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Tinubu congratulates PFN President, Bishop Wale Oke, at 66
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has sent a goodwill message to Bishop Wale Oke, President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and presiding Bishop of Sword of the Spirit Ministries International on his 66th birthday. Bishop Oke celebrated his 66th birthday on September 8, 2022. Tinubu, in the birthday message issued by his Media…
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Foreign airlines exploiting Nigerian travellers, charge N3m for tickets – NANTA
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has expressed strong reservations on what it termed ‘high fare pandemic’ by foreign airlines, accusing them of exploiting Nigerian travellers. NANTA said it was disheartening that Nigerians had to buy tickets to the tune of N3 million and be charged as high as N1 million to change travel dates, even on tickets…
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‘The Crown’ to ‘stop filming’ after Queen Elizabeth’s death as creator calls drama ‘a love letter’ to monarch
The Crown is paying respect to its legendary inspiration as the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II. “The Crown is a love letter to [the Queen] and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect,” creator Peter Morgan wrote in a statement to Deadline. “I expect we will stop filming out of respect too.” Director Stephen…
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Mourn the Queen, not her empire, By Maya Jasanoff
The end of an era” will become a refrain as commentators assess the record-setting reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Like all monarchs, she was both an individual and an institution. She had a different birthday for each role — the actual anniversary of her birth in April plus an official one in June — and, though she retained her personal…
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Security updates: I see hope
Have you keenly followed updates on the security situation in the country, particularly with regards to insurgency and banditry? You should, because security is everything. At least, when the evildoers seemed to predominate, people didn’t keep quiet. The singsong was about ‘worsening insecurity,’ in the land. Now that the tables appear to be turning, we shouldn’t keep quiet. No, you…
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Buhari mourns Queen Elizabeth’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II as a “unique and wonderful reign”. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu to mourn the Queen’s demise, Buhari said she dedicated her life to making the world a better place. According to him, Nigeria’s story will be incomplete without a chapter…
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The Queen and I, By Odi Ikpeazu
Despite being a sworn Pan African – in fact exactly because I am a sworn Pan African – I reserve a lot of respect for the tyrannies, monarchies and oligarchies that forged Western man into civic obedience, ultimately equipping them with the single-mindedness and unity of purpose, which enabled them colonise Africa and hold world hegemony till this day. I…
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NCC boss Danbatta hails conferment of NIPR fellowship on Mouka, Ibietan
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR) on two management staff as meritorious and a testimony to its promotion of professionalism and excellence in its scheme of management. The NCC EVC’s assertion followed the recent investiture and induction of…
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How Queen Elizabeth’s net worth, homes will be bequeathed to royal family
While the monarchy as a whole is worth $88 billion, according to Forbes magazine, Queen Elizabeth personally was worth a fraction of that. But $447 million of her own personal money should be going to her family. Some of that money is inherited: She got $85 million when her mother died and a further $12 million from her husband Philip.…
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Jeff Bezos berates Nigerian-born US Professor over hate filled Queen Elizabeth’s Tweet
Amazon founder and one of world’s richest men, Jeff Bezos, has strongly berated a Nigerian-born US professor, Uju Anya, over her hate filled tweet on the death of late Queen Elizabeth II. When the news filtered out that the late Queen Elizabeth was under medical examination at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Anya, a Carnegie Mellon University professor had expressed her…
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