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Ita Enang seeks APC ticket for Akwa Ibom Guber race, embarks on state-wide consultation
Akwa Ibom gubernatorial hopeful, Sen. Ita Enang has taken his ambition to his community and officially declare his interest to contest for governorship of the state under the flagship of All Progressives Congress (APC). While addressing the people of Ikot Akpan Nya-Ididep, he enumerated his plans for Akwa Ibom State and the people of Ibiono Ibom at large even as…
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The 17 best Fela quotes
Fela Kuti is a legend. The inventor of Afrobeat has a life story that is unimaginable. He rose to fame in Nigeria only to be harassed and harmed by the government for his subversive songs. His mother was killed at the hands of the military. Unimaginable. Yet, his family continues to thrive in music despite the fact that many in…
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Lai Mohammed’s Kwara APC loyalists defect to SDP
Loyalists of the Minister of Information and Culture in the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State have defected to the Social Democratic Party. The Lai Mohammed loyalists known as “APC Loyal” announced their move to the SDP in a press briefing on Saturday. The new members who have rebranded their former APC secretariat on 26, Abdulrasaq Road, Flower Garden, GRA,…
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‘I’ll create 20m millionaires by 2030,’ Yahaya Bello declares for presidency
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has promised to make at least 30million Nigerians millionaires if elected president. Bello said this when he officially declared his intention to run for presidency in the 2023 elections at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday. According to him, Nigeria’s progress lie in lifting more people out of poverty. “In 2018, with APC in the…
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Perhaps closed files should remain just that – closed, By Wole Soyinka
Barely three months have passed since the twentieth anniversary of the murder of the late Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, an occasion that I utilized to remind President Mohammed Buhari, of a subsisting election pledge. That pledge was to re-open the files on the spate of unsolved political assassinations that had plagued the nation in recent decades. Prominent…
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Buhari’s endorsement of Bola Ige’s prime murder suspect, Omisore as APC secretary discredits probe – Soyinka
Prof. Wole Soyinka says President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement and appointment of Senator Iyiola Omisore as the national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) casts doubt on the investigation into the murder of late Justice Minister, Bola Ige. President Buhari had earlier ordered the reopening of all high profile murder cases, including that of Ige who was killed December 23,…
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Tinubu greets Nigerian Muslims on commencement of Ramadan
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has felicitated with Nigerian Muslims on the commencement of Ramadan on Saturday. In a statement he personally signed, Tinubu said the month asks for sacrifices from Muslims who would do without food, drinks and other material pleasures. He further encouraged them to use the period to “embrace acts of…
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Ukrainian President criticizes weapons delays, suggests some Western partners are ‘playing games’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said some Western partners were “playing games” with the delivery of weaponry, while also questioning if the current level of aid from the US and other nations would be sufficient in beating back against Russian military forces. During an interview on Fox News, Zelenskyy told host Bret Baier through an interpreter that he had…
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IGP deploys armed tactical squads to Abuja-Kaduna expressway, visits troubled spots
Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has deployed officers drawn from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. In a statement by the acting Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IGP used the opportunity to patrol the entire 163km stretch of the road for hands-on assessment of the security challenges. “In…
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