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River SDP disowns ‘impostors’, ask security operatives to swing into action
The Rivers State chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned impostors, going about, collecting money from unsuspecting individuals in the name of the party. In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary of the SDP, Esedi Joe Davis, the party said the individuals in question had been long suspended from the party. It also urged security operatives to swing…
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PHOTO NEWS: Shettima pays condolence visit to Musawa family in Kaduna
Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the family of elder statesman, Alhaji Musa Musawa who passed on recently. Senator Shettima was received by the family members of the late Ambassador at his Kaduna residence. The family members that received the VP-elect include the daughter of the deceased, Barrister Hannatu Musawa who is the Deputy…
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PHOTO NEWS: Dolapo Osinbajo hosts widows of military officers
On International Women’s Day, wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, hosted the widows of fallen Nigerian Armed Forces personnel at Aguda House official residence of the country’s number two citizen. Mrs Osinbajo on Sunday released the pictures of the event on her Instagram page. Captioning the photos, she said: “International Women’s Day. Widows of the forces are honoured and…
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Slain fishermen: Zulum visits, supports bereaved families in Dikwa
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, Friday visited Dikwa to commiserate with the families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area of the state. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they went fishing at Mukdolo before they were ambushed. Dikwa, headquarters of…
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Gunmen attack Kaduna LP guber candidate’s convoy
Gunmen on Friday attacked the convoy of Kaduna State governorship candidate of the Labour Party Jonathan Asake. In a statement on Friday, James Swan, media aide to Asake, said the convoy of the LP candidate was attacked at Gidan Waya in Jema’a LGA of the state. The attack left four people injured. “The Labour Party governorship campaign convoy of Hon.…
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Why Ekweremadu didn’t get kidney donor for daughter from family members
A senior Nigerian politician tried to bring a street trader to the UK to harvest his kidney because it was “far better to buy one” than find a family member to donate the organ, a court has heard. Prosecutor Hugh Davies KC has accused Ike Ekweremadu, an opposition senator in Nigeria who has an address in London, of not approaching…
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A’Ibom APC, SDP, collapse structure for Umo Eno, PDP
Ahead of the governorship election rescheduled for March 18, 2023, the Archbishop Sam Akpan-led faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as well as a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), have decided to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Umo Eno. The group under the umbrella of Truth Akwa Ibom registered their support…
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Osinbajo marks 66th birthday with restored North East ‘insurgency orphans’ in Borno
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN set out to mark his 66th birthday today with a quiet morning devotion service at the Aguda House residence in the Presidential Villa and then spending time with the students of the Learning Centre in Borno. But unknown to him aides and others such as the Abuja International Choir had something else in mind. After…
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Kwara transporters hold solidarity rally for AbdulRazaq’s re-election bid
Thousands of transporters from various unions on Wednesday held a solidarity rally in Ilorin to drum support for the re-election bid of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The transporters stormed various parts of the capital city before arriving Government House where they reassured the governor of their total support for his comeback bid. Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
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Tinubu mourns elder statesman, Musa Musawa
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the loss of elder statesman, Alhaji Musa Musawa. Born on April 1, 1937, the deceased was a broadcaster, diplomat and astute politician. He died on Tuesday following a protracted illness. Alhaji Musa Musawa is survived by a number of children and other family members including the deputy spokesperson of the APC…
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