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Obi is a ‘quack doctor’, can’t solve Nigeria’s problems – APC
Spokesman of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council in the South East, Dr. Josef Onoh has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Peter Obi is a quack doctor. Onoh was reacting to a statement by Obi that Nigerians should not hand over a ‘sick’ country to a ‘sick’ president. Onoh disagreed with Obi about Nigeria being sick. His…
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2023: Nobody can rig election again in Nigeria – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said election has become very difficult to rig in the country with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The governor described the BVAS as a laudable development in the nation electoral process. Governor Akeredolu spoke in his office on Thursday while playing host to the retiring Resident Electoral Commissioner in…
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Usain Bolt reportedly missing millions from investment accounts
Usain Bolt is reportedly missing millions of dollars after funds vanished from the eight-time Olympic champion’s investment accounts. The track and field icon’s manager, Nugent Walker, has claimed that Jamaica’s Financial Investigations Division and Financial Services Commission has launched an investigation. Bolt, still a world recorder holder at 100m and 200m since retiring in 2017, was first alerted to the…
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Obasanjo, Tinubu and leadership acumen, By Segun Ayobolu
There can be no disputing the fact that every successor to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu since the latter’s exit from the governorship of Lagos State after two terms in 2007 – Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Mr. Akinwumi Ambode and now Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu – have been men of competence and accomplishment with proven and impressive records of performance. But…
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LASG amends Y2022/2023 harmonised school calendar
The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) has announced a change in the dates earlier slated for the mid-term break of the second term in the 2022/2023 academic year from Friday, 24th February to Friday, 3rd March, 2023. The new calendar is as approved by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA),…
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Two SA airports ranked in global top 20, and FlySafair is second-most punctual airline worldwide
Low-cost South African airline FlySafair is the second most on-time airline in the world, according to an annual ranking by global travel data provider OAG, based in the UK. Its Punctuality League 2023 report, released this week, analysed flight data during 2022 to determine the most on-time airlines and airports in the world. FlySafair’s on-time performance of 95.3% got it…
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China set for historic demographic turn, accelerated by COVID traumas
Living under China’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions for the past three years had caused Zhang Qi enough stress and uncertainty to consider not having babies in the country. When China abruptly dismantled its “zero COVID” regime last month to let the virus spread freely, the balance tilted to a definite “No”, the Shanghai-based e-commerce executive said. Stories about mothers and babies…
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A thought for our domestic staff, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Early morning walk has become a part of my daily routine now, since I made a commitment to it months ago. It is therapeutic for body and mind for many reasons. But then, not just for the body and mind. Not just for the opportunity to listen to the silence yearning for ears from within but to meditate and dig…
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Buhari pledges support for Osun, as Adeleke pays ‘thank you’ visit
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday promised to consider the requests for assistance made by the new Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who was at State House on a ‘thank you’ visit. The governor, elected on platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he had come to appreciate the President for providing a level playing field in the election…
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Buhari wants Global South to agree on common agenda to reduce debt burden, inflation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged leaders of the Global South to agree on a common agenda on ways to reduce the increasing burden of debt and inflation on that region of the world. Addressing the Global South Virtual Summit, the President expressed optimism that the meeting, hosted by India, in its capacity as the voice of the South, will…
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