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140,000 international passports still uncollected nationwide, says NIS
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service (DCI), Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview during an official visit to the Alausa Passport office in Ikeja, Lagos State. Akuneme also said about 40,000 of the total 140,000 are in the Alausa Passport office…
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Bayelsa has 250,000 out-of-school children, Diri laments
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Tuesday expressed regret at the estimated 250,000 out-of-school children in the state, saying the figure was worrisome and alarming. He urged parents, traditional rulers and community leaders to join hands with the government to reverse the trend. Diri spoke during the inauguration of a national campaign on out-of-school children organised by the Federal…
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Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu mourn Nigerian Filmmaker, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu have both mourned the death of Nigerian filmmaker and founder of the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA)s, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. This was contained in statements signed by their media aides Tunde Rahman and Gboyaga Akosile respectively. Tinubu in the statement said the late Anyiam-Osigwe…
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Tinubu will continue my legacy to rebuild Nigeria, Buhari tells Yobe people
…newly-commissioned cargo airport will boost agriculture in Yobe – Tinubu President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians and people of Yobe State to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the next President. Buhari spoke at the Damaturu Township stadium during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally where he told the people why they should vote for the former Governor…
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My worst flight experiences, By Bamidele Johnson
May 3, 2002. That was the first day I met Shina Badaru, then IT Editor of This Day. It was a chance meeting on a flight from Abuja to Lagos. I was returning with Simon Kolawole, then Editor of This Day on Saturday, and Ademola Adegbamigbe, editor of TheNEWS, when we met him on the plane and got introduced to…
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Nobody can blackmail me with illicit enrichment – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State Banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his vow to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in office and…
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Tinubu says Nigeria will prevail over forces of darkness, condemns Edo train station attack
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has strongly condemned Saturday’s abduction of train passengers in Edo State. Describing the abduction of 31 passengers who were waiting to board train at Igueben Station to Warri as another sad episode in the security challenges facing the country, Tinubu said Nigeria would prevail against the agents of darkness. The…
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Family, friends mourn AMAA founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
Families and friends have mourned the death of founder of The Africa Movie Academy Awards Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. The family confirmed her death via a statement on Tuesday. The late Anyiam-Osigwe reportedly died at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos after being in coma since Saturday. “Peace, the Ada of the Anyiam-Osigwe family, was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter, humanitarian, one-of-a-kind…
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Omo-Agege predicts defection tsunami from Delta PDP
Deputy Senate President and Delta All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege , has said there will be a tsunami of defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the days ahead. He spoke at the ongoing APC Ward to Ward campaigns on Monday at Iyede-Ame and Ofagbe, both Isoko communities, in Ndokwa East and Isoko North…
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The thundering turnout for Tinubu in Yola, By Bala Ibrahim
The people of Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, and home to the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have joined the bandwagon, by going in the popular trend of supporting the increasingly attractive train of the Tinubu/Shetima campaign caravan, which has made an alarming appearance in the city today. The trio of President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Chairman of the…
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