Month: March 2023
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That Tinubu-Elumelu video and PR stunt!, By Yushau A. Shuaib
After the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the Nigerian president-elect, ethnic tension and rivalry ensued between supporters of the presidential candidates. This anxiety has been more palpable and evident in the home state of Tinubu,…
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Moment Popular Musician Slumps, Dies While Performing on Stage (Video)
Another tragedy has hit the South African music scene, as rapper Costa Titch dies performing on stage. The musician, whose name is Costa Tsobanoglou, reportedly collapsed while performing at the Ultra music festival on Saturday, 12 March 2023. Costa, who is also a dancer, was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga in 1995 and is known for…
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Naira Scarcity: Journalist Dies While Trekking To Office
An Ibadan-based radio presenter popularly known as Baba Bintin slumped and died on his way to work in the early hours of Saturday. Daily Trust reports that the presenter died on his way to the Fresh FM station where he had a programme with the duo of Komolafe Olaiya and Olalomi Amole at Ayefele Music…
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13-year-old Boy ‘Shot’ 3-year-old Girl Dead in Ogun
A 13-year-old boy has allegedly shot a three-year-old girl to death at Kukudi village, Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun. Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated at Abeokuta on Friday that the boy reportedly shot the victim with a dane gun. He stated that the police already arrested the 45-year-old owner of the…
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Atiku’s Main Collation Agent In Ogun Joins APC
Johnson Fatoki, the Ogun State collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during the February 25 election, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fatoki joined the ruling party ahead of next week’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. His defection added to the growing list of opposition parties’…
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American Varsity Speaks On Alleged Certificate Forgery Against Lagos Labour Party Guber Candidate, Gbadebo
Premium Times An American university, the Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT), has said the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, attended the school. The management of the school told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that Mr Rhodes-Vivour obtained a Master’s Degree in Architecture after studying at the institution between 2005 and…
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Black Thursday: Again, commercial bus driver crushes motorist to death in Lagos
Tragedy struck again in Lagos on Thursday, when an unidentified private car owner was rammed over and killed by a commercial bus driver while driving against traffic popularly called, “One-Way,” around Meiran, area of Lagos. This happened barely few hours after a train in motion around Shogunle area crushed a Lagos State Government staff bus…
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JUST IN: Two feared dead as bus, train collide in Lagos
The Nation Newspaper Two women were on Thursday morning feared killed and several.others injured after a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) blue line colluded with a train in Lagos. The accident occurred at the PWD railway crossing around 7am. It was gathered that the bus, which was navigating inward Ikeja attempted to cross the railway before…
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Army Recovers 1,671 PVCs, Ballot Papers in Lagos Apartment
Vanguard News Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers,…
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INEC Confirms Election Postponement, Gives Reasons
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the postponement of the governorship and state elections by a week. Vreporters through Gazette Newspaper had earlier reported that the exercise had been moved from March 11, 2023 to March 18, 2023. Sources in the commission had told this newspaper that more time was needed for the…