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JUST IN: Tinubu Re-elected as ECOWAS Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has been reelected as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. The Nigerian leader who rose to power in May 2023 was re-elected as the ECOWAS chairman during the 65th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja on Sunday. Tinubu was chosen in a unanimous…
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Starmer confirms Rwanda deportation plan ‘dead’
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is “dead and buried”, on his first full day as prime minister. The Labour leader said he would end the “gimmick” of deporting migrants arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, which was established by the previous Conservative government. Labour campaigned on a manifesto pledge to scrap the scheme, which has…
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PHOTOS: From the Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Legacy Infrastructural Projects of the Renewed Hope Agenda
The Renewed Hope Legacy Road Infrastructure projects are new national road networks that will stimulate national economic development and enhance the nation’s GDP. This is the central message of the ongoing nationwide stakeholders’ engagement on the Lagos – Calabar Coastal Highway project, the design of the Sokoto- Badagry Super Highway project and the design of the Cross River- Abuja Superhighway…
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My fascination with the UK election and related matters, by Omoniyi Ibietan
Labour’s Sam Carling, 22, Commons’ youngest legislator, heads to Westminster to represent North West Cambridgeshire. Dubbed, “Baby of the House”, Mr. Carling, a graduate student of science at Cambridge University, defeated a veteran Conservative Parliamentarian, Shailesh Vara by 39 votes. Yet, Carling called his election a ‘political earthquake’. I think this is quite revolutionary. Indeed, election results do not have…
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PHOTOS: VP Shettima and other dignitaries attend Hajia Bola Shagaya’s son’s wedding
Vice President Kashim Shettima attended the wedding of Miss Ayotola Oluwatoyin and Mr. Muktar Tolani Shagaya in Lagos on Saturday The groom, Muktar Tolani Shagaya, is a Federal House of Representatives member representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency and the son of renowned businesswoman, socialite and investor, Hajia Bola Shagaya. Other dignitaries at the wedding included the Chairman of Nigeria Governors…
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PHOTOS: How Ogbomoso Chief Imam ate humble pie, begged Soun on bended knees at Police headquarters
New information has emerged on how the Chief Imam of Ogbomosho, Sheikh Teliat Yinusa Ayilara, finally ate the humble pie and went on his knees to beg for forgiveness from the Soun of Ogbomosoland Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye at the Oyo State Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Tuesday. The chief Imam has been embroiled in a controversy with the…
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LGBTQ Storm in $150 Billion Samoa Deal Teacup, by Farooq A. Kperogi
In the last two days, my social media feed has been suffused with impassioned expressions of grief and outrage from Nigerians over a putative June 28 agreement that the Nigerian government has signed with the European Union to legalize LGBTQ+ rights in the country in exchange for a $150 economic package. It turned out that a July 4 Daily Trust…
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Reflection on Nigerian Civil Service as the “Best in the World” debate, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
On 22nd June, 2024, at a sporting event organized for civil servants as part of activities to mark the 2024 Civil Service Week, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, made a fundamental claim about the status of the Nigerian Civil Service. At that event, the HCSF commended the hardworking and intelligent civil and…
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Reformist Massoud Pezeshkian elected Iran’s president
Reformist Massoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran’s new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian’s favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Mr Jalili polled at 44.3%. The run-off came after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28…
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Edo 2024: Tinubu meets APC guber candidate, Okpebholo, Oshiomhole
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa on Friday with Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Dennis Idahosa, his running partner, ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election that is set for September 21. The candidates were escorted to the Villa by the Minister for Niger Delta Development,…
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