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EXCLUSIVE: Why President Biden is yet to congratulate Tinubu, 33 days after electoral victory
‘Tosin Oluwalowo Facts have emerged as to why President Joe Biden is yet to congratulate Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, more than one month after his victory in the February 25 presidential elections. Many world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have sent their congratulatory messages immediately the…
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Death of lies and time to heal the “Obidients”, By Kunle Awosiyan
It is always difficult to nurse a lie to adult, it will produce a deformed truth. This is not the time for the fans of the All Progressives Congress to gloat over their victory but the time to help the losers who had bet their lives on winning the presidential election. When you sponsored lies to demarket your opponents and…
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At United Nations ECOSOC, Nigeria renews call for fair international tax practices
Nigeria has, again called on the United Nations and the International Tax Community to forge an inclusive, equitable, fair and universally beneficial international tax system towards the attainment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Making the call on behalf of the country, Mr. Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stated this while delivering…
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2023 elections and a memo to the Yorubas, By Tope Fasua
These peculiar times send us all back home to reexamine our Nigerian-hood and even go further. We knew, and I warned, that the 2023 elections would have consequences for relationships especially as it took on a tribal and religious coloration from get-go. Politicians did what they had to do to win elections – including the Muslim-Muslim ticket (which could at…
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Buhari hails Anthony Joshua’s victory over Franklin
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua for his victory over Jermaine Franklin. Extolling the mentality of Joshua, who did not allow personal setbacks and obstacles to dent his resilient spirit, the President said the former three-time world heavyweight champion has demonstrated that by hard work, patience, dedication, persistence and humility, those who dare do win. President Buhari…
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A false sense of victimisation: a response to Olumide Akpata, By Rotimi Adeyeye
These are all rhetorics to justify painting pot calling kettle black. In Anambra State, where the same election took place the same day, We saw video clips of IPOB unknown gunmen killing their own Ibo people for the election, yet LP won just 8 seats, and APGA won 17. In such case, there was no “voter suppression, right”? In Anambra…
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LAMATA dismisses video of pushed train
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has dismissed what it termed an obviously doctored video clip showing four people purportedly pushing one of the train sets to be deployed for passenger operations for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, LRMT, Blue Line. LAMATA Consultant, Corporate Commission, Kolawole Ojelabi, described the video in circulation as doctored.He said, “The Lagos Metropolitan Area…
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NBA condemns arrest of APC lawyers in Rivers
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole while preparing documents to file a petition for the party. The lawyers were reportedly arrested while working on the petition to be submitted at the Governorship Election Tribunal. In a statement by its President Y. C.…
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Tinubu hails renowned Professor of Electrical Engineering, Adegbulugbe, at 68
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated Prof. AnthonyAdegbulugbe on his 68th birthday anniversary. Asiwaju Tinubu noted the many academic and professional accomplishments of Prof. Adegbulugbe in the fields of electrical engineering, climate change and entrepreneurship and praised him for his contributions to national development and knowledge globally. The President-elect and Prof. Adegbulugbe were both awardees at the seventh Convocation…
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Inside the long and winding road to Trump’s historic indictment
The New York grand jury hearing the case against Donald Trump was set to break for several weeks. The former president’s lawyers believed on Wednesday afternoon they had at least a small reprieve from a possible indictment. Trump praised the perceived delay. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had other plans. Thursday afternoon, Bragg asked the grand jury to return an historic indictment against Trump,…
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