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Lagos denies involvement in demolition of Computer Village’s POWA complex
The Lagos State Government has denied being behind the planned demolition of POWA complex at Computer Village in Ikeja. In a statement on Sunday, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso said the complex is owned by the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), “which ordered its demolition”. The statement read, “Lagos State Government has nothing to do with the…
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A Review of Our Punch Years: Reminiscences of and insider accounts by former editors and staff of Nigeria’s most widely newspaper at 50, By Tunde Akanni
COURTESY Please, permit me to adopt the already established protocols. Most sincerely, I feel immeasurably honoured and deem it pleasurable too, undertaking this assignment. It’s a call to special service comparable only to that of an uncommon food taster who certifies delicacies fit for most distinguished guests. Here I am, officially enabled to harvest trans-generational experiences of heroes, lapping up…
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A yuletide reflection on Nigeria’s blue economy, By Omoniyi Ibietan
I was at Gordon Resort Hotel by McCarthy Beach before, during, and after Christmas, in giving expression to my annual personal retreat. For reasons connected to the global economic challenges, I had no White Christmas, but there’s so much to thank God for. So, I seized the opportunity of the tranquillity of the Ethiope River’s bank at Urhuoka, Abraka, where…
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Tshisekedi re-elected DR Congo president as opposition calls vote a ‘farce’
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi won re-election with more than 70 percent of the vote, the country’s election commission has announced. The preliminary results of the December 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, on Sunday amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to massive…
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National Theatre management debunks fire outbreak rumour
The management of the National Theatre has debunked the rumour that the iconic building was razed by fire on New Year’s Eve. In a press statement issued on Sunday, the management said that the fire incident occurred at a remote area annexed to the National Theatre environment, formerly occupied by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC),…
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Factional Rivers Assembly Speaker Ehie resigns as lawmaker
Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Ehie Ogerenye, the speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly who is loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has resigned from his position and his seat as a lawmaker. In a letter to the INEC National Chairman, Ehie said he voluntarily quit as the speaker and the member representing Ahoada-East Constituency II in the 10th Assembly. He…
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North Korea says it will no longer seek reunification with South Korea, will launch new spy satellites in 2024
North Korea will no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, Kim Jong Un has declared, as his nation vowed to put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024. Kim said inter-Korean relations had become “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” the state-run news agency KCNA reported. “It’s time for us to…
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PHOTOS NEWS: President Tinubu meets childhood friend Adedayo
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday met with his childhood friend, Kunle Adedayo, at his Queen’s Drive, Ikoyi new residence. Adedayo who is the owner Tastee Fried Chicken, visited the president to celebrate the festive season with him. He was in company of his wife.
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Late Ghali Na’Abba: Salute to an avatar of democracy, By Ali M. Ali
Ghali Umar Na’Abba was a man with a protean face. Hate him or love him, no one will deny him his progressive credentials. Any wonder why when he breathed his last on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s political capital where he once held court as the lead lawmaker in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, the panapoly of reactions…
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Zack Orji hospitalised after collapsing in the bathroom
Nollywood legend Zack Orji is reportedly in a critical condition at the National Hospital, Abuja, after he collapsed in the bathroom of his home. A video circulating on social media shows the 63-year-old actor being carried out of his house by some people and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Sources say that Orji had been feeling weak for…
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