Rep Akande-Sadipe debunks defection rumour

Member, House of Representatives, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has debunked claims in some quarters that she is set to defect to the People’s Democratic Party, ahead of the 2023 General elections. She was reacting to a viral social media post in which a member of PDP, (names withheld) posted her picture with the text “Congratulations to Oyo […]

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Confusion in PDP over plot to stop Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal

Clash over returnee-defectors rocks National Caucus meeting Ex-VP: 2023 poll our last chance Confusion broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caucus meeting on Monday night, forcing National Chairman Dr Iyorcha Ayu to abruptly reschedule proceedings till Tuesday. The uproar at the meeting was triggered by the insistence of some leaders from the […]

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Cheap deaths: Increasing rape, ritual killings making women ‘endangered species’

By Tope Omogbolagun Tope Omogbolagun examines the recurring killing of women and girls for money rituals in different parts of the country, the panic it has created and the solutions to the menace The atmosphere at the home of Bamise Ayanwole, the slain female passenger of a BRT bus in Lagos, has been engulfed in […]

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Wike, Obaseki’s face-off: APC ready to take over Edo, says chairman

The Edo State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Col. David Imuse (retd.), has said his party will capitalise on the disarray in the state Peoples Democratic Party to take over power in the state. While describing the problem facing the PDP in the state as self-inflicted, Imuse told journalists that his party was not […]

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Inquest: Sylvester died of pneumonia leading to sepsis, says doctor

A Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the initial autopsy on late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, who died in controversial circumstances, on Monday, told a coroner that the pupil died of pneumonia leading to sepsis. The news of Sylvester’s death went […]

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12 days to APC convention, uncertainty looms, party yet to sell forms, governors divided

Twelve days to the national convention of the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party has failed to sell forms to aspirants while all the committees set up by the APC to ensure that the convention moves smoothly have failed to begin sitting. This is just as the governors were as at Monday still very much […]

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Ukraine willing to be a neutral state, says official as 2.8 million refugees flee

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Amid Round 4 of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, on Monday, the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of Ukraine, Ihor Ivanovych Zhovkva, has hinted that Ukraine is willing to maintain a neutral status if that will bring an end to the ongoing war. In a live interview with Republic TV, […]

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Doyin Okupe gives Kemi Afolabi hope over incurable ailment

Ex-Presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has given hope to actress Kemi Afolabi over her incurable ailment, Lupus. Okupe, in an open letter, expressed that while Lupus is incurable, it is untrue that the actress has limited years to live. “My dear Kemi, I read about your affliction with Lupus with much compassion. I was, however, […]

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