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PHOTO NEWS: Airforce 1 crew celebrates Buhari’s 80th birthday
The crew of the Presidential jet, Airforce 1 celebrated the 80th birthday of President Muhammadu Buhari inside the Executive jet. President Buhari left Washington on Saturday on his way to Abuja after attending the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit hosted by President Joe Biden.
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BAP Productions, Terra Kulture unveil ‘Motherland The Musical’ for yuletide season
Bolanle Austen-Peters and her production company have produced a new play for this yuletide season. The play titled: ‘Motherland The Musical’ is directed by the lawyer turned award-winning theatre and film amazon. The musical is being jointly presented by BAP Productions and Terra Kulture to serenade theatre goers throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Musical will be showing…
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Islamic group endorses Tinubu for president as Governor Bello sues for peace
As Muslims continue to celebrate Maulud in honour of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has urged the people to maintain peace in the country as a panacea for development. Governor Bello gave the admonition in an interview shortly after he attended the 5th Nigeria World Maulud celebration of Jam’iyatul Ansarul Deeni Attijjaniya at the Polo…
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Pelé : A citizen of the world, By Simbo Olorunfemi
September 27th, 1977. The United Nations gave Pelé a certificate declaring him ‘A Citizen of the World’. That was just before he was to officially retire on October 1st, 1977, even though he would play in 8 exhibition matches between 1978 and 1990, with 2 of the matches played in Nigeria. For a professional career which started in 1956, it…
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How Kenyan, Nelly Cheboi won CNN 2022 Heroes Award
Nelly Cheboi from Kenya has won the 2022 CNN Heroes award for her work in promoting digital literacy in rural parts of her country. Cheboi trumped other contenders for the CNN award and was ecstatic when her name was announced by the CNN anchor, Anderson Coopers as the winner of the 16th edition of the award. The Kenyan is the…
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PHOTO NEWS: Shettima attends 30th anniversary of National Women Centre
Vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima on Saturday in Abuja attended the 30th annual celebration of the National Centre for Women Development in Abuja. The event was convened to celebrate the three decades of the Centre by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen.
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Burkina Faso summons Ghana envoy over president’s claim on Wagner
Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador to protest allegations that the embattled Sahel nation has hired Russian mercenaries, the foreign ministry says. The summons on Friday was issued after Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged on Wednesday that Burkina Faso had hired the mercenaries. “Today, Russian mercenaries are on our northern border. Burkina Faso has now entered into an arrangement to…
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Nigerians won’t accept Atiku’s lies to rewrite ugly past – APC
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has accused leaders of Peoples Democratic Party a(PDP) nd its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of playing on the seeming forgetfulness and insulting the collective intelligence of Nigerians The APC PCC in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga said having consistently shown lack of capacity…
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Ademola Osinubi: a lifetime of commitment to best practices, By Lanre Idowu
At Ijebu Ode Grammar School, Ademola Osinubi was an all-round Arts student, who dreaded figures and translated his dislike for his Mathematics teacher to the subject. He loved the sight of uniforms, his school uniform, his parents’ uniforms as health professionals, and military uniforms. When he left school in 1972, his love for uniform endeared the military to him. He…
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IPOB’s ‘sit at home’ garbage must end, By Yemi Adebowale
For five days, December 9 to 14, the South-east was again the scene of blood and tears, with terrorists loyal to Simon Ekpa’s faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing a pointless five-day sit-at-home decreed by the scoundrel. As usual, while the terrorists went about killing and maiming, security agents failed the people. Three persons, including a pregnant…
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