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Ekiti APC Chairman, Omotoso, abducted by gunmen
Mr. Paul Omotosho, the chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti State was on Saturday abducted on the Agbado-Ekiti/Imesi-Ekiti road. Spokesperson for APC in state, Segun Dipe, said Omotosho was abducted by yet to be identified gunmen who stopped his vehicle by shooting at it and then, taking him away in their own vehicle. He said Omotosho was alone…
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Shettima represents Tinubu at Subomi Balogun’s burial
Founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), the late Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun was an institution in the Nigerian banking sector and a model for generations of bankers and lawyers, among other professionals, according to the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima. The Vice President who represented President Bola Tinubu, made the observation on Saturday in his remarks at the funeral…
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Tinubu arrives Guinea-Bissau for ECOWAS summit, visits Nigerian troops
After his successful participation at the summit on “A New Global Financing Pact” in Paris, France hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Bissau, capital of Republic of Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu also used…
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Impunity is a Nigerian virtue, By Wale Bakare
The cacophony was unbelievable in the afternoon heat. I had come down from my car in front of the LCC! Building in Alausa to make the rest of the slightly less than 2km journey home on foot. It wasn’t the first time I was doing this and I rather welcomed the opportunity for a little extra exercise. I remember the…
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Ohanaeze has nothing against Tinubu as president, says Iwuanyanwu
Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural Organization, has said that the organization has nothing against the presidency of President Bola Tinubu or his aspirations during the election. Iwuanyawu said this while speaking to the media recently during his visit to Lagos. In the interview, he clarified Ohanaeze’s position regarding the presidency of Tinubu,…
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Three Lessons from the ethnicization of the JAMB controversy, By Farooq Kperogi
Over the last few days, I recoiled in horror and disgust as the fairly straightforward case of JAMB exam result fraud by 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme of the Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, unwarrantedly intensified Nigeria’s preexisting primordial fractures, deepened a sense of persecution complex among a demographic group, and hardened phobias and hate on social media. It…
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Oby Ezekwesili makes u-turn on Mmesoma JAMB result, advocates integrity of exams
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has made a u-turn on her earlier stance on Ejikeme Mmesoma who forged her Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB results. The former minister had earlier requested for a forensic investigation of the matter. But after the Anambra State government released it’s findings indicting the 19-year-old, Ezekwisili said she supported the move by JAMB…
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MURIC awards Oluwo ‘Defender of the Faithful’ Sunday
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), will tomorrow honour The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi as the “Defender Of The Faithful”. The event is scheduled to hold at Combo Hall, LTV 8, Ikeja by 10:00 am. The award is in recognition of his pivotal role as an outspoken traditional ruler who boldly and openly identifies with Islam in…
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Tiwa Savage admits to being nervous at King Charles’ coronation concert
Afrobeat First Lady, Tiwa Savage has admitted in a TV interview in the United Kingdom that she was nervous on stage during her globally applauded performance at the concert to celebrate the coronation of King Charles in May this year. Tiwa who said she was nervous for few seconds after getting on the big stage and regained herself, has been…
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Mmesoma confesses to generating fake JAMB result-Anambra govt
Ejikeme Mmesoma the candidate who was accused by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of forging a fake result has confessed to the crime. This was disclosed by the Anambra State government in the report of the investigation panel to look into the matter. According to the state government, the 19-year-old “admitted that she manipulated the fake results herself,…
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