Category: News
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Labour Party’s Members in South West Dump Peter Obi For Tinubu
Some Members of Labour Party (LP) in the South West, on Monday, tore their membership cards into shreds and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work for the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election. This is coming few hours after Bashir Bashir, the Labour Party governorship candidate in…
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Why Election Won’t Hold in 240 Polling Units – INEC Chairman
Following the incessant attacks in some parts of the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said elections would not hold in 240 polling units, spread across 28 states. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Monday at a meeting with leaders of political parties. He said; “There are 240 poling units without…
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Tinubu Counsels CBN on Old, New Naira Notes
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has counselled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow old and new N200, N500 and N1,000 notes to co-exist as legal tenders for the next 12 months. The APC flag bearer also asked the apex bank to suspend all charges associated…
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Tinubu Reacts To Purported Attempt To Take ‘New Wife’
The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dismissed as “fake news”, a social media report that he was set to take a new wife, declaring that he is enjoying his marriage to his only wife, Senator Oluremi. His spokesman, Tunde Rahman disclosed this in a statement titled, “Stop the Fake News:…
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Kano Labour Party Governorship Candidate Dumps Peter Obi For Tinubu
The Kano gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Bashir Bashir, has dumped the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi after his political alignment with the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that, on January 21, the governorship candidate staged a boycott on the party’s presidential rally in Kano alongside the chairman…
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Police, Father of Deceased, Chrisland School Speak on Student’s Death
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi has directed that the case be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba for discreet investigation. A post by one Michael Adeniran is generating wild reactions on social media. The post is that of the father of a 12-year-old…
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How I Discovered My 12-year-old Daughter’s Death – Mother of Chrisland College Speaks
Punch Newspaper Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of the 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities at Agege Stadium, has taken to social media to narrate how she found out her daughter, Whitney Adeniran, had died. In the video on her Instagram page on Sunday, the…
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Oil Marketers Fume Over Banks Rejection of Old Naira Notes
Punch Newspaper Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not collect…
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Davido’s Eldest Child, Imade Hospitalized (Video)
Imade Adeleke, eldest child of Nigerian hip-hop sensation, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has been hospitalized. Imade’s mum, Sophia Momodu, posted clips online showing her (Imade) on drip. In the clip posted by Sophia on Snapchat, a drip was passed through Imade’s vein with a plaster holding tightly the needle that was used as…
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President Buhari’s Aide Accused of Sabotaging Tinubu’s Presidential Ambition Threatens Legal Action
The Cable President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Sabi’u Tunde Yusuf, has denied working against Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alwan Hassan, convener of North-South Progressive Alliance, had alleged on Channels Television on Monday that Yusuf was leveraging on his closeness with the president to ensure that Tinubu does not win the…