81. Citing a family member, his publicist confirmed the death to AFP but did not provide a cause. The singer’s wife Jan Dance had earlier told entertainment
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‘Happy to be back’, Ronaldo says after exhibition match
Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed joy after his debut in a Saudi all-star exhibition match against France club, Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who took to his social media to express his excitement playing competitively again, said he was happy to be back on the pitch and more so,
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Man, 45, drowns trying to rescue daughter
A 45-year-old Irish man has drowned while trying to rescue his daughter as the duo was on vacation in New South Wales, Australia. Daily Mail reported that the incident happened on Wednesday night at a popular Seven Mile Beach where the daughter was swept out to sea on a body board. In a bid to
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NYSC deploys 1,570 prospective corps members to Bauchi
The National Youth Service Corps has deployed 1,570 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2023 Batch A Stream 1 orientation exercises. The NYSC Bauchi Coordinator, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Friday. According to him, the orientation for the corps members begins on January 25 and
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New naira deadline: CBN monitors compliance in A’Ibom
The Central Bank of Nigeria has begun moves aimed at ensuring that banks in the country keep to the January 31 deadline for the circulation of old notes throughout the country. In keeping with the directives, the apex bank branch in Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday dispatched a team of its personnel to various commercial
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Primate Ayodele seeks election postponement, backs restructuring
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advanced reasons why the Independent National Electoral Commission should postpone next month’s general election. In a statement on Friday by the clergyman’s Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele claimed that some unnamed persons have put plans into motion to sabotage the election if it holds
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Bauchi police arrest four for stealing transformer gas
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four men for allegedly scooping gas from an electricity transformer at Dunga Sabo area of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a media statement made available to journalists by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, on Thursday night. He said that
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Ogun govt spent N82bn on pensions – Abiodun
The Ogun State Government spent N82 billion on payment of pensions and gratuities to state and local government retirees between June 2019 and June 2022. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, made this known in an interactive session with workers at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. Abiodun further said that out of the N18
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