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NDLEA arrests Ukatu, the drug baron behind N3bn Tramadol linked to Abba Kyari’s team
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday narrated how men of the Intelligence Response Team led by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, cornered 190 cartons of Tramadol they seized from a suspect. This was disclosed in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi. According to Babafemi, this was discovered after the NDLEA arrested suspected billionaire…
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Interrogating interim government proposal, By Segun Ayobolu
It is instructive that reactions to eminent senior lawyer and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola’s call for the suspension of next year’s polls and the institution of an interim national government to replace the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for a period of six months at the expiration of its tenure, have been virtually unanimous in opposing and denouncing the strange…
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Nobody can say Amaechi single-handedly picked me as Rivers APC guber candidate this time – Cole
Businessman Tonye Cole says nobody can claim that he was imposed as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. In a statement he released over the weekend, Cole said this affected the party at the 2019 election after many said Amaechi imposed him on the party. According…
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Mr Macaroni, Mummy Wa dazzle fans with more ‘wedding’ pictures
Comedian and skit maker, Debo Adebayo and his purported wife, Kemi Ikuseedun, have continued to keep tongues waging on social media with the release of more wedding themed pictures. Fans on social media have been left confused to know if the duo who have consistently played husband and wife roles in their skits as Daddy Wa and Mummy Wa are…
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PHOTO NEWS: Sanwo-Olu inspects blue line rail project
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday inspected the Blue Rail Line at the National Theatre Train Station. He was accompanied by Director, Rail Transport, Mr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga, his Special Adviser on Public Private Partnership (PPP), Mr. Ope George and Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Federic Oladeinde and others.
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Banky W tells Samklef to take Royalties demand to Wizkid
Bankole Wellington who is popularly known as Banky W, has instructed music producer, Samklef, to demand his royalties from Wizkid. Samklef had earlier asked Banky W, Singer and EME record label boss, to give him his royalties for producing Wizkid’s hit song ‘Pakurumo’, which was recorded when the singer was with EME. In a recent response, Banky W told Samklef…
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The only plausible path to keep the pressure on Russia, By Fareed Zakaria
The next phase of the war in Ukraine is now apparent. Over the next weeks and months, Russian forces will try to expand control of their occupied territories in eastern Ukraine and dig in. The Ukrainian army and people will resist fiercely, and low-grade battles will likely persist in these areas, as they have in the Donbas region since 2014.…
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Lagos Blue Line Rail 90% completed, will be ready first quarter 2023, Sanwo-Olu assures
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday reassured residents that the state government is on track with its efforts to complete works on both the blue and Red lines rail projects, which are intra-city, to strengthen the intermodal transportation system. He said work on the Blue Line rail project was at 90 per cent completion as contractors were working…
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Soludo pays condolence visit to Ezeife over wife’s death
Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has paid a condolence visit to the first civilian governor of the state Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife over the loss of his wife. Soludo disclosed this in a post on this Facebook page on Sunday. Chief Mrs Christiana Ezeife died December last year in the United States after a brief illness. “The loss of a…
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Presidency 2023: Akwa Ibom coordinator urges women to keep faith with Tinubu
The Coordinator of Asiwaju Women Cooperative Society, AWCS, Akwa Ibom State Chapter; Dr. Mrs. Theresa Edem has assured women of the state that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and 2023 Presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would win the presidential ticket of the APC as well as the forthcoming presidential election. Dr. Theresa who stated this on Thursday…
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