Tems makes it one of the top winners of this year’s BMI Awards in London. She clinches her award alongside other top Nigerian artists like Wizkid, CKay, P2J, Tempoe, Joeboy, and Kwame Eugene. Mike O’Neill, president and CEO of BMI, and Shirin Foroutan, vice president of creative for BMI Europe, presided over the ceremony. P2J […]
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Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader – an ascent that has stoked hopes but also fears for a poor and chronically troubled country. Traore, at the head […]
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Screenshot 2022-10-06 163019 Some youths have accused personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of extortion. They organised a protest against the EFCC on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State. The protest comes days after some youths held a similar protest in Warri, Delta State. It was gathered that the youths, who took the protest […]
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The African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyole Sowore, on Thursday, tackled the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over his absence from the public scene since the official kick-off of electioneering for the 2023 election. He said Nigerians won’t be swayed by photo ops anymore and that Nigerians now know better after President Muhammadu […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu 18 parties field 837 candidates, running mates for 28 governorship elections 10,231 to vie for 993 seats in state assembly polls The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of candidates that will contest the governorship and houses of assembly election in 28 states of the federation in […]
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Lawyers for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, told the Court of Appeal that both parties could not resolve the eight months old strike, despite the out-of-court settlement as advised by the Appellate Court. The FG’s lawyer, James Igwe, and lead counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), told the […]
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Some lecturers of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) have commenced academic activities despite the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr. Abraham Ekpo, Information and Protocol Officer of the institution and Mr Najeem Gbefwi, President, NSUK Students Union Government (SUG) confirmed the development to newsmen at the institution in […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress and the legal directorate of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says there is no cause for alarm over the court ruling nullifying the candidacy of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his deputy governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi, for the July 16 governorship election. This is even as the […]
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The United Kingdom Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate is hale and hearty, contrary to speculations on social media. Mr Joseph Adebola, Chairman, APC UK Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He described the speculations that Tinubu was sick […]
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Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP The significance of the northern elite supporting the establishment of state police, along the position of their southern counterparts is high and should not be lost to Nigerians who believe that the present centralised structure of the police is antithetical to the security and welfare of the citizens. […]
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