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Pandora Papers: Peter Obi Reacts To Report
Former Anambra State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to a media report that he breached Nigerian laws by engaging in secret businesses set up in tax havens, insisting that he broke no law. An online publication, Premium Times, quoting Pandora Papers, had…
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OAU Muslim Graduates, UNIFEMGA Empowers 200 Youths
No fewer than 200 youths have benefitted from an economic empowerment workshop organised by Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA), Ibadan chapter. The one-day workshop, which was held in Ibadan with the theme ‘Seeking Socio-economic security: The Islamic Panacea’, had in attendance participants who cut across all ages, genders and religions. The participants were…
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Nigerian Army Speaks On Arrest of Nollywood Actor, as Colleague Knocks Chinwetalu For Wearing Biafra Regalia
Hours after the news of the arrest of Veteran Nollywood Actor, Chiwetalu Agu, hit the cyberspace, Nigerian Army has confirmed the report saying he was arrested for promoting the cause of the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra by wearing the Biafran regalia. In a statement signed by Onyema Nwachukwu, the army’s spokesperson, Agu was…
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INEC Releases Final List of Gubernatorial Candidates For Anambra Poll [See Names]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list for the next month gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the list includes the name of PDP’s candidate for the poll , Mr Valentine Ozigbo alongside his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo. Also in the 18 candidates list published on Thursday were Professor Chukwuma Soludo…
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Video: Moment Army Arrested Veteran Nollywood Actor in Anambra
Nollywood star, Chinwetalu Agu, has been arrested by some officers of the Nigerian Army for reportedly adorning Biafra insignia at the popular Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra State. The veteran actor was said to be in the commercial city on a charitable mission where he shared food items to the less privileged. A trending…
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FULL SPEECH: Buhari Presents N16.39 Trillion 2022 Budget To National Assembly
BUDGET SPEECH Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint…
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Ex-Pension Boss, Maina, Son Sentenced To 14 Years Imprisonment
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to 14 years imprisonment. The Court, in judgement that was delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, found Faisal guilty on a three-count money laundering charge the Economic and…
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Why FG Removed UNILAG Pro-Chancellor, Babalakin
The Federal Government has explained why the embattled former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of that University, Dr. Bolanle Olawale Babalakin (SAN), was removed, insisting that he was not exonerated by the General Martin Luther Agwai-led Regular Visitation Panel to the University. The Special Presidential Visitation Panel and the White Paper, thereof, recommended…
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U.S. Reveals Number of Nuclear Weapons Stockpiled in Four Years
President Joe Biden led government has revealed the number of nuclear weapons in the US stockpile for the first time in four years. In a reversal of the Trump era policy, the State Department released its “Transparency in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile” fact sheet, which comes as the Biden administration is conducting a review…
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One Killed, Two Other Varsity Students Injured in Jigawa Gas Explosion
A student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, has died while two others were seriously injured in a gas explosion. The 200-level student of the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, was one of the three students injured in the gas explosion which occurred at an off campus hostel in Dutse,…