The National Association of Nigerian Students on Sunday declared that no political party will hold a convention to select any presidential candidate in Abuja. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent. The Peoples Democratic Party picked the Federal Capital Territory for its May Convention to select its […]
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President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan may have bowed to pressure from Senators, the North East geo- political zone in particular and other parts of the north to vie for the Presidency. He would, this week, expectedly pick the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, […]
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Urges members to contest election & defend their interest The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Kaduna on Sunday mourned 36 workers who were killed by bandits. Chairman of the state council of the congress, Comrade Ayuba Magaji, while speaking during the Workers Day celebration at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna called for one minute silence […]
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The aspirations of many deputy governors to succeed their principals are being frustrated in many states across the country as most governors have anointed other aspirants ahead of their parties’ primaries, leaving their deputies behind. Findings showed that in several states where incumbent governors are in their second term and are making frantic moves to […]
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“We have decided to hold the convention, where our candidate will emerge, in Abuja. That was where the National Working Committee chose, but the National Executive Committee will ratify it at our meeting on Wednesday.” These were the words of the national spokesman of Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Debo […]
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Actor, Yul Edochie, has faced criticisms over his decision to monetise the attention he has attracted since he announced that he had married a second wife in the person of actress, Judy Austin, and welcomed a son with her. On Saturday, April 30, 2022, the actor asked his followers for donations to help him procure […]
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Nigerians have been enjoined to imbibe the spirit of unity and love if the country would meaningfully forge ahead as a nation. The Vice President, VP, Prof Yemi Osibanjo, made the plea weekend in Owerri, at the wedding of Governor Hope Uzodinma’s daughter, Oprah and her husband, Henry Ohaeri, at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri. While […]
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The family of a young girl, Favour Okumaso, who was killed and buried in a shallow grave Oyan Village via Imala, Ogun State during a religious gathering, have cried out for justice. The Okumasos lament that their daughter was the only one who died out of the nine persons who went for the religious retreat. […]
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A clash between the police and members of the banned Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, (Shi’ites), yesterday, left one dead and several others injured. An eyewitness said the incident occurred while “the Shi’ites were on a procession to mark the annual Quds Day, usually marked with a procession on the last Friday of Ramadan to […]
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The closing of this year’s Ramadan, the holy month of compulsory fasting for all Muslims, is undoubtedly a time for deep reflection for Nigerians as a whole and for Muslims in particular. The Eid-el-Fitri festival marking the end of the fasting is coming at a most trying and critical time for the country. The polity […]
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