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Bollywood embraces Sola Sobowale, Broda Shaggi in new Indian film
Director of ‘Namaste Wahala’, Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, has released the news to her fans about her forthcoming project. The Indian filmmaker of the first Bollywood-Nollywood collaboration announced her new project in a series of posts via her Instagram page. Ahuja said the new film will feature Sola Sobowale and Broda Shaggi. She, however, did not reveal the name of the…
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ECONOMIST STORY: A wave of unrest is coming. Here’s how to avert some of it.
Soaring food and fuel prices are adding to pre-existing grievances Jesus said that man does not live by bread alone. Nonetheless, its scarcity makes people furious. The last time the world suffered a food-price shock like today’s, it helped set off the Arab spring, a wave of uprisings that ousted four presidents and led to horrific civil wars in Syria…
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The green and yellow flag, By Odi Ikpeazu
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even if there are no rivers.”– Nikita Khrushchev Honestly, 2023 can’t come quickly enough for me, for the election to fly by and respite be had from these noxious fumes of partisan hostilities that foul the breathing space. Nothing is more welcome by our people obviously, than any opportunity…
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Tinubu: Hundeyin’s rehash of old wives’ tale, By Temitope Ajayi
The only set of people who think there is any kind of smoking gun with which to nail Tinubu in the rehash of old wives’ tale David Hundeyin concocted are the same people who never see anything good in Tinubu. It needs to be asked how anyone could think FBI and DEA will allow a drug dealer or a man…
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I’m not leaving any inheritance for my children outside their education – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday implored parents to inculcate the right values in their children, including deep fear of God, respect for constituted authorities and living a purposeful life through continuous education. The President charged the youth to seek education, not for government jobs which are unavailable but to arm themselves with skill and ability to…
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Jandor’s comical ignorance on Lagos floods, By Ayodele Olu Peters
From 8th Friday to Sunday 10th July, Lagos was hit by heavy and perennial rainfall that fell continuously for no less than 8- 10 hours over the weekend. One of the natural and inevitable consequences of such heavy down power was the flooding in many areas of the state and damage of property as well as loss of lives in…
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Not a funky time for Funke Akindele, By Bamidele Johnson
There is a big chance that I do not know what I am talking about here and it happens fairly often. I am not ashamed to say I talk a lot of BS. But I think that even when plied with a potent liquor cocktail, there is no chance of me saying that Funke Akindele has anything resembling political capital.…
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Oyetola, others sign Peace Accord ahead Osun guber election
…reiterate commitment to violence-free, fair, credible election …as Peace Committee, INEC, security chiefs, traditional rulers sue for peaceful conduct Barely 48 hours to the Osun governorship election, Governor of the State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola, has signed a Peace Pact to ensure peaceful and transparent electoral process. Candidates of other political parties participating in…
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Tinubu presents Shettima to APC NWC tomorrow
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will present his running mate, Kashim Shettima to the National Working Committee of the party on Thursday (tomorrow). Tinubu announced the former Borno State governor as his running mate after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at his Daura home on Sunday. Shettima was made the substantive vice-presidential candidate after Ibrahim…
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Kashim Shettima as I know him, By Ish’aq Moddibo Kawu
My friendship with Kashim Shettima dates back to his time, as Manager of Zenith Bank, in Maiduguri. It’s an interesting story, with deep family issues involved. No one could have predicted then, that he was going to become a politician, not to talk of emerging as a two-term Governor of Borno; a Senator, and today, the running mate to the…
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