Grammy’s Award-winning singer, Burna Boy, will co-headline the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final Kick-Off Show by Pepsi, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Saturday, June 10. This was revealed on Thursday on the UEFA Champions League website. Known for his global chart-topping hit ‘Last Last,’ the Nigerian star will bring his energy and […]
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National Population Commission, on Thursday, clarified that the 2023 planned census is not ethnic or politically motivated. Ogun State Federal Commissioner, Seyi Aderinokun, stressed that the Commission is not a political organisation, adding that its responsibility is to conduct census meant to generate data for economic planning. The Commissioner who was represented by the state […]
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The Rivers State Police Command has denied reports making rounds on social media that a Divisional Police Officer shot dead an Inspector attached to his division. Spokesperson of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko said this in a statement sent to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Iringe-Koko said there was neither a shooting nor a police […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he is confident in the judiciary to deliver the right judgement with regard to the case before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal where he is challenging the result of the just-concluded February 25 presidential election. He expressed his confidence in the judiciary during a […]
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Results of the February 25 presidential election came as a shock to many who had declared a winner before the Independent National Electoral Commission did, the Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said on Thursday morning. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the observation in an Arise Television News […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said he was opposed to becoming Nigeria’s vice president in 2007 but fate has another plan in store for him. He said he almost cried when he became Nigeria’s number two citizen, adding that he never planned to occupy such a high office at that time. Jonathan made the […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Months ago, when the Independent National Electoral Commission announced its voter register listed a whopping 93.4 million potential voters, it was an exciting promise of how the elections would go. At the end of the day, the presidential election — which typically attracts more voters — ended up with an underwhelming figure. […]
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As he did in 1984 when he was a military head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari introduced a naira redesign policy, which left in its wake tales of deaths, sorrow and anguish, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole writes. Nigerians who were alive during the introduction of the naira redesign policy by the Muhammadu Buhari military junta of 1984 […]
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The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has disclosed that his ambition to occupy the state governorship seat is not backed by any godfather as claimed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor. Rhodes-Vivour revealed this on Thursday morning on Arise […]
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The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it has yet to harmonise efforts with states to set up palliative measures ahead of the June 2023 deadline for the discontinuation of petrol subsidy set up. It, however, said concerned committees would soon conclude discussions with key stakeholders as the administration winds down. The Minister of State for […]
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