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One dies in Lagos Island as youths attack NDLEA officers after arrest of drug kingpin
One person was reported to have died and scores injured on Lagos Island when youths and officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) clashed during an enforcement operation. It was gathered that the clash spread to Freeman, Pattey, Tokunboh, Sandgrouse axis on the Island. Confirming the development, the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, claimed that the officials were attacked…
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2023: Atiku visits Obasanjo, Alake, tells youths to compete with elders
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged Nigerian youths to compete with elders for elective offices in 2023, including the office of the President, instead of seeking to deny the old ones the constitutional rights to pursue their presidential ambition. Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019, hinted that the…
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VIDEO: Atiku visits Obasanjo in Abeokuta
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta today
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Buhari shares Nigeria’s strategy on immunization, primary health care
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said steady progress was being made in achieving the targets set out in Nigeria’s Strategy for Immunization and Primary Health Care System Strengthening, with preliminary reports showing that coverage for the third dose of the pentavalent vaccine increased from 33 percent in 2017 to 63 percent in 2019. The President, who received Gavi Alliance…
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BREAKING: Atiku in a closed-door meeting with Obasanjo
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is in a close door meeting with the former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The meeting is being held at pent house inside Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The 2019 presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party arrived Abeokuta at exactly 10.10am on Saturday morning with…
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Oyetola thanks party leaders after Osun APC guber primary victory
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has thanked the leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state for the support they gave him to ensure his victory in the party’s governorship primary election which held last Saturday. Oyetola floored his opponents, former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, and ex-Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf,…
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For 2023, Tinubu is a worthy person to support, By ‘Tope Fasua
Dear reader, as you may know, I don’t like doing easy things. I also don’t believe things easily. Tinubu looks like the unlikely president. Yes, he looks frail. He looks old. He has all sorts of allegations around him. But. But. Sometimes, the best gems are hidden in the rough. That he has survived so far in politics must mean…
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Residents protest delayed suspects’ trial 4 years after Offa robbery
Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Some residents of Offa in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Friday stormed Government House, Ilorin to protest the seeming delay in the trial of suspects in the April 5, 2018 armed robbery incident in the ancient city. It would be recalled that 33 persons, including policemen were killed by daredevil armed robbers who invaded…
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Saraki condemns Zamfara Deputy Governor’s impeachment, calls process illegal
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has described the process leading to the impeachment of Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusua as illegal. Dr. Saraki in a statement said the process of removing the deputy governor didn’t follow the process as clearly spelled out in the constitution of Nigeria noting that leaders across political divides must see the…
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Ukraine war: UEFA withdraws Champions League final from Russia
Paris will host this season’s Champions League final after Saint Petersburg was stripped of the match due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, UEFA announced on Friday. The showpiece occasion of the European club season will be played at the Stade de France on Saturday, May 28, European football’s governing body said after holding an emergency meeting in response to…
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