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Next President of the Senate, By Yemi Adebowale
The list of aspirants for the position of President of the Senate in the 10th Assembly commencing in June keeps growing. As at the last count,10 senators were already jostling for the plum job. I’m not sorry to say that most of the aspirants are in the race for selfish reasons. Many of them have just been making noise with…
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BREAKING: APC Dissolves Presidential Campaign Council
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) inaugurated last year to prosecute the 2023 presidential election. The dissolution was contained in a statement on Saturday night, jointly signed by the Director General of the APC PCC, Governor Simon Bako Lalong and the Secretary of the council, James Abiodun Faleke. The party on behalf of the…
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Haruna Ishola, the father of Apala music
by Ayomide Olaniyan , Although the history of Apala music is a bit muddy, its creation and popularity is associated with the late and legendary Haruna Ishola. Born in Igbaire Oko-Sopin, Ijebu-Igbo (now Ogun state) in 1919, Haruna Ishola Adebayo Bello, who was popularly known as “Baba Ngani Agba,” began his journey into music at a young age. Until his death in…
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Kemi Adetiba eulogises husband on their 1st wedding anniversary
Nigerian movie producer Kemi Adetiba and Oscar Heman-Ackah, her husband, have marked their one year wedding anniversary. The filmmaker was so excited about her husband in an Instagram post on Saturday. She accompanied the post with a clip from their marriage ceremony while expressing excitement that she’s legally married. “Happy “WE IS LEGAL NOW” baby,” she wrote.“You give me a…
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33 years after: How we executed the Orkar coup, By Victor Tolofari
One of the key actors of the attempted coup, Captain Tolofari, who escaped into exile after the coup failed, later put his thoughts together in a book titled “Exploitation and instability in Nigeria: The Orkar coup in perspective”, which was published in 2004, detailing the ideological pinning of the putsch and how it was executed. Here is a brief excerpt:…
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With Buhari leaving, I am relieved Tinubu/Shettima are succeeding him, says Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has indicated that while he will miss the huge support he got from President Muhammadu Buhari, he is highly relieved that the combination of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim are the ones stepping in. Zulum described the APC’s victory in the February 25th Presidential elections as the greatest relief to him and his…
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Earth Day: Adeleke approves climate agenda for Osun State
As the world marks Earth Day on Saturday, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved a comprehensive climate change agenda to address emerging concerns about climate change and its impact on the state. The new agenda includes the formulation of a climate change and adaptation policy for Osun State, the creation of the state climate advisory board, the establishment of…
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The Aishatu Binani’s twaddle, By Yemi Adebowale
It was repulsive watching the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Adamawa State, Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru delivering an acceptance speech last Sunday after she was illegally declared the governor-elect of the state by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Ari. She said her election as the first female governor in the country would encourage other women to participate actively in…
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Sports minister orders closure of National Stadium, Lagos
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Saturday announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse of a floodlight mast. Dare made this known in a statement after inspecting the facility. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dare had paid a scheduled visit to the stadium on Friday, promising to make…
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Mefinomics, Obigotry and issues of forgiveness, By Kunle Awosiyan
Section 31 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 has enabled Godwin Emefiele’s Anchors Borrowers programme to establish a linkage between the apex bank and small scale farmers to produce foods for us in commercial quantity. Emefiele’s pyramid of rice has since disappeared, leaving us with stony local rice at expensive price, a bit lower than the “banned” imported…
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