Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has anointed the state’s Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Uno Eno, as a preferred candidate that would succeed him in 2023. This has brought to an end months of speculations and suspense about who would succeed the governor even as he had promised to disclose his…
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Liverpool’s duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are on course to face off in the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Both forwards played a crucial role, as Egypt and Senegal qualified for the semi-finals on Sunday. Salah scored and provided an assist for the second, as the Pharaohs beat Morocco 2-1…
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There are speculations on social media about the “death” of former Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). Information circulated at the weekend that the Niger-born retired General passed away. Citing a source Sunday night, PRNigeria reported that IBB is “alive and hearty”. Insider insists the former Nigerian leader is doing well despite some restrictions…
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Family of the girl slaughtered by some teenage boys in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, has demanded that the killers of their daughter should be beheaded immediately. While pleading that justice must not be delayed, the family asked that the boys should be slaughtered in the same manner they slaughtered the girl, who…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said bandits have now been officially declared as terrorists, to enable security agencies take more stringent measures against them. Osinbajo made the declaration while at the Katsina Emir’s palace on a condolence visit over the passing of Dahiru Mangal’s mother, Hajiya Murja, recently. According to the Vice President, with all…
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Tanko AlmakuraFormer Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Almakura, has explained why he’s aspiring to become the next National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).“As far as I’m concerned there’s no scare,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics when asked why he wants to subject himself to what many might term a ‘political hot…
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The Federal Government has reassured Nigerians of the quick return of peace to all terrorism-affected villages and communities across the country.Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Sunday at the Katsina Emir’s Palace when he paid a condolence visit to the government and people of the state over the death of the mother of…
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Onyeka Onwenu (File Photo)President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in sharing the joyous occasion of the 70th birthday of renowned songwriter, singer and journalist, Onyeka Onwenu.According to a statement issued on Sunday by Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President congratulated the multiple award-winning artiste and actress for…
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Logo of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation for the health sector from the subsisting 5% in the 2022 budget to a figure closer to 15% as recommended at the 2001 Abuja declaration for health financing in Africa.The…
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Egypt’s players celebrate their second goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 quarter-final football match between Egypt and Morocco at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde on January 30, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)Mohamed Salah inspired Egypt to a place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday as the record…
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