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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to work with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu when his government is finally inaugurated in May 29th. Makinde made this promise in an interview with TVC on Sunday. He said, “I will work with the President-elect. We will continue to work towards ensuring that Nigeria is united. […]
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The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Ladi Adebutu has rejected the overall results of the 2023 governorship election in the state and called for the cancellation of the results. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier declared Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of […]
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Former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has lost his reelection bid in Enugu East Senatorial district to Labour Party candidate, Sir Kelvin Chukwu. The LP candidate polled 69, 136 to beat Chimaroke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 48, 701 votes. Kelvin replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was murdered a […]
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Leon Edwards clung on to his welterweight title with a second successive win over Kamaru Usman on Saturday night at the 02 Arena in London. Having won the belt with a stunning final-round head kick last August, Edwards needed the judges at UFC 286 in London, but ran out a deserved winner after five rounds. […]
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Manchester United Mason Greenwood is said to be ready to tie the knot with his pregnant partner, Harriet Robson. This development came weeks after he was cleared of assault charges. It will be recalled that he was arrested and arraigned in court last year on sexual assault and coercive behaviour charges. The Crown Prosecution Services […]
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has debunked a conversation online about an alleged staff recruitment exercise going on in the university. The university revealed it is not currently recruiting any staff at the moment. This was disclosed in a statement titled “BEWARE Of SCAMMERS: OAU Is NOT RECRUITING”, released by […]
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Supposed candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Surulere Constituency I, Olumide Oworu was not on ballot in the just concluded state Assembly election that held on Saturday (yesterday). Checks by Vanguard on the official declaration of result sheet for the constituency showed Adebayo Bode and not Olumide Oworu was candidate of the party. According […]
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Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has lost his Local Government Area, Bogoro to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir. Announcing the result, INEC revealed that Abdulkadir polled a total of 16,598 votes to defeat the APC and […]
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Agents of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, clashed at the Ogun State collation centre for the 2023 governorship election. Trouble started when the PDP agent, Sunkanmi Oyejide, stood up and protested against multiple representations of the APC by three agents. Oyejide also complained that the APC deliberately disrupted the […]
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The draw for the FA Cup semi-final was conducted on Sunday. Manchester City will play Sheffield United, while Brighton will play Manchester United or Fulham. Six-time champions City reached the last four with a thumping 6-0 win over Burnley on Saturday. The Blades defeated Blackburn 3-2 on Sunday to book their spot. Brighton ended League […]
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