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Less than 12 days to the 2023 general elections, about 12 gubernatorial candidates of the African Action Congress, AAC, have disowned the party’s presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, alleging that he is undemocratic and inexperienced to lead in the capacity of president of Nigeria. The gubernatorial candidates were; Iboro Robert Oru, Akwa Ibom; Aliyu Ahmed, Kwara […]
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Paris Saint-Germain head into the first leg of their crunch Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich this week without the injured Kylian Mbappe, with concerns over the fitness of Lionel Messi, and in crisis after suffering damaging back-to-back defeats. The pressure is firmly on coach Christophe Galtier, given that these big European matches are […]
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Vehicular and human activities were paralysed as All Progressives Congress, APC, faithful and supporters trooped out in large numbers in Ikorodu to express support for the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other candidates of the party in the 2023 general poll. The group expressed this on Monday,at the official […]
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The country home of the lawmaker representing Orlu state constituency at the Imo State House of Assembly, Paschal Okolie, has been razed by gunmen. Okolie’s house at Umudura Akwakuma in Okporo community was invaded around 1am on Sunday morning and burnt, it was learnt. The lawmaker on Tuesday confirmed the attack on his country home […]
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The Rivers State Police Command said its operatives shot a suspected kidnapper dead, while another was arrested during a raid of criminal hideouts in Ndoki waterfront in Port Harcourt. The police also said arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 and a revolver, were recovered from the arrested suspect. Spokesperson of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki on Tuesday disbanded the South-East security outfit Ebubeagu in Ebonyi State. According to the court, the disbandment of the security outfit was as a result of human rights abuses, extortions, illegal arrests and use of fire arms. Details later… punch
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The Centre for Climate and Development at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria in collaboration with Sustainable Development Centre, University of Abuja has concluded plans to announce the top 3 winners of the second essay competition climate chang recently organized by the Centre. The second essay competition titled “Climate Change and […]
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Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, claimed that a Presidency cabal was working towards an Interim National Government, ING. El-Rufai, in an interview with Premium Times, said the leaders around President Muhammadu Buhari resorted to ING after failing to get either Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and Senate President Ahmad Lawan […]
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that Point of Sale agents who charge above N200 for the CBN cash swap programme will be arrested and jailed when caught. He said this on Tuesday during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the monetary and currency redesign […]
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Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has lambasted the Central Bank of Nigeria for allegedly flouting the interim injunction of the Supreme Court suspending the implementation of the February 10 deadline on the use of the old banknotes. It was reports that the CBN had moved the deadline earlier set for the […]
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