Category: News
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Tinubu Visits Yahaya Bello
Barely 72 hours after his emergence as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the 2023 election, a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, on Friday, visited Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, describing him as his son. He also commended Bello for mobilising the consciousness of the youths in the…
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Just In: NYSC to release 2022 Batch ‘B’ call-up letters on Sunday
The National Youth Service Corps has said the Call Up Letters for Prospective Corps Members that will participate in the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course will be available on Sunday. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah disclosed this during a webinar jointly organized by the NYSC and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
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Ondo Court Sentenced Killers of Fasoranti’s Daughter To Death by Hanging
Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced three persons involved in the murder of Olufunke Olakuri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, to death by hanging. Presiding Judge, Justice William Olamide, however, discharged and acquitted the fourth suspect, Auwàla Abubakar, who is the spokesman of Miyetti Allah. Olufunke was shot dead in…
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Alleged Credit Card Fraud: EFCC’s Forensic Investigation Indicts Naira Marley
The Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has revealed that hip-hop singer, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley was involved in credit card fraud. Azeez Fashola is facing 11 charges bordering on alleged credit card fraud contrary to Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes Act, The Punch reports. The singer…
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Alaafin’s Stool: Agunloye Royal Family Submits List Of 48 Contenders To Head Of Princes
Tribune Newspaper AS the race to fill the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo gathers momentum, the Agunloye royal family on Thursday in Oyo, submitted list of 48 contenders to the head of royal princes, known as Baba Iyaji, Chief Afonja Mukaila. With the traditional process guarding the emergence of the new Alaafin, Afonja, as…
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Eight Names Tipped as Tinubu’s Running Mates
Tribune Newspaper As national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, savours his victory at the presidential primary, the party is said to be in a dilemma over who to pick as his running mate for the 2023 election. Various caucuses in the party are reportedly behind the push for eight names…
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11 Delegates Slump During APC Special Convention – Emergency Responders
Punch Newspaper Emergency responders have confirmed that 11 persons comprising one female Plateau delegate and five other members of the All Progressives Congress collapsed at the just concluded presidential primary. The PUNCH gathered that the incidents attracted the attention of security operatives and sympathisers, who often carried them to waiting ambulances positioned at strategic locations…
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2023: Buhari Rallies Governors For Tinubu
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to work for the victory of the party’s presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He said the success story of the party at the 2015 and 2019 polls should be repeated in next year’s election. Also yesterday, APC National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu said “Tinubu is…
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Tinubu Releases Plans To Address ASUU’s Incessant Strike, Others
Victorious Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has rolled out his Nigeria Economic Agenda which could address the persistent strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as he has promised to allot 25% of budget to education. According to a report televised on Arise TV News Morning…
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President Buhari To Address Nigerians Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to address Nigerians via a live broadcast at 7:00 am on Sunday. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this during a Thursday morning briefing at a radio house in Abuja where he detailed activities to mark this year’s celebration. He said the broadcast will be centred on the celebration of…