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PROFILE: Governor by providence, meet Kashim Shettima APC vice presidential candidate
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has announced former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu announced Shettima’s choice after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his Daura, Katsina State home on Sunday. Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, Kanuri by tribe, was born on September 2, 1966 in Maiduguri, Borno State. He attended Lamisula Primary…
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BREAKING: Tinubu picks Kashim Shettima as running mate
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has picked former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetima as his running mate. Tinubu announced Shettima’s choice while speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura on Sunday. Tinubu was accompanied to Daura by Governor Aminu Masari shortly after his aircraft landed at the…
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Masari, APC ‘placeholder’ VP candidate resigns as Tinubu’s running mate
Ibrahim Masari, placeholder vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has resigned his nomination. Masari announced his resignation in a statement he personally signed on Sunday. He said his decision was to allow the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu “have more latitude to give more accommodation and inclusion that will position our party to win…
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Service chiefs celebrate Eid-el-Kabir with frontline troops
As part of the steps taken to share, unwind and appreciate troops efforts in the ongoing Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East, the Theatre Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) North East (NE) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Christopher Musa feted Service Chiefs and troops of OPHK to a joint Sallah Luncheon to commemorate this year’s…
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Have broader vision of Nigeria, Buhari charges youth corps members in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerian youths to look beyond culture, ethnicity and religion in relating with one another, urging more travels, mingling, tolerance and negotiations to appreciate the rich diversity of the country.President Buhari, who received members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving in Daura, Katsina State at his country home on Saturday, said regular interface and…
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Fani-Kayode rabble rouser out to malign military leadership – Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters has described former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode as a rabble rouser who is out to malign the malign. The Defence Headquarters said this in a statement by the Director Defence Information Major General Jimmy Akpor to react to Fani-Kayode’s claim that the military ignored signals by Department of State Services about impending terror attacks including last…
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FG, Oyo State to align on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway bridge
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his government and the Federal Government will align the differences that had stalled the completion of Onipepeye Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway within a week. He made the declaration on Friday when he inspected the project alongside officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and those of the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project…
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Oprah Winfrey’s dad dies aged 88 following battle with cancer
Oprah Winfrey’s dad Vernon has died aged 88 after a battle with cancer. The TV presenter took to Instagram to share the sad news, writing: ‘Vernon Winfrey 1933-2022 ‘Less than a week ago we honored my father in his own backyard. ‘My friend and gospel singer Wintley Phipps saluted him with song. ‘He FELT the love and reveled in it…
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Towards reforming the civil service reforms in Nigeria, By Tunji Olaopa
In my recent commentaries, I have been worried about the state of public administration in Nigeria, and how this rebounds on the reform of the public service as a tool for development. And my worry derives from the near absence of a gatekeeping mechanism that ought to undergird the professionalism behind the public-spiritedness of a public servant. For instance, it…
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Paul Kagame to seek fourth term as president of Rwanda
Rwanda’s leader, who has been in power for two decades, has said he would consider remaining in office for another 20 years. Paul Kagame told a French TV channel he would stand for president again at the next election in 2024. In 2015 he changed the constitution, allowing him to stay until 2034. In the last presidential election five years…
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