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Arise TV can’t blackmail Tinubu to attend debate, campaign council insists
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that Arise News will not blackmail its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to attend its Presidential Town Hall meeting scheduled for Sunday. The campaign council in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga said it’s baffled that despite its earlier statement that Tinubu…
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Wike’s dirty politics in Rivers State, By Yemi Adebowale
It is preposterous that a ruling party in a state would drag the governorship candidates of almost all opposition parties to court, to question how they emerged, and a court of law would allow the nonsense to stand. That is the dangerous political trend ongoing in Rivers State, courtesy of garrulous Governor Nyesom Wike-led Peoples Democratic Party. This governor has…
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Governors and national development, By Segun Ayobolu
Living up to his blossoming reputation as a gadfly who is devastatingly unsparing of those he perceives as adversaries and opponents, the governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, recently released a veritable bombshell when he disclosed that the spate of commissioning of high profile infrastructural projects he has undertaken in his state was facilitated by his state’s share of…
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Osinbajo to meet Vietnam President, Prime Minister to improve economic relations with Nigeria
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja on official trip to Vietnam where he hopes to improve economic ties with the Asian country. While in Vietnam, Osinbajo will meet with Vietnamese President, Vice President and Prime Minister among other senior officials and business leaders. Current trade between Nigeria and Vietnam is put at $500million annually by 2019 official…
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Peter Obi takes presidential campaign to Experience 2022
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Saturday attended the ‘Experience 2022’ mega jam in continuation of his style of using religious events to promote his presidential campaign. Obi in violation of the Electoral Act and Independent National Electoral Commission’s rules have been attending church programmes across the country to campaign for elections and asking for votes. The ‘Experience 2022’…
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How Bamidele Adeek, Wike’s band leader survived auto crash
Bamidele Adeek, a gospel singer and head of Governor Nyesom Wike’s band also known as Sensational Bamidele has survived an auto crash that could have claimed his life. Accounts have been made how his car summersaulted 8 times. Sensational Bamidele shared photos of his damaged vehicles as well as injuries sustained via his social media page on Friday. The singer…
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2023: Women’ll continue to have pride of place in govt, Umo Eno assures GW31
…urges group to visit units, wards, become PDP disciples Barely 100 days to the 2023 governorship election, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has urged members of the Grassroot Women for UmoEno and Akon (GW-31) as well as other support groups to go into the different units and wards in…
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In ambitious move, Soludo employs 5000 teachers in Anambra State
Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo has employed 5,000 primary and secondary school teachers in the state. Speaking during the unveiling of the teachers on Friday, Soludo said it was a fulfilment of one of his campaign promises. He said the process of selecting the 5,000 teachers was merit-based out of the 40,120 applicants. He charged the new teachers to…
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States got N5.03tn support under Buhari – FG
The Federal Government has revealed that states got over N5 trillion support since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, revealed this at the sixth edition of the presentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard (2015-2023) in Abuja on Thursday. She said the funds were released as 13…
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Ekiti to establish gender courts, says First Lady
As one of the ways of ending Gender Based Violence (GBV), which she described as hydra-headed problem, the wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, has said that the state would establish and equip gender courts in the state. Olayemi said that the GBV required multidimensional solution that would involve multi-sectoral approach, adding that the government would look…
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