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Tourism: Naija Food Festival unveiled in Lagos
The Naija Food Festival has officially unveiled in Ikeja area of Lagos. The unveiling was held at a vibrant and culturally charged ceremony attended by the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Idris Aregbe. The launching also brought together important figures in the creative and tourism space, including the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele…
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Olukoyede urges youths to shun “get rich quick” syndrome
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has admonished youths in the country to follow the path of hard work and integrity and shun the desire to get rich quick. He gave the admonition through the Acting Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Effa Okim when the Executives of Nigerian Universities…
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Akpabio, Bello to testify at Apoti-Uduaghan’s defamation trial
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello would testify as witnesses during the defamation trial of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the FCT High Court in Abuja. She was said to have made defamatory remarks against Akpabio and Bello during a live television programme.…
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Atiku’s aide confirms coalition talks among ex-VP, Obi, others
Paul Ibe, the spokesman of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has confirmed that his principal, Peter Obi, and a former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, were in talks over plans to float a coalition ahead of the 2027 election. Ibe said this on Thursday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today. His response was a confirmation of the speculations of…
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Driver, passenger injured as car collides with mini bus in Lekki
A high-speed collision between a white Ford Jeep and a commercial mini-bus along the Ikota-Ajah axis of Lekki, Lagos, left two people critically injured earlier on Thursday. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the incident occurred near Ikota School, inward Ajah, when the Ford Jeep allegedly lost control while speeding and rammed into a fully loaded mini-bus. …
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Lecturers protest appointment of university don as college provost
The Academic Staff Union of Colleges of Agriculture has announced a three-day warning strike in protest against the appointment of a university professor, Prof. Jeremiah Atumgwu, as the Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State. Addressing journalists in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, ASUCA National President, Williams Manggoel, said the strike would run from Monday to Wednesday…
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Tinubu’s re-election will be seamless in 2027- Akpabio
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday assured President Bola Tinubu that his re-election will be seamless in the 2027 election unlike the competition he faced to win the seat in 2023. Akpabio said this while leading the leadership of the National Assembly to pass a vote of confidence in Tinubu during the All Progressives Congress (APC) national summit…
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Nigerian leaders lack empathy, compassion – Sam Adeyemi
The Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre (DCC), Pastor Sam Adeyemi has lamented the lack of empathy and compassion among some leaders in Nigeria, saying that they have lost touch with the reality of the poor in the country. Adeyemi made these assertions while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday. The cleric said that…
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Uba Sani reinstates information ministry, redeploys commissioners
The governor of Kaduna State, Sen Uba Sani, has reinstated the state Ministry of Information that was scrapped by the administration of his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai. The governor also redeployed the Commissioner of Education, Professor Mohammed Sani- Bello, to head the new ministry, while a former Director General of Energy Commission of Nigeria, Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo, is appointed as…
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Crisis hits SDP over appointments into vacant NWC positions
It appears the Social Democratic Party (SDP) is seriously in deep crisis since the appointment of three officers to fill the vacant positions in its National Working Committee (NWC) recently. It was reported that the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, had announced in a statement that three vacant positions of the Deputy National Chairman (South), Deputy National Chairman…
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