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Kwankwaso Picks Lagos lawyer, Johnson, as Running-mate
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has picked a Lagos lawyer, Ladipo Johnson, as his running-mate for the 2023 election. Mr Johnson was a former governorship candidate of the Alliance National Party, ANP, in Lagos State before joining NNPP. The party made the announcement through its official Twitter handle @nnpphqabuja1. “Road…
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APC Submits Names of Senatorial Candidates To INEC (Full List)
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday submitted the list of all senatorial candidates in the party to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. There were controversies around some names of candidates who contested the presidential elections like the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and the former Niger…
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#EkitiDecides2022: EFCC Arrests Party Chieftain Over Alleged Vote Buying
Vanguard Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a Chieftain of the Peoples DemocraticParty, Mr Damola Ojo for inducing voters at Ola Oluwa Muslim Secondary School, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state during the governorship election. Reports had it that the party chieftain was arrested with a large sum of money. The party agent…
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Senate President, Ahmed Lawan Reacts To Viral Doctored Video of His Defection To PDP
The President of the senate , Ahmad Lawan has reacted to the doctored video portraying his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the floor of the red chamber. Lawan made the clarification in a release by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi,…
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Buhari appoints Chris Ngwodo as DG National Early Warning Centre
National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, saying the president had…
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Mbaka Begs Peter Obi Over Stingy Remark
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Friday begged the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and his supporters, a day after he described the politician as stingy and unfit to be President. Speaking during one of his programmes in Enugu, the vocal Mbaka had declared that…
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I Have Submitted Name of My Running Mate To INEC – Tinubu
Daily Trust Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has submitted the name of his running mate for the 2023 Presidential election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu stated this in a statement issued on Friday. Although the APC Presidential Candidate did not disclose the name…
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CNG Threatens To Shut Down National Assembly, Airports, Others Over Lingering ASUU Strike
The Students Wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has threatened to shut down the National Assembly, major highways and airports in the 19 northern states and Abuja to protest the government’s handling of the demands of the academic and non-academic staff unions which has grounded university education in the country for months. Addressing…
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Tension in Imo as Lightning Kills 20-Year-Old 100-Level Female Student In Imo
There was palpable tension at the Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State where a 20-year-old 100-level student of the Imo State University Owerri (IMSU) was reportedly struck dead by lightning following torrential rains. The victim, identified as Chiamaka Obodo was said to be making a call with her phone inside her parents’…
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Incessant Strike by Varsity Unions Capable of Causing Irreparable Damage – JAMB Boss, Oloyede
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has described the ongoing industrial strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as unnecessary. Professor Oloyede said this when the university admission regulatory agency presented multi-billion naira medical equipment to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for improved health…
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