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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Taiwo Alao, on Tuesday described the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as ‘’a man of extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity’’. He also urged Femi Gbajabiamila’s critics to stop advertising ignorance and living in a fool’s paradise.’ ‘It […]
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine. The suspect who was arrested during inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil […]
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Henry Ovie Ebireri is a political communication specialist, social media consultant and full-time writer. Born in Midwest Nigeria and grew up in Sapele. Ebireri began his career writing for various magazines before joining a daily newspaper as reporter\researcher. He quickly moved up the ranks and spent several years as the newspaper’s […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 state governors in the country and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “disclose details of federal allocations meant for local governments in your state and the FCT and the actual disbursement of the allocations […]
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January 25, 2024 Introduction On January 10, 2024, the College of Physical Education Mosogar chapter of the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) organized an Okpe Cultural Day to promote Okpe Culture and Okpe Identity. They invited the National Leadership of the legitimate Okpe Union as well as the illegal Okpe Union imposed by […]
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Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state on Friday, January 26, said he has no plans to dump the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on whose platform he won the governorship polls. Yusuf was responding to an invite by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to join the […]
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Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has ridiculed the reported preference of Governor Godwin Obaseki for Asue Ighodalo as his successor as governor of Edo State, saying that there is a popular clamour around the state against a ‘stranger’ coming to the saddle of governance again. He noted that the governor’s quest is inhibited by crisis in the […]
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Morocco did host nation Ivory Coast a huge favour by beating Zambia to send the Elephants into the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 by the back door. Zambia needed a point from the Group F finale to deny the hosts the fourth and final qualification spot for the group stage’s best third-placed […]
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The Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of one Yusuf Aminu before Justice A.M Sambo of the Bauchi State High Court. Aminu bagged three years imprisonment for dishonesty and obtaining by false pretence. He was arraigned by the Gombe Zonal Command of the […]
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Tomorrow 20th January, 2024, marks the 20th Anniversary of the transition unto glory of His Royal Majesty, Orhoro I, J.P; OON, the Orodje of Okpe in Delta State of Nigeria. He was the second Orodje of Okpe Kingdom of the modern era. The first Orodje of Okpe of the modern era, Esezi II had […]
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