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ECOWAS to confer democracy icon award on Buhari
As he prepares to leave office upon the conclusion of his two-term tenure, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS says it has made arrangements to honor President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the subregion. The ECOWAS Chairman, Guinea Bissau’s Umaro…
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Veteran actor Fadeyi Oloro dies after long illness
Veteran Nigerian actor, Ojo Arowosafe, popularly known as Baba Fadeyi Oloro, is dead. Arowosafe had been ill for over three years before his shocking death. He played Fadeyi Oloro in a Yoruba TV series titled ‘Arelu’ in the 80s. His death was confirmed to Premium Times by his daughter Fasunwon Bidemi Oluwafunke. His daughter recently joined an Instagram live session…
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Sanwo-Olu takes campaign to markets, assures Igbo traders of safety
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, received warm hospitality from communities of Igbo traders and businessmen across the state, as he embarked on campaign tour of major markets populated by people from the Southeast. The governor took a tour of the markets ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election, following the open endorsement and show of support for his re-election…
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Observer group charges Nigerians to come out for guber, state assembly elections
Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI), a INEC accredited observer organization for the 2023 general elections has called on Nigerians to come out en masse on March 11 to exercise their franchise for candidates of their choice in the gubernatorial and states Houses of Assembly elections in a peaceful and orderly manner. According to a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, VAI…
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A closing argument for Sanwo-Olu, By Temitope Ajayi
The choice before Lagosians this weekend will be very simple to make, as they go out to vote in the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Before the residents of the 5th largest economy in Africa are one major candidate, the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking re-election; and two otherwise fringe candidates who seem to have gained sudden…
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President-elect Apamaku! By Eniola Bello
Sometime in May 2002, the City Colleges of Chicago presented the distinguished alumnus award to the then Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the nomination of his alma mater, the Richard J. Daley College, one of the seven institutions that make up the city colleges in that American city. Reading Tinubu’s citation at a side event of the institutions’…
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Advantage of disadvantage, By Ray Ekpu
Any person who is a lover of books must endeavour to read a book titled: “David and Goliath” authored by Malcolm Gladwell, the famous author of Tipping Point. David and Goliath is a practical yet philosophical exploration of the Advantage of Disadvantage as well as the Disadvantage of Advantage. I want to contextualise the recent presidential election bearing this philosophy…
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Corruption trials not exclusive preserve of FG – Akeredolu
•••inaugurates ODIEC members, governing councils of state-owned tertiary institutions Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday averred that the trial of corrupt cases should not be the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government. Governor Akeredolu explained that since the commission of certain offences is local, it is proper that the trial be conducted in the place where the offence…
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The week after, By Olatunji Dare
The last installment of this column appeared on this page the day before the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the definitive outcome of the presidential election. In the week leading to the poll, the internet bristled with rumours, the content of which ranged from the apocalyptic to the farcical. You could dismiss more than 95 percent of them with a…
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Anti-party: LP dissolves Rivers State Executive Council
The Labour Party has announced the dissolution of its State Executive Council in Rivers State ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. According to a statement released by the Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kenneth Okonkwo, the Rivers executive was dissolved over anti-party activities. The statement read, “Comrade Julius Abure has dissolved the Labour Party State Executive…
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