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No amount of propaganda can distract Tinubu – Gbajabiamila

No amount of propaganda can distract Tinubu – Gbajabiamila The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Sunday that no amount of propaganda would distract the focus of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Gbajabiamila disclosed this in a ...

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368 Ekiti workers get N136m car loan

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the disbursement of another tranche of N136.26m as car loan to 368 civil servants in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance, Akin Oyebode, said that amounts ranging from N80,000 to N1.5m would ...

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PDP National woman leader, Effah-Attoe is dead

The national woman leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, is dead She died on Sunday after a brief illness. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party said it was devastated by Attoe’s demise. The National ...

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14-year-old boy commits suicide with a shoelace in Calabar

Resident of Ekondo street in Calabar agitated and are asking questions how a fourteen year-old could commit suicide with a shoelace as string The boy whose name was given as Donald resides with his grandmother at 49, Ekondo Street in ...

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Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jews

Israel has urged Russia to protect “all its citizens and all Jews” after a large mob shouting antisemitic slogans stormed a Dagestan airport. Video footage on social media showed an angry crowd running through the airport in Makhachkala seeking people ...

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Excitement in Spain as crown princess turns 18 tomorrow

Excitement in Spain as crown princess turns 18 tomorrow Spain’s Princess Leonor is about to turn 18, thrusting her into the spotlight as heir to the throne and raising questions about the role she will play as an adult royal. ...

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Kenya to become visa-free for all Africans by 2024

Kenya is to end visa requirements to all African visitors by the end of the year, President William Ruto has said “It is time we… realise that having visa restrictions amongst ourselves is working against us,” he told an international ...

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Two trapped, die inside diesel reservoir in Kano

Two middle-aged men at Baban Gwari Roundabout on Katsina road in Kano, lost their lives after being trapped and suffocated inside a reservoir tank. The Public Relation Officer (PRO), Kano State Fire Service, PFS Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, made this known ...

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Jehovah’s Witnesses attacked in India

Police in India are investigating a series of explosions which killed three people at a Jehovah’s Witnesses meeting in the southern state of Kerala. More than 50 others were injured in the blasts on Sunday at an event held by ...

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Lady saved while attempting suicide

A Nigerian lady has been saved from committing suicide. The lady was seen at the edge of a bridge while attempting to jump into a river due to hardship in the country. She was later talked out of it by ...

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Lawmakers elect new speaker in Rivers State

About 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have suspended the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martins Amaehwule Also, the House elected and inaugurated the leader of the House, Edison Ehie, as its new Speaker. The number ...

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History will exonerate me – Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential contender in the February 2023 election, has stated that history will ultimately vindicate him. He said this on Monday, October 30, while addressing the press, days after the Supreme Court judgment affirming ...

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Lagos reopens Alaba International Market

  The Lagos State Government has reopened Alaba International Market and some sections of the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos, which were shut due to issues related to improper waste disposal and other environmental violations. This was made known ...

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Israel allegedly cuts internet, communications across Gaza

Israel allegedly cuts internet, communications across Gaza The Hamas government said Israel “cut communications and most of the internet” across the Gaza Strip on Friday. The government’s media office accused Israel of taking the measure “to perpetrate massacres with bloody ...

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20 injured as petrol tanker explodes during offloading at petrol station

Petrol tanker explodes during offloading at petrol station No fewer than 20 people sustained various degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion at a petrol station in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State. Mr Paul Aboi, Director of Kaduna State ...

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Supreme Court victory: Adeleke congratulates Tinubu, calls for unity

Adeleke congratulates Tinubu on his Supreme Court victory Governor Ademola Adeleke has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court, saying the time to unite for Nigeria is now. The apex court on Thursday ...

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Support Tinubu, Patriotic Elders urge Atiku

Support Tinubu, Patriotic Elders tell Atiku after Supreme court judgement The Patriotic Elders Forum of Nigeria has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar to show more maturity by not only accepting the verdict of ...

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Veteran Nigerian Broadcaster, Jike Attoh is dead

The West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy has expressed sorrow over the passing of its Executive Director and ace broadcaster who died on Wednesday in Enugu State. The Academy, in a statement on Thursday by its Registrar, Joseph Obari, described ...

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Court lifts IPOB ban, awards Kanu N8bn

Court lifts IPOB ban, awards Kanu N8bn Justice A. O. Onovo of the Enugu State High Court, Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. Recall in 2017, ...

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House On The Rock church cancels it’s all-night prayers today

House on the Rock church, founded by Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has cancelled its all-night prayer meeting scheduled for tonight. The church announced the cancellation on social media. House on the Rock noted that the decision was necessary due to the ...

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Jonathan visits Tinubu in Aso Rock after Supreme Court verdict

Jonathan visits Tinubu in Aso Rock after Supreme Court verdict Former President Goodluck Jonathan has visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The visit comes 24 hours after the Supreme Court upheld Tinubu’s election in the keenly ...

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Ghana hit by power outages due to limited gas supply

Ghana hit by power outages due to limited gas supply Many parts of Ghana were plunged into darkness due to a lack of gas to power machinery used to generate electricity in the country. Power distribution firm Ghana Grid Company ...

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EFCC detains Emefiele after his release by DSS

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has detained the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was picked up on Thursday night, less than an hour after he regained his freedom from the custody of the ...

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