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A’Ibom APC, SDP, collapse structure for Umo Eno, PDP
Ahead of the governorship election rescheduled for March 18, 2023, the Archbishop Sam Akpan-led faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as well as a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), have decided to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Umo Eno. The group under the umbrella of Truth Akwa Ibom registered their support…
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PHOTO NEWS: Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat visit train/BRT crash victims
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu along with Dep. Gov. Kadiri Hamzat and the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi on Thursday visited victims of the BRT/Train collision at the various hospitals where they are receiving treatments.
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Tinubu sympathises with victims of Ikeja train accident
I offer my sincere condolences to the victims and families affected by the gory incident involving a train and a bus in the Ikeja area of Lagos State earlier today. I am praying for all, including those who died and those who sustained injuries in the tragic and unfortunate incident. My thoughts are with them and with the Lagos State…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Our indifference to railway crossings, traffic safety rules, By Bamidele Johnson
Awful day in Lagos. A train slicing through a BRT bus, reportedly leaving many injured and a few confirmed dead, is a tragedy that may get worse for us, collectively and individually, if the death toll rises and/or permanent disabilities ensue. I do not have the details of how the accident happened, but I strongly suspect that the bus driver…
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The incidence of Babar Mai Fura, Hausa women and International Women’s Day, By Abdallah Adamu
His name was Sadik. Perhaps about 11 years old. He walked into my newly allocated office in the old Mass Communications building of Bayero University Kano (Nigeria) in 2013. I was startled. He was a tiny boy, deep dark skin, beautiful face with intense eyes and dolphin smile. He asked if I wanted to buy Fura (steamed millet balls blended…
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INEC confirms WesternPost’s story, shifts guber, state assembly elections till March 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for this Saturday to March 18. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education, Festus Okoye. The statement confirms WesternPost’s earlier report that the commission might shift the polls by one week. According to Okoye, the…
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Tinubu inaugurates legal team, instructs Olanipekun, 49 others, to defend his mandate
The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assembled a team of 49 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend his mandate which crystallised from the presidential election which took place on 25th February, 2023. At the inaugural meeting which held on Tuesday, 7th March, 2023, at the Ikoyi office of his lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, the president-elect informed the team that…
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Osinbajo marks 66th birthday with restored North East ‘insurgency orphans’ in Borno
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN set out to mark his 66th birthday today with a quiet morning devotion service at the Aguda House residence in the Presidential Villa and then spending time with the students of the Learning Centre in Borno. But unknown to him aides and others such as the Abuja International Choir had something else in mind. After…
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Kwara transporters hold solidarity rally for AbdulRazaq’s re-election bid
Thousands of transporters from various unions on Wednesday held a solidarity rally in Ilorin to drum support for the re-election bid of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The transporters stormed various parts of the capital city before arriving Government House where they reassured the governor of their total support for his comeback bid. Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
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Sanwo-Olu’s aide launches APC polling unit challenge
Following the low turn out of voters recorded in the presidential and National Assembly elections, the lowest since Nigeria’s return to democratic government, Lekan Fatodu, Senior Special Assistant to Lagos State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, has launched APC Polling Unit Challenge to improve participation of members of his party at the coming governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday,…
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