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Tinubu travels to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu left Nigeria midnight Monday to Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj. Tinubu arrived Medina early morning Tuesday and he is expected to get to Mecca by evening. It has become a yearly tradition for the APC presidential aspirant to perform Umrah. According to sources close to Tinubu, he will return to Nigeria…
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Forex rate increase responsible for Hajj fares hike – Lagos govt
The Lagos State Government says the increase in foreign exchange rates was responsible for the hike in Hajj fares. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) announced an increase in fares in respect of the Y2022 Hajj to the Holy Land, which attracted complaints. But the Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, in a statement, said the…
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We feel great pain on ‘bridge-builder’ Alaafin’s demise – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III as a bridge-builder. Osinbajo said this while speaking with journalists in Akure on Monday. The VP in a statement by his media aide Laolu Akande said the monarch’s demise has left “a great deal of pain and deep sense of loss”. He recalled his many…
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Buhari congratulates Macron on reelection as French president
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on wining his reelection. President Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Macron “continues to inspire a new generation of leaders and interest in politics and governance”. “President Buhari affirms that the iconic leadership style of the French President, who spent six…
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I told Tinubu PDP would’ve given him presidential ticket – Bauchi governor
Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed said he told National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu he would have been handed the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party if he was a member a the party. Mohammed said this while featuring on Arise TV programme ThisDay Live on Sunday. He said he met Tinubu at the…
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PHOTO NEWS: AfDB President, Adesina, pays homage to Ooni
President of Africa Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has paid homage to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Adesina in Abuja visited Ooni at Transcorp Hilton Hotel where the monarch praised his work on behalf of the people of the continent and how he is representing Nigeria and Yoruba race very well. Ooni particularly praise the Nigeria’s former Minister of…
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Gov Emmanuel reassures on Ibom seaport project
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has restated the commitment of his administration towards the actualisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport project. He also expressed the readiness of his administration to do all that is necessary to ensure the immediate commencement of work on the project. He stated these when he received a delegation from the China…
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Why I can’t ignore call to be next President – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he cannot ignore the calls by Nigerians for him to run for presidency. He said this when he visited Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in his office in Akure on Monday. He said he counted it a great privilege to been called to serve Nigeria. According to him, after serving as VP and acting president,…
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It’s unfair, endorsing Sanwo-Olu means Christian third term – MURIC
Director, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, has condemned the endorsement of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for second term. WesternPost had earlier reported that the Governor’s Advisory Council – the highest decision-making organ of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress okayed Sanwo-Olu’s second term aspirations. In a statement he personally signed, Akintola said Sanwo-Olu’s second term in office…
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We can make the Commonwealth a real global power, By Muhammadu Buhari
What becomes of the Commonwealth should one of its 15 members that is not a republic join those 39 others which are? With Jamaica considering such a move, this question is being asked. But it is misplaced: the modern Commonwealth was constituted in 1949 specifically to accommodate a republic – newly independent India – precisely after such constitutional change. Still,…
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