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Olamide names top collaborators, favorite music genre in AskOlamide session
By Tosin Brown Award-winning Nigerian rapper and record label executive, Olamide Adedeji, also known as Baddo, recently shared his top collaborators in the Nigerian music industry. In an AskOlamide session on the social media platform X, the YBNL music company head revealed his enjoyment in making music with his signees, Asake and Fireboy DML. “I really enjoy making music with…
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Western Post holds 2024 annual retreat in Ogun
By Innocent Raphael One of the leading online newspapers in Nigeria, Western Post, on Saturday held its 2024 annual retreat in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The event which was organized in collaboration with Wema Bank and the Ogun State government, was themed “The Role of the Media in Regional Integration and Development.” In his welcome address, the Publisher at large, Tunde…
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VIDEO: Senate Minority Leader allegedly confesses to vote buying in 2023 elections
Senate minority leader Olalere Oyewumni has allegedly admitted to engaging in vote buying in the 2023 election. Olalere made the alleged confession in a trending video online. The Osun Senator while receiving defectors into PDP, said “I tried all the tricks I knew to win at Onilu House (Ile Onilu) polling unit but these people didn’t allow me”. View this…
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Open letter to Northern politicians, By Salihu Lukman
The living reality in Northern Nigeria is very explosive. If anyone is interested in finding the practical meaning of the Hobbesian description of life being ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’, just look at what life is in Northern Nigeria. Indices of poverty, unemployment, inequality are beyond description. Conditions of schools and hospitals is, to say the least, depressing. The…
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Veteran filmmakers, dignitaries attend ‘The Dance of Lawino’ stage performance in Lagos
By Tosin Brown Prominent film and stage practitioners, including veteran filmmaker Tunde Kelani, gathered with numerous dignitaries and enthusiasts to witness the stage performance of ‘The Dance of Lawino’ at the KAP Cinema in Lagos. The event which took place between the 22 and 23 of June, witnessed the presence of other renowned figures such as Joke Silva, Kunle Afolayan,…
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Wildcard Candidate stirs up Iran presidential election
A snap election called after a deadly helicopter crash. A candidate promising a different approach both at home and abroad. And suddenly there’s an element of suspense and unpredictability in Iran, as voters go to the polls to choose a new president. Elections in the Islamic Republic are tightly-controlled affairs – the candidates are all vetted by an influential committee…
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Zamfara 2015 corps member incident grossly misrepresented online- Police
By Innocent Raphael The Nigeria Police Force has said the viral video on social media regarding an alleged incident involving a Corps member in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, was grossly misrepresented. It would be recalled that the incident occurred in 2015. A statement issued on Saturday by the Police, said a female student wrote something the Corps member found insulting…
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Obama backs Biden ahead US election
…acknowledges poor debate performance By Innocent Raphael Former President Barack Obama has expressed strong support for President Joe Biden following the latter’s faltering performance in Thursday’s presidential debate. Biden, facing off against his predecessor Donald Trump, struggled with occasional stammering and a slurred, throaty delivery. His responses were widely viewed as lackluster by analysts. Biden’s perceived vulnerabilities, including his shaky…
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How family planning helped my child bearing journey- 20yr old mother of two
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A twenty year old mother of two, Sadia Aminu has explained how family planning has helped her child bearing journey. She disclosed that she up took Intra Uterine Devices (IUD), method of family planning. Aminu said she got the gospel of family planning when she went for immunisation some years ago. The housewife whose first child…
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LG Polls: KWASIEC insists on supervision of party primaries
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) has said it must involved in the primaries of the political parties ahead of the local government elections. The election body threatened to invalidate results of primaries its officials do not supervise. Chairman of the Commission, Baba Okanla, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ilorin. “Kwara State…
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