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Nigeria should align with Tukey on UN overhaul, join new world order – Prof Akinyemi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has urged Nigeria to be actively involved in the formation of a new world order. In a statement he released, Akinyemi said recent happenings which includes COVID-19, the Russian-Ukraine war and China’s rise as a super power has necessitated the formation of a new world order. According to him, this gives Nigeria…
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PHOTO NEWS: Vice President Osinbajo receives members of Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received in audience, members of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement at the State House in Abuja on Saturday.
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EXCLUSIVE: NEC, Convention: APC waits on AGF Malami
With the objections raised by the Independent National Electoral Commission over arrangements by the new APC leadership in respect of the March 17 National Executive Committee meeting and March 26 National Convention, the leadership crisis rocking the party may have returned full circle. Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, claimed to have…
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Obasanjo’s media aide, Akinyemi slams Ohuabuwa on 2023 comments
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Kehinde Akinyemi has taken a swipe at the publication made by Mao Ohuabunwa, which indicated that the former President has endorsed him for the 2023 presidential race. Akinyemi in a reaction to the story on Saturday, noted that if that was the way the…
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No more COVID-19 in Nigeria, let’s stop wearing mask – Lagos Rep
A member of the House of Representatives representing Alimosho Federal Constituency Olufemi Adebanjo says there is no more COVID-19 in the country. Speaking at plenary on Thursday, Adebanjo asked Deputy Speaker Idris Wase who presided to allow them stop wearing masks. “I want to inform the national assembly, especially the house of representatives, concerning the masking of our faces coming…
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Standstill as tanker catches fire on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A tanker has overturned and caught fire in front of the Mountain of Fire Ministry (MFM) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Operatives of the fire service are said to be battling the inferno. The extent of damage cannot be ascertained ascertain for now as the fire is still raging. Outbound movement from Lagos is standstill for now, but movement inward Lagos…
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I’m tired of public life, I’ll only run with Amaechi in 2023 if President Buhari insists
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says only President Muhammadu Buhari can force him to contest for an elective position in the 2023 general elections. El-Rufai was speaking on a Channels TV programme Politics Today, which was monitored by our correspondent. The former Minster of the Federal Capital Territory said having been in government for the last seven years, he was…
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Lagos withdraws from NURTW national body after MC Oluomo’s suspension
The Lagos state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has withdrawn from the national body. The move comes following the suspension of Lagos chapter chairman Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo by the national body of the NURTW. Announcing the withdrawal on Thursday, Akinsanya said they were pulling out of the national body for peace…
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Lagos-bound train breaks down in ‘forest’
A Twitter user, @isaiahobaare says his Lagos-bound train from Ibadan was stuck in the forest on Thursday after the train broke down. According to Obadare, the train was said to have run out of fuel. “Boarded Train from Ibadan to Lagos. We’re still stuck in the forest with unknown Chinese men. They said fuel finished. What a beautiful country, Nigeria,”…
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