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US to take part in military exercise near India’s disputed border with China
The United States is to take part in a joint military exercise with India less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the South Asian country’s disputed border with China. The military drills will be held in mid-October at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Auli in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and will focus on high-altitude warfare training, according to…
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Amosun suffering from political amnesia, office loneliness – Ogun APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State says the former governor of the state, Ibikunle Amosun is suffering from “political amnesia and out-of-office loneliness.” The party said this on Saturday in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye. Oladunjoye was reacting to the comment credited to Amosun that the incumbent governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, did not win…
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Tinubu extols Senator Daisy Danjuma’s qualities at 70
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has praised Senator Daisy Danjuma’s outstanding leadership and exemplary contributions to Nigeria and humanity as she clocks 70 today. In a statement by his Media Office on Saturday in Abuja, the APC presidential standard bearer said: “It is with great pleasure and delight that I join her family, friends and the…
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Amukpe-Escravos pipeline becomes secure route for crude oil transport
Following the launch of the new Amukpe-Escravos Pipeline in Nigeria, oil companies operating in the oil-rich West African country now have a more secure route for transporting crude oil. The new crude oil transportation option will significantly minimise incidents of oil theft which has drastically affected the revenues of many oil companies. Business Insider Africa gathered that the new pipeline…
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SDP now fastest growing party in Rivers – Abe
Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has described the party as the fastest growing political party in the state. Abe who stated this while addressing SDP national leadership in Abuja, during his thank you visit, said the party has lived up to its mandate as a social democratic organisation to improve…
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Lagos Taskforce says Okada passengers risk three-month jail term
The Lagos State Taskforce has continued its enforcement of the ban on commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada, that ply restricted highways, particularly in the six local governments and nine Local Council Development Areas across the State. Speaking on the exercise which took place in Agege/Fagba, Apapa and Ajah, the Chairman of the Agency, Shola Jejeloye, described the activities of…
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Charly Boy debunks plan to divorce wife, says marriage is life sentence
Showbiz personality, singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has debunked media reports that he plans to divorce his wife of 45 years. Charly boy said the reports that he is planning to end his marriage are not true and a misinterpretation of his social media post by bloggers and a section of the media. In a post…
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Atiku and Muslim-Muslim ticket, By Segun Ayobolu
It is instructive that the kidnappers that attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 killing some and holding 63 others hostage and demanding a ransom of N100 million Naira for each of the victims to gain their freedom, have most disturbingly threatened to kidnap the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as governor Nasir el-Rufai…
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A toast to my brother at 68, By Kehinde Bamigbetan
Former Ambassador to Cuba, Senator Segun Bamigbetan Baju is 68 today. This occasion brings so many memories of growing up under his tutelage that I will have to select the most profound if this piece is not to end up as a book. My earliest recollection took me back to the room. In the one storey building that our father,…
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Wike, a governor possessed by spirit of flyovers, By Yemi Adebowale
He enjoys grandstanding and all the attention that comes with it. This man also does virtually everything to the extreme. That’s Nyesom Wike, the springy and tyrannical governor of Rivers State. Few weeks back, he gleefully announced that his government had decided to award contracts for two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt. When completed, it would be his administration’s 12th…
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