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Chimamanda Adichie bags chieftaincy title, becomes Odeluwa Abba
Renowned novelist and feminist, Chimamanda Adichie has been honoured with the traditional title by the King of her community, His Royal Highness, Igwe Sir Leonard Nwankwo, Ezze Abba. Chimamanda was decorated alongside other eminent indigenes of the community during the 45th Ofala and 80th birthday celebrations of the monach on Saturday in Ezze Abba, Anambra State. Chimamanda is globally known…
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Lalong engages stakeholders in Shendam for Tinubu/Shettima
Director General of the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong has continued his engagements with stakeholders towards ensuring the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all candidates of the party during the forthcoming elections. Lalong, who arrived his hometown of Shendam in Shendam Local…
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Is the diaspora now about rubbishing those at home? By Professor Toyin Falola
I am so sad as I write this. I never knew that things will become so bad. Immigrant scholars in the US have now become like the Europeans in 19th century Africa, the colonizers who saw nothing good about the continent. This is now the intellectual stuff on the Internet. I have read five in the last three days. I…
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Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr until 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr in a deal that runs until 2025. The Portugal captain is a free agent after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club. Ronaldo will reportedly receive the biggest football salary in history at more than £177m per year. The 37-year-old says he is “eager to experience a new football…
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Wike and the gang go to London, By Bolaji Adebiyi
It’s like the rebellion in the Peoples Democratic Party has reached a point of no return. Led by Nyesom Wike, governor of the oil-rich Rivers State, the rebelling governors, Seyi Makinde, Oyo State; Samuel Ortom, Benue State; Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia State; and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu State, have assembled in London ostensibly to determine the presidential candidate they would support in…
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Nwanyanwu confirms Osuntokun’s resignation from ZLP since August
National Chairman of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu has confirmed that Mr Akin Osuntokun, who was recently appointed the Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has resigned from the party. Nwanyanwu was reacting in a statement to the controversy that followed Osuntokun’s appointment after it was revealed he was a senatorial candidate on the platform…
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Kukah don’t cook me nonsense
Under the camouflage of ‘speaking truth to power,’ it has become a regular thing for the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, to take potshots at President Muhammadu Buhari, and the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). When I saw the media reportage of his Christmas homily for 2022, I observed that it was in two distinct directions. The…
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Pele: The holy grail of world football, By Odi Ikpeazu
“When beggars die, there are no comets seen,the Heavens themselves blaze forth the death of Princes.”Cassius in Julius CaesarShakespeare The day I have been dreading for weeks, is finally upon me! Today that King Pelė is no more. A horrible hour. Incredible! Unreal! Surreal! It is one o’clock in the morning and I am weary of crying but if tears…
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Why I celebrate people, By Simbo Olorunfemi
I didn’t know until about noon yesterday that it was Dr Christopher Kolade’s birthday. Had I known before the day, I would have done a tribute and cause for it to be published in the newspapers to coincide with the occasion of his 90th Birthday. But the moment I got to know, things changed for me. Even though I was…
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Lagos selects CCECC-CRCCIG consortium as preferred bidder for 4th Mainland Bridge project
The Lagos State government, through the Office of Public Private Partnerships, has announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge project, Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Private Partnerships, Mr. Ope George, who disclosed this during a briefing at the PPP Office in Ikeja, on Thursday, said the 4th Mainland Bridge (4MB) Project,…
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