By Aniebo Nwamu As they always do, the kingmakers of Nigeria have chosen for us our next leader. Remnants of the coup plotters of 1966 have almost always determined “who gets what, when and how” in the country for the past 52 years. Last weekend, they picked Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the man to succeed […]
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By Tope Akinnola A Lagos High Court today Wednesday, October 8, 2018 slammed N5 million damages on Multi Choice Nigeria Limited, a digital television service provider and owner of the South African owned DSTV operating in Nigeria, for defective decoder and disrupted services. The court, which was presided over by Justice A. M. Lawal, specifically […]
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Hundreds of supporters of Senator Muhammed Sani Musa have held the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (AP), Adams Oshiomhole hostage at the party’s Secretariat in Abuja. The protesters were protesting non clearance of Musa who aspired for the Niger East senatorial district seat by the party in the just concluded primaries of […]
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In Port-de-Paix, the Haitian city hardest hit by a strong earthquake, medical personnel at the Immaculate Conception Hospital of Port-de-Paix are struggling to treat the wounded — and helplessly looked on as some didn’t make it. Not only are doctors and nurses lacking the supplies they need, the damage caused by the 5.9-magnitude tremor late […]
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Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says President Muhammadu Buhari would have ordered his arrest if he had evidence of corruption against him. In a statement issued on his behalf by his campaign organisation, Abubakar said his emergence has thrown the camp of Buhari into confusion. He also dismissed the allegation […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has praised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the role he played in his development in politics. He paid tribute to Obasanjo on Sunday while giving his acceptance speech at the PDP convention venue in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. Atiku emerged winner of the party’s presidential primary […]
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– My father died in his sleep after supper – son – FG mourns Iconic comedian, Chief Moses Olaiya Adejumo, popularly known as Baba Sala, has died at the age of 82. He died in his Ilesa hometown on Sunday evening and his body was deposited at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Annex, […]
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Presidential aspirants, delegates, party officials, independent observers, journalists and other accredited participants have gathered in Port Harcourt for the Peoples Democratic Party 2018 National Convention. The event, officially scheduled for 6-7 October in the major commercial hub, would end in the emergence of a presidential candidate for Nigeria’s main opposition party. The PDP governed Africa’s […]
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Presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were on Friday night handed over the list of delegates that would take part in the presidential primary scheduled for Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday. However, one of our correspondents gathered that some of the aspirants were apprehensive that the list could be […]
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– Yemi Adaramodu, Femi Bamisile, Fatoba Olusola, Ogunlola Steve, Peter Owolabi, Ibrahim Olanrewaju for Reps Former Lagos State commissioner, Opeyemi Bamidele, has emerged the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Ekiti Central District. He defeated the incumbent, Senator Fatima Raji-Rasaki, a recent convert to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. However, […]
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