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Politics is for the humble, the rugged and the faithful, By Tope Fasua
So, a few weeks back my darling wife informed me that her colleague at UNIBEN, an ex-GTBank exec who now works in Kogi State Govt will call me about an APC event. The Youth campaign of APC had an event and they will like me to speak. I had no hesitation. I believe in the project, no matter what anyone…
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This thing called structure, By Mahmud Jega
Eighteen candidates on the ballot in February’s presidential election became less visible during this holiday period. They held no mass rallies, town hall meetings, Million Man Marches or even major newspaper and television interviews. It is a costly lull since there are only seven short weeks left to the election, that is, unless you have a solid “structure.” A candidate…
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Tinubu extols virtues of Ondo people as champions of progressive government
…lambasts Atiku, Obi …our people will show their stuff on February 25, says Akeredolu All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has hailed the people of Ondo State, saying they have always been champions of people-oriented and progressive government. Addressing the state rally on Saturday at Democracy Park, Akure, the state capital, he urged the people of the…
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Adeleke calls for peaceful campaigns, warns against vandalisation of posters, billboards
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has urged politicians to embrace peaceful electioneering strategies as the nation prepares for next month’s general elections. Speaking in his office while receiving leaders of thought from the state on Friday evening, the governor condemned the increasing disruptive nature of campaigns in some areas of the state, particularly the vandalization of billboards and posters.…
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Kogi govt queries ‘disloyal’ Ohinoyi of Ebiraland for shunning Buhari during state visit
Kogi State government has queried the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim, for his refusal to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to the state on December 29. The state government in the query signed by the Director of Chieftaincy Affairs, Enimola Eniola, accused the Ohinoyi of insubordination and disloyalty, saying he had been pre-informed of Buhari’s visit.…
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old with gun in US classroom-Police
A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. No students were injured in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher – a woman in her 30s – suffered life-threatening injuries. Newport News Police Chief Steve…
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Basketmouth’s ex-wife, Elsie, speaks on culture of marriage-shaming
Elsie, the former wife of popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, has spoken about marriage-shaming. She addressed people who shame unmarried women barely weeks after her ex-husband, Basketmouth, announced their marriage crash in December. She noted this in a video she shared via her Instagram account on Friday saying: “I feel like it is only in this part…
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McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes
Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker in the early hours of Saturday morning – a major victory for the California Republican that elevates him to a powerful position leading the GOP majority in the chamber and an outcome that followed days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes. To secure the gavel, McCarthy had to chip away at opposition from a…
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The obsessive security chap called Yusuf Bichi, By Yemi Adebowale
I thought the story was fake when it first emerged early in December last year that the Department of State Service (DSS) was surreptitiously working to obtain an ex-parte order from a court in Abuja to arrest and detain the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. I could not imagine the Director General of the DSS, Yusuf…
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Alex told me to get sexual satisfaction from other men – Fancy
Former lover to Alex Ekubo, Fancy Acholonu, has finally revealed why she broke up with the actor. She said Ekubo told her to get sexual satisfaction from other men. Acholonu has been in the news since she apologised to the film star in December for calling off their wedding in 2021. She, however, kept many of her fans in the…
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