Category: News
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AMVCA 2023: Full list of winners as Anikulapo, Brotherhood win big
The Ninth Edition of African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA 2023) was successfully held at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday, May 20. Kunle Afolayan’s movie Anikulapo and Jade Osiberu’s Brotherhood bagged 5 awards respectively.Bimbo Ademoye won best actress in a comedy, while Osas Ighodaro grabbed best actress in a drama for her…
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INEC To Present Two Witnesses To Defend Tinubu’s Election Victory
The Independent National Electoral Commission has informed the Presidential Election Petition Court on Saturday that it plans presenting two witnesses in defence of the victory of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the presidential polls. INEC’s lawyer, A.B. Mahmoud SAN, disclosed this in open court during a pre-hearing session on the petition filed by the People’s Democratic…
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President-elect, Tinubu Returns To Nigeria 8 Days To Inauguration (Video)
President-elect Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria eight days to his inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The incoming president returned to the country on Saturday after a week in Europe. His latest trip had raised eyebrow, with some reports saying that he was battling an undisclosed ailment.…
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Embattled Singer, Seun Kuti Crowned ‘GO’ in Police Cell, Leads Prayer Session
Vanguard News Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a police officer has been crowned the ‘General Overseer’ of his cell by the inmates.…
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Kano Judge Faults Media Report on Nulification of Abia Governor-elect Candidature
Federal High Court in Kano state says media reports that it nullified the candidature of the Abia state Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, who contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, are misleading. The court, however, said it annuled the election of all the Kano LP candidates that contested the 2023 general…
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Buhari Approves Appointment of Substantive AGF
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. This was contained in a statement, dated 19th May, 2023, and signed by the Director, Communications, Mohammed Abdullahi Ahmed, on Friday, in Abuja. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan,…
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Declare Me Authentic National Chairman of Labour Party – Former LP Chieftain, Okafor Tells Supreme Court
A former deputy national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Callistus Uju Okafor, has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to declare him the authentic national chairman of the party. Okafor, who said the constitution of the LP still recognised him as the substantive deputy chairman of the party, stated this while addressing journalists…
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Weeks To Inauguration, Court Nulifies Candidature of Abia Governor-elect
Channels TV Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano, has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A…
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OAU Loses Former Vice Chancellor
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have received, with a heavy heart and deep sadness, the news of the passing of the fourth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Cyril Agodi Onwumechili. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, states that the esteemed former Vice-Chancellor, who passed away at…
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DE Candidates To Sit For 2024 UTME Computer Based Test – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the UTME along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A’level certificates. This…