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Sustaining the stimulus of hope, By Fredrick Nwabufo
It has been 30 days of the Bola Tinubu administration, and it has been a bustling and eventful one. President Tinubu has rightfully earned the ticket “Baba-go-fast” for the decisiveness, punctiliousness, diligence, and swiftness of his leadership. The past 30 days have been motion, movement, and acceleration. Good things happen when governance runs on the stimulus of hope. “Hitting the…
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Tobi Amusan dominates women’s 100m hurdles at Stockholm Diamond League
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan claimed victory in the women’s 100m hurdles amidst challenging weather conditions at the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday. Despite the rain-soaked evening, the world champion and current record holder crossed the finish line in an impressive time of 12.52 seconds. Amusan entered the race as the clear favorite, with Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn notably absent from the…
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JAMB withdraws result of UTME candidate for parading fake scores to get award
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has withdrawn the result of one Mmesoma Ejikeme, a candidate of the just-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, over alleged manipulation of her scores. This was contained in a statement by the spokesman for the board, Fabian Benjamin, and made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. Ejikeme, who claimed to have scored…
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Sonala Olumhense got it all wrong on Lagos, By Gbenga Omotoso
Sonala Olumhense’s June 25 article published in Sunday PUNCH with the headline “Lagos, centre of excess”makes interesting read but it is wide off the mark in its assessment of Lagos. It was based largely on the Economic Intelligence Unit’s yearly report on cities, which has been variously described in well-informed circles as “dubious” and “misleading”. Why the respected writer, instead…
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Akwa-Ibom government tackles unemployment, to set up business school
A business school to train and develop budding entrepreneurs is in the offing in Akwa Ibom State. This is to enable entrepreneurs excel in their small and medium scale enterprises in line with the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda of the present administration. The State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, announced this when he addressed the congregation at All Nations Christian Ministry International (aka…
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FG carpets EU, says report on 2023 general elections based on rumours, hearsays
The Federal Government has rejected the European Union’s (EU) conclusions regarding the credibility of the 2023 general elections. The Federal Government’s position was contained in a press statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake. Alake criticized the EU’s assessment, emphasizing the transparency and integrity of the electoral process.…
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PHOTO NEWS: Olunloyo receives Adeleke at Ibadan residence
Former Governor of old Oyo State, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo on Sunday at his Ibadan residence received the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke who came on a courtesy visit. Olunloyo, during the visit, commended Adeleke for his political success and electoral victories in Osun State where he party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won all the elective seats in both…
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Adeleke moots plans for diaspora office, says diasporans are agents of development
Governor Ademola Adeleke has hinted of plans by his administration to create a diaspora office to attend to the needs and aspirations of Osun indigenes in African countries and other parts of the world. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Osun indigenes are resident in Benin, Togo, Ghana with a very huge population in Ivory Coast. This is…
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FOR THE RECORD: For Africans, philosophy is in languages, By Sophie Oluwole
LET me express my gratitude in the words of the Yoruba philosophy of life that goes thus: K’a ma tete ku, awo ile alayo/ Aiteteku se, awo ibanuje/ Bi’ ku bade, ka yin Oluwa l’ogo, awo Oloooto/ Eese ti iku fi n pani? / Ire ni Amuniwaye fi iku se/ Omi ti ko san si’ wa ti ko san s’ehin/…
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‘I Miss My King’, Sammie Okposo’s wife remembers late gospel singer on 13 wedding anniversary
Ozioma Okposo, the wife of the late gospel singer Sammie Okposo has used their 13 wedding anniversary to celebrate the special moments they had together. On Saturday afternoon, Ozioma shared throwback wedding pictures of herself and her husband on her Instagram account. The wife released the wedding pictures to commemorate her 13th wedding anniversary to Sammie who passed on at…
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