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Ekwremandu’s UK case: It is not just about donor’s age, By Bukola Hassan
I have no idea why Nigerians think this case is about the age of the potential donor. We need to understand that the UK courts are not interested in whether the donor is a minor or is an adult. The case is about ‘organ harvesting’. Aka trying to purchase a kidney or body part from a donor. That is against…
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Barkindo’s final words to me
Here today, gone tomorrow is a common saying. But with the then outgoing Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, it was here in the morning, gone at night. On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari had a schedule by 10 am to receive Barkindo, the OPEC scribe who was rounding off his…
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dead after being shot at a campaign event
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, NHK reported. He was 67. Abe collapsed after being shot while giving a speech on Friday in Nara, a city 35 kilometers south of Kyoto. He was on the campaign trail ahead of this Sunday’s upper house election. The former minister was shot twice from behind, officials from the Liberal Democratic Party,…
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Kunle Afolayan’s film, Citation wins big as ‘Best International Film’ in London
Citation, a film produced by award-winning Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan won the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 2022 National Film Festival (NFF) in the United Kingdom. Kunle, the Director of Irapada, CEO, Phone Swap and other Netflix originals took to his Instagram page @kunleafo on Thursday to announce the outstanding achievement to his fans and well-wishers. According to him,…
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Declare me winner of Ekiti guber election, Segun Oni tells tribunal
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Ekiti State Segun Oni has asked the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in the state to declare him the winner of the June 18 election in the state. Oni submitted his petition at the tribunal on Thursday. He was accompanied to the secretariat of the tribunal by his legal team and SDP state Chairman…
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Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM ‘in grave condition’ after shooting
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe is said to be in grave condition after he was shot at a political campaign event. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning. He immediately collapsed and was rushed to the nearest hospital. Pictures taken at the scene showed him…
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You have made us proud, Osinbajo tells London-Lagos biker, Adeyanju
The achievements of the internationally acclaimed Nigerian biker, Mr Kunle Adeyanju has made Nigerians proud and the country is much popular on account of his feat, according to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this Thursday when he received the biker who rode a motorbike from London to Lagos recently, promoting the “End Polio” campaign, at his…
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Ekiti bigger than us, we must move forward, Kolawole tells Oyebanji
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, Hon. Bisi Kolawole has declared his support for the Governor-elect, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji. Speaking on Thursday when he received the governor-elect at his Ado- Ekiti home, Kolawole said the fact he contested against Oyebanji in the election notwithstanding, he had no reason to become an enemy…
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Soludo denies budget padding allegations
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has denied the budget padding allegation levelled against his government. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime said those behind the allegations were “criminals of different types displaced by his government” that are fighting back. An anonymous online user had posted an article titled, “Budget padding scandal hits…
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Buhari joins $93bn IDA financial package launch at Dakar Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, joined African leaders in Dakar, Senegal to launch “the largest financial package ever mobilised in the history of the International Development Association (IDA) – $93billion – geared towards a “robust and resilient economy for Africa.” Seventy percent of the global fund will be spent on African countries between now and 2027, with Nigeria getting the biggest…
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