Popular Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has denied claims that he has endorsed the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Pictures of Soyinka and Tinubu went viral on Wednesday after the former Lagos State Governor declared his presidential ambition. The post, which first trended in 2021, quoted Soyinka […]
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Former Kogi West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has warned Nigerians against allowing other politicians with poor leadership quality to become the next president of the country. Recall that since the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tiubu declared his intention to run for the presidential position in 2023, other top politicians including the […]
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Wife of the President of Nigeria, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, is set to host the first-ever National Progressive Women’s Conference in Abuja. The Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee, APC National Women’s Conference, 2022, Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa, in a statement issued on Thursday, said that the conference will have several topics including gender inclusiveness in politics […]
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Media mogul and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu has made known his interest to run for president in 2023 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Momodu revealed the development on Thursday when he met with the PDP National Chairman, Iyiorchia Ayu, at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. Dressed in an agbada and a cap, […]
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Popular microblogging platform, Twitter has welcomed Nigeria’s decision to lift the restrictions placed on its operations in the country. “We are pleased that Twitter has been restored for everyone in Nigeria. Our mission in Nigeria and around the world is to serve the public conversation. “We are deeply committed to Nigeria, where Twitter is used […]
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Passengers who had boarded a commercial bus heading to Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were on Tuesday abducted by unknown gunmen in Isiala Mbano, Imo State. It was gathered that the bus was intercepted by yet to be identified gunmen at Odo Rubber road in Obiohuru in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of […]
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Officers of the federal operations unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), have intercepted and impounded contraband goods smuggled into the country from neighbouring Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The contraband, namely, smuggled foreign parboiled rice, cartridges, unregistered pharmaceuticals, Indian-hemp, fairly used vehicles, used tyres, used compressors, second-hand clothing, among others, […]
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Detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has requested for representatives of the United Kingdom, United States and the United Nations (UN) to observe court proceedings during his next trial. Kanu’s appeal was contained in a letter written to the two countries and the UN, by Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor on […]
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Mr Kola Balogun, Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), has called on the Federal Government to grant licences to selected indigenous companies to sell prepaid meters directly to consumers. Balogun, who made the call in an interview with men of the press in Lagos, said the move would help to bridge the huge metering […]
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Outlawed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged southeast governors to arrest and decisively deal with criminals enforcing its suspended sit-at-home in the region. In a statement the group issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful distanced itself from the shooting incident that happened in Enugu on Monday, January […]
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