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Osun PDP expels Babayemi for anti-party activities
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2022 Osun gubernatorial election, Prince Dotun Babayemi has been expelled from the party over alleged anti-party activities. Ward executive members of Otun Balogun 2, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state made the pronouncement at the state’s party secretariat in Osogbo on Friday, saying that all…
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India launches new aircraft carrier as concerns over China grow
India has commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier as it seeks to counter China’s much larger and growing fleet of warships and also expand India’s indigenous ship-building capabilities. The INS Vikrant, whose name is the Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second-largest operational aircraft carrier and joins the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that was bought from Russia in 2004…
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Tinubu writes Ganduje, sympathises on lives lost in Kano building collapse
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje over the lives lost when a three-storey building collapsed at Kanti Kwari Market in the state.Tinubu in a personal letter he wrote to Governor Ganduje dated August 31, 2022 expressed his deepest sadness and sympathy over the unfortunate incident. He…
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Still on the matter of Wike, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Months after Nyesom Wike, the governor of oil-rich Rivers State, was worsted at the Peoples Democratic Party presidential convention, he remains inconsolable, throwing tantrums up and down as if losing a political contest is a big deal that has never happened to anyone else in the party. Despite efforts to reconcile him with the reality of his loss, he has…
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Overbloated ego, indiscipline and other national maladies, By Olajide Abiola
I don’t think we are the most criminally minded people in the world but I think we should be the most indisciplined and entitled people. When you look at the Stats of cyber crimes globally, you will realize that we do not take the lead however, our culture of indiscipline and disorderliness has made us the perfect alibi for other…
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Obidient noise: High echoes, low votes, By Kunle Awosiyan
Only those who have little knowledge of Nigeria politics will easily be moved by the wave of excitement that the “Obidients” has created in the last few months. Fans of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi are so sure that the 2023 election is for them to win. The confidence must have come from the loud noise on social…
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Shettima: Tribute to a rare leader @56, By Ismail Omipidan
I have known Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, since 2001 when he was still a banker. He joined politics formally in 2007. As a commissioner in Borno State, he served in about four different ministries, including Finance, Agriculture and Education. By 2011, he was elected the governor of the State on the platform…
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Osun first lady bags UK-based NGO global exemplary leadership award in humanitarian services
…’award in recognition of her outstanding tenacity, commitment to human capacity devt’ Wife of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, Kafayat, on Thursday night, received a Global Exemplary Leadership Award from a United Kingdom-based Non-governmental Organization, Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network (GLOBALWIIN). The award, according to the NGO, is in recognition of her humanitarian services and commitment to impacting the…
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Police arrest Ice Prince for ‘abducting, threatening to throw officer in river’
Men of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested musician Ice Prince on allegations of abducting, assaulting and threatening to throw a Police officer in the river. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a tweet on Friday. According to him, Ice Prince had earlier been arrested for driving a car without number plates.…
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Buhari’s footprints from home to diaspora
Unless you are the discerning type, listening to public discourse today, you would think the only thing happening in the country is insecurity. Yes, Nigeria has battled, and is still battling grave security issues. But it will win. As sure as night follows the day. In fact, insurgents and bandits are being put on the back foot already. Nigeria shall…
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