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CDS offers support to Golf for Peace Tournament
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has offered his support to a golf tournament promoting peace. The tournament, scheduled for November 25, 2023, at IBB Golf Course and Country Club, aims to bring together prominent military personnel, influential figures, and avid golf enthusiasts from various nations, backgrounds, and ideologies. The Chief of Defense Staff met with a…
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Ogun: 603 students get scholarships from Gbemiga Abiodun Education Programme
The desire of indigent students in Remoland to continue to have access to quality education is now a reality with the award of scholarships by the Gbemiga Abiodun Education Program to 603 students in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions across Ogun state. The Gbemiga Abiodun Education Program was launched by Governor Dapo Abiodun and his wife in memory of their…
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PHOTO NEWS: Sanwo-Olu hosts MFM female basketball team
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday hosted players of the MFM female basketball team who are the reigning champions of the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League. The Governor assured them on the government’s support for them always. He wrote on Facebook, “I had the pleasure of meeting the MFM Women’s Basketball Team, the reigning champions of the Zenith Bank…
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Retiring Supreme Court judge, bemoans South East’s exclusion from presidential election panel
Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, who is retiring from the Supreme Court has raised alarm over the exclusion of the South East from the panel that heard the presidential election appeals and the Supreme Court bench. Justice Muhammad, who retired from the Supreme Court bench on Friday, having reached the 70 years compulsory retirement age, said it was dangerous for democracy…
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Nigeria, behold thy president, By Jesutega Onokpasa
Years ago when the comedian, Bright “Basketmouth” Okpocha, was just starting out, he told this joke that made everyone laugh but made me quite reflective and rather sad. I’m unable to reproduce the joke verbatim so will paraphrase but the gist of it is as follows: “When God was creating the world, He began to invest different countries with various…
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Tinubu appoints Olaopa civil service commission chairman, constitutes board
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof Tunji Olaopa as the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission. This wwas contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale on Friday. According to the statement, the president also appointed other members of the commission’s board. The statement read, “As one of fourteen Federal…
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Bisi Kazeem promoted FRSC deputy corps marshal
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal. Kazeem, is to represent the southwest geopolitical zone of the country. Kazeem’s appointment was disclosed in a statement by Corps Commander, Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Headquarters, Abuja, Charles Edem. The statement read, “The Secretary…
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Ijogbon: Art director Tunji Afolayan accuses Kunle Afolayan of contract breach
Art Director, has accused the Managing Director of KAP Productions Limited, Kunle Afolayan, for violating the terms of their contract in the production of the movie Ijogbon. This was contained in letter sent to Kunle Afolayan by Osifowora & Co., a legal firm representing Tunji Afolayan. The letter, which was signed by the lead counsel of the firm, Olatubosun Osifowora,…
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2023 AFRIFF to open with ‘Orah’, a revenge thriller inspired by SARS killing
‘Orah’, a crime thriller by Lonzo Nzekwe, a Nigerian-Candian filmmaker, will kick off this year’s Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF). The movie is about a female taxi driver in Toronto who seeks revenge for her son’s murder by a notorious Nigerian drug lord. The founder of AFRIFF, Chioma Ude, said the movie reflects the theme of this year’s edition, Indigenous…
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Obasanjo, Garvey agree on Badagry as Africa Slave Trade Museum Centre
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the leader of the Diasporan delegation to motherland Africa, Dr Julius Garvey, have both agreed to have Badagry in Lagos State, as location for the world Africa Slave Trade Museum. This followed a meeting held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, during a courtesy visit on the former President and…
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