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Adanyi: Why I Want To Govern Benue State In 2019
By Abraham Uwuasom, Makurdi The 2019 Governorship race has generated so much interest within Benue and beyond. This is as a result of not just the number of persons who have indicated interest in the number one position of Benue
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Education: UK To Support 100,000 Northeast Children With $16Million
The UK is giving 16 million dollars in education support to 100,000 children affected by the Boko Haram crisis in Northeast Nigeria. Amb. Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said in his remarks to journalists at the
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1,700 Nigerians Languishing In Libya Prison – FG
The Charge D’ Affairs, Nigeria Mission to Libya, Mr Alex Kefas, says 165 stranded Nigerian irregular migrants were on Thursday evacuated from Libya by the Federal Government. Kefas, who announced this at a news conference on the current situation on
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Soyinka To Buhari: You Are Threatening Rule Of Law
By Chidozie Ogbonnaya with agency report Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has joined lots of Nigerians who disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari’s view on “National interest superseding the Rule of Law”, accusing the administration of having a penchant for flouting judiciary
Read More2019: Tambuwal Declares For Presidency, Pledges To Tackle Insecurity
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state said herdsmen/farmers crises in parts of the country was a major security concern for every Nigerian. But, he said that as President of the country under the banner of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the
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I Used To Be A Feminist Until I Realised I Don’t Understand It – DJ Cuppy
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, says she would never come out as a feminist. The entertainer said she once considered herself a feminist but eventually realised that she does not understand it. DJ Cuppy said the reason
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‘Buhari’s Elevation Of ‘National Interest’ Above Rule Of Law Legal, Constitutional’
Project-2019 (P2019), a civil society organisation on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s statement on national interest and the rule of law is legal and constitutional. Mr Wale Ogunade, Convener of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
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#NotTooYoungToRun Distances Self From Saraki’s Declaration
The Not Too Young To Run movement has distanced itself from the Senate President Bukola Saraki’s declaration to join the presidential race. The group said it had only invited Saraki and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party to a
Read MoreApapa Gridlock Persists One Month After Osinbajo’s Intervention
More than one month after the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo visited the ports in Lagos State and ordered a 72-hour joint operation by security operatives to clear the gridlock in and around the Apapa, little progress appears to have
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Pinnick Hails Enyimba, Charges Team To Go All The Way
By Joel Ajayi President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has praised the never-say-die spirit of Enyimba FC of Aba in getting a last-gasp winner against Congolese side, Cara Brazzaville on Wednesday that shot them into the
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