AS the race for the Speakership of the House of Representatives intensifies, a group, Progressives Foundational Movement (PFM) has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC to resist pressure that may force them to reverse the zoning template of the 10th …
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THE President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed his support for Hilda Bassey Effiong, better known as Hilda Baci, the Nigerian chef on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for cooking. The chef has been getting massive support, especially from Nigerians, since she started her cooking project “Cook-a-thon”. Thousands …
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NIGERIA’s movie industry is in a mourning mood again with the reported death of Murphy Afolabi. The 49-year-old popular Yoruba actor died in the early hours of today in his residence. Veteran film director and producer, Tunde Ola-Yusuf confirmed the passing via his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. “Rest in …
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At least eight persons have lost their lives in a fatal road crash which occurred at Kili village on the Darazo-Kari highway in Bauchi State on Thursday. It was a lone accident involving a Gray Volkswagen Sharon mini bus with vehicle registration number BCH 465 XA, belonging to the fleet …
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Tesla CEO and Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has named Ms Linda Yaccarino as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the microblogging site. Yaccarino is the former advertising chief at NBCUniversal. She will resume work at the social media platform in about six weeks. The confirmation came after NBCUniversal …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said that the scheme had truly achieved the goal …
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The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, in Uhogua, near Benin, says an unknown person has dumped a two-day-old baby in its community. The Coordinator of the camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Folorunsho said that the baby was …
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The Imo Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of a retired military officer and Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s kinsman, Mr Tony Enoch. Enoch was the Presidential Campaign Council Chairman for the Ahmed Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima election in Uzodimma’s Oru East Local Government Area (LGA). He was …
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An Akure pastor, Famakinwa Ajayi, has been jailed by an Ondo State High Court for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The 61-year-old pastor who is affiliated with the Christian Association of Nigeria in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North council was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was charged to …
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The Rivers State Government on Friday began the demolition of a set of buildings belonging to the Bayelsa State Government on Akassa Street, Old GRA axis of Port Harcourt. The properties are on a large expanse of land at numbers 5 and 9 Akassa Street in the high brow Old …
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