APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu The All Progressives Congress said on Friday that the debate on the alleged attempt to foist an interim government on the country would not disrupt the handover of government to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29. The Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and the leadership of the ruling party also dismissed […]
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A leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Saturday, called on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute proponents of the interim national government. He said the agitation, in some quarters, to foist interim government on Nigerians, after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress had been declared President-elect, was the height of unpatriotism […]
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A total of 460 fleeing inmates from the medium custody facility in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory are yet to be recaptured. The names, images, and prison identification numbers of the fleeing inmates who were declared wanted were sighted by our correspondent on Friday on the Nigerian Correctional Service’s website. However, on the same website, 26 […]
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A yet-to-be-identified man was on Friday evening carried off an Abuja to Lagos flight. The middle-aged lone protester was said to have announced that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must never be sworn in as President on May 29. In the video obtained by our correspondent, it took the efforts of no fewer than six airport […]
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Rescue workers searched for more bodies.Pix: Reuters Eight people including two children were found dead in a marsh near the Canada-US border after trying to cross illegally into the United States, police said Friday. Their bodies were discovered near a capsized boat belonging to a missing man from the Akwesasne Mohawk community, officials reported. “A […]
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By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi It is no longer news that some of the first-term governors-elect will face many months of unpaid workers’ salaries and mounting pension liabilities, as well as agitation for the implementation of the nationally agreed minimum wage, rising inflation, escalating prices of goods and services, and dwindling purchasing power. These incoming governors, […]
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Policing the “city that never sleeps” is no easy task even on a typical day — so New York law enforcement agencies are taking no chances ahead of Donald Trump’s high-profile court appearance next week, bracing for protests for and against the first indictment ever of a former US president. The city’s police department has […]
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Iran protest Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of two women, the judiciary said Saturday, after a viral video appeared to show them being attacked by a man for not wearing the hijab. Video footage widely shared on social media in Iran appeared to show the two female customers, who were not wearing the mandatory hijab […]
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Governor Sanwo-Olu, casting his vote during the last governorship election The 2023 general elections have come and gone but the disunity and tension it fermented remain with the eggheads of certain ethnic groups, especially the Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos. The tension is allegedly caused by the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by […]
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When David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, stepped out with his third studio album dubbed, A Better Time, in 2020, Nigerians were agog with the quality of the record, especially its collaborations. With American stars like Da Baby, Nicki Minaj, among others as guest features, fans all expected the album to chart for a very […]
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