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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari attends 36th AU summit in Addis Ababa
President Muhammadu Buhari is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the African Union summit. He participated at the opening Ceremony of the 36th AU Summit in Addis Ababa alongside other African leaders.
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Appeal Court strikes our Nwajuba’s case against Tinubu’s presidency
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal of former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court had on December 15, 2022 dismissed a suit filed…
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At the bank today, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju
Each time I drive past the main street housing banks in Akure, I feel overtaken by fear, due to the number of people angling to go into the banking hall or those at the ATM. Until this morning, I usually thank God that I do not need to visit the bank. Why? I hardly use cash, unless I’m visiting my…
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I don’t need marriage, I only want companion – Shaffy Bello
Nollywood super actress, Shaffy Bello, has said she only needs a companion and no longer needs marriage after two children. In a recent episode of Mercy’s Menu, Shaffy Bello described herself as “a one man kind of woman.” Shaffy said she wants to settle with a man but not in a marriage setting. “I am a one man kind of…
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My background makes me appreciate difficulties caused by currency swap policy – Tinubu
…asks traders not to despair The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said his background as a son of a market woman is what made him appreciate the unintended hardship caused by the ongoing naira swap policy. Tinubu, who had at different times expressed reservations about the implementation of the policy, said his…
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Elections won’t be postponed, Presidency assures Nigerians
The Federal Government has again assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as scheduled. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu. This comes after many claims that the Federal Government introduced the redesigned naira notes to truncate the conduct of the election and impose an…
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For Peace, for posterity, By AMAA jury
The entire Jury of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) deeply condoles with the illustrious Anyiam-Osigwe family and the Nigerian film industry over the passing into glory of Peace Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe. For us on the AMAA Jury, Peace was more than our colleague and principal. She was a friend, a sister, a patriot and a committed cineaste who desired and…
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Tinubu didn’t ask governors to disregard Buhari, says campaign council
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that its presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu asked governors elected on the platform of the party to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari. Many APC governors, including Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and Dapo Abiodun of Ogun states have asked indigenes of their states to…
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How to poll 93 million voters – the challenge of pulling off Nigeria’s presidential elections, By Emmanuel Remi Aiyede
Nigeria’s registered voters, which the Independent National Electoral Commission has put at 93.5 million, are expected to come out in their numbers in what will be Africa’s biggest election this year. They will be electing the president and members of the National Assembly on 25 February and governors and members of the State Houses of Assembly on 11 March. To…
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Kwara APC slams Saraki for ‘shedding crocodile tears’ over naira crisis
Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) has knocked the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sidekicks on what the party called their crocodile tears over the naira redesign crisis. The APC, in a statement on Thursday morning by the party’s Public Relations Officer Alhaji Folaranmi Tajudeen Aro, said that Senator Bukola was one of the…
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