By Luke Onyekakeyah With the declaration of the former Governor of Anambra State and former Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Peter Obi, for the 2023 presidential elections, it is obvious that the coast is now clear for the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s president in the forthcoming 2023 […]
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More than 200 babies could have survived had they been given better care at birth, a damning report into Britain’s biggest maternity scandal said on Wednesday, prompting a government apology. The report listed a catalogue of repeated failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a 20-year period from 2000 to 2019. Babies […]
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Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed what it described as another anthology of lies by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, it described the press conference addressed on Monday by the Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed “as another anthology of […]
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A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, and presidential hopeful has withdrawn from the 2023 race to support the ambition of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. He made this known on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Iwe Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, saying that leader of socio-political group, […]
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Seventy-year-old farmer and vigilante from Itasa, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Amodu Bakare, lost his hands following an unprovoked attack by suspected Fulani bandits, who descended on him with axe and matchete. From his hospital bed, Bakare speaks in this interview about his close shave with death. How old are you and what […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is fully prepared for the assignment of being the President of Nigeria, saying he has the capacity to address lingering issues of insecurity and poor national economy. He maintained that Nigerians can no longer resign to fate, suffer the pains of harsh economy and wanton killings under the […]
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Confusion has surrounded the death of Confederation of Africa Football’s doping doctor, Dr. Joseph Kabungo. Kabungo, a Zambian medical practitioner, was said to have died shortly after Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday. There are reports that Kabungo died as a result of the stampede that occurred at the […]
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The stage was set. Gaily dressed and resplendent-looking guests who came from far and near sat in excitement, throwing banters. The event got underway with introduction of some of the dignitaries. Many others were finding their way into the expansive Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, venue of the ceremony. Then, there was an […]
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By Tayo Oke It is generally believed in Western democracies that elections have consequences, and in many instances they do. Take, for instance, the election of Boris Johnson, the Conservative British Prime Minister, in 2019, under the slogan, Get Brexit Done. Following a huge parliamentary majority, Brexit indeed happened and it has resulted in a […]
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Ex-Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the second term he would do so in eight years. He communicated the decision in a letter addressed to the PDP chairman of Kwankwaso Ward in Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State. According to him, he was resigning from the party over […]
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