Nigerian politician and elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has said it will be unjust for Northern Nigeria to still demand the presidency in 2023 in spite of the agitations for power shift to the South at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. Kokomansion understands that there have been heated debates among stakeholders in the nation’s […]
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About 112 illegal refineries have been uncovered in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chairman of the council, Samuel Nwanosike, who spoke to Channels Television said that 99 percent of the discoveries were made in a particular community located along the OML 17 trunk lines. The development comes on the heels of the recent […]
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The former Super Eagles interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has revealed why Nigeria lost to Tunisia at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon. The coach had blamed bad officiating for Super Eagles loss to Tunisia on Sunday. He pointed out that the red card against Alex Iwobi was not fair because the foul […]
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No fewer than six suspected bandits were killed on Saturday night after troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attack on Mareri Community, outskirt of Gusau, Zamfara State. Kokomansion understands that the armed bandits had invaded the community and attempted to kidnap the Managing Director of Zamfara State Transport Authority (Mass Transit) Alhaji Aminu Adamu […]
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Suspected gunmen Saturday evening killed four workers at a mining site in Dong village, Plateau State. According to reports the attackers stormed the village and shot dead the workers at the site. A woman was said to have escaped the onslaught by whiskers, but she is presently receiving treatment in the hospital. Similarly, the Plateau […]
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The President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured residents of Kaduna of the resolve of security agencies under his command, to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the State and other parts of the country. Buhari who spoke at a State Banquet in his honour, during his official visit to the State, commended the support Kaduna […]
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Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday told leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he won’t return to the party. Obasanjo made this know when a PDP delegation led by the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, four former governors, and members of the party’s National Working Committee visited him at his […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, on Friday disclosed it would beam its searchlight on politicians and political parties to track the sources of funds for their campaigns in the 2023 general election. Speaking at a policy roundtable event on political campaign finance organised by The Electoral Forum in Abuja on Friday, the INEC Chairman, […]
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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has declared war against internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys. To stop the excesses of the many internet fraudsters ‘rampaging’ within the state, Abiodun said Ogun would soon set up its financial crimes agency to deal decisively with internet fraud and illegal financial transactions, especially those that have […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of late five-year-old school girl Hanifa Abubakar. Buhari also applauded the police and the secret service in unravelling the mystery behind the disappearance of Hanifa, and particularly for the arrest of her teacher and other accomplices “suspected in the kidnap and murder of […]
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