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Tinubu in Owerri, says will work to advance Buhari’s legacies
…President Buhari reaffirms APC candidate as next president of Nigeria All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday told a mammoth rally in Owerri, Imo State capital, that he would work assiduously to advance the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari. At the rally attended by the president, the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, three state governors,…
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APC Campaign Council dissociates Diaspora Directorate from branded wine stunt
All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has dissociated its Directorate of Diaspora Affairs from the viral video of brand wine being circulated on social media. The Campaign Council in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga described the video as a mischievous campaign stunt created by opposition elements to misinform the public. It said…
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Police invite Fani-Kayode over coup comments
Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has been invited by the Nigeria Police Force for a meeting with the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja on Wednesday. This was contained in an invitation letter addressed to Fani-Kayode dated February 13 and signed by CP Arungwa Nwazue on behalf of the AIG, Force Intelligence Bureau. Although the letter did…
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Oga Steve Osuji: This Shettima is different, By Ismail Omipidan
When the American comedian, Groucho Marx, defined politics as “the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies,” he may not have had Nigeria in mind. However, his definition of politics aptly describes our present situation in Nigeria. Otherwise, a cerebral Nigerian journalist would not have picked up his pen to write…
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Who wins? By Raheem Akingbolu
Less than thirteen days to the 2023 presidential election, the die is cast and the hens are coming home to roost. Supporters of the major contenders have been trying to out-do themselves in telling us that their respective candidate is the President-in-waiting. That’s legitimate. But let it be taken to the bank that the presidential candidate of the ruling All…
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Tinubu on currency swap, By Kayode Oyedeji
When Tinubu spoke in Abeokuta on CBN Currncy redesign, he spoke the minds of an average Nigerian on the need for the CBN and the Federal government to address the unintended consequences of the Apex Bank initiative. The Naira Swap Policy has created a supply crisis that has unfortunately led to distortions within the economy, foisting needless hardship on the…
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The cash fiasco – rescuing the people, saving the policy, By Tope Fasua
I had written about the efficacy of ‘following the money’ by changing the currency in order to give Nigeria’s many organized criminals – kidnappers, bandits, drug-dealers, and of course some heavily-corrupt civil servants and politicians some hard times, months before the Buhari government eventually came up with the idea in October 2022. See https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/548804-cleaning-black-money-as-an-urgent-national-imperative-by-tope-fasua.html. When the project was announced therefore,…
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PHOTO NEWS: Family, friends, movie stars extol Peace Anyiam-Osigwe’s good deeds on night of tributes
It was a sober night and one of teary eyes on Saturday, February 11 at Marriot Hotel, GRA Ikeja. It was the day statesmen, movie stars from within and outside Nigeria, family members and friends of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) gathered to remember her numerous good deeds and life changing impacts she made during her…
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Chrisland – A Legacy in Jeopardy, By Chris Adetayo
In the mid 1970s, Mama Awosika and her late husband, Victor Awosika, ventured into an arena that individuals didn’t go into. Back then, very few thought of sending their wards to private schools. For our public schools were great – great facilities, great teachers, great programmes. Schools were decently funded and even though teachers weren’t the best paid around, they…
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Sanwo-Olu meets Lagos business community, reassures stakeholders of state’s commitment to growth
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday assured the Lagos business community on the commitment of his administration to sustain strategic investment in infrastructure to bolster productivity, energise business growth and protect private investments. The governor had an interactive meeting with the Organised Private Sector (OPS) at Oriental Hotels, where he spoke of the state’s economic redistribution plans aimed at expanding the…
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