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Turkey’s presidential election goes to run-off: Election council
Turkey’s high-stakes presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, Turkey’s electoral chief Ahmet Yener, has said, citing official results from the country’s Supreme Election Council. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took 49.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, with his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, getting 44.89 percent, the Council said. As neither secured more than 50 percent of the vote, they will…
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Why court barred journalists, lawyers from Abba Kyari’s trial – Counsel
Journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restrained from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by Mr Sunday Joseph, counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Joseph, a director…
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BREAKING: Buhari’s powerful nephew, Tunde Sabi’u, packs out of Aso Rock
…sources say he is headed for London A powerful aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, Sabi’u Tunde, has begun moving his personal belongings out of the State House, Abuja Tunde, a Personal Assistant to Buhari and his nephew, was taking some of his things out of the Villa early Tuesday morning. Named after late General Tunde Idiagbon, the second-in-command to Muhammadu…
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No need losing sleep over US visa ban, By Femi Fani-Kayode
Those that have imposed a visa ban on some “selected Nigerians” for allegedly “undermining democracy” and “rigging elections” are perfectly within their rights to do so because it is their country and they can do as they please. We should lose no sleep over that because the Nigerian people, a great and sovereign people who belong to a great and…
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Seun Kuti responds to Police investigation report, questions public disclosure
Seun Kuti has issued a response to the investigative report conducted by Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, regarding the alleged assault of a policeman. In a press statement released on Tuesday by his legal representative, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, Kuti expressed his disappointment with the decision to publicly disclose the report instead of following proper legal…
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Seun Kuti and impunity of stardom, By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa
I watched with shock, disbelief, bewilderment, amazement and chagrin, a viral video where Afrobeat rising star, who should otherwise be the product of a rich heritage of revolutionary struggles, patriotism and selflessness, descended on a cultured policeman, assaulting him, provoking him and in that process also humiliating him and the agency that he represents. The barbarism of Seun Kuti’s unprovoked…
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Saint Obi, his death and troubled marriage, By Zik Zulu Okafor
His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition. His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool . His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies ; heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life. Saint Obi,…
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Rema’s “Calm Down” becomes first ever No.1 hit on The Official MENA Chart
Signed under Nigerian record label Mavin, the young rapper Rema topped the charts worldwide with his hit single “Calm Down”. The singer has been steadily on the rise ever since his debut, counting on an ever-growing fanbase and racking up international fame. At the moment of writing, “Calm Down” stands at almost 388,000,000 streams on Spotify, while its viral remix…
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Yari disregards APC zoning, determined to pursue Senate presidency
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has revealed that he is still in the race for the position of Senate President. Yari made this known while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the induction ceremony of new and returning members of the National Assembly on Monday. Yari said any senator-elect has the right to aspire to be a…
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US imposes visa restrictions on Nigerians over election disruption
The United States has announced visa restrictions on individuals in Nigeria who it claims disrupted the recently concluded elections. In a statement on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken clarified that the sanctions were specific to certain individuals and not the Nigerian people or the government as a whole. “The United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy…
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