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Borno Assembly member-elect, Nuhu Clark dies while undergoing treatment in India
Dr. Nuhu Clark, member-elect in the March 18 2023 elections, for Chibok State constituency in Borno State House of Assembly, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased died in India on Monday, April 10, 2023, while undergoing treatment. The Borno State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Babakura Abbajatau, confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Maiduguri on Wednesday, April 12. Abbajatau said that the state government would soon make an official statement after speaking with the family of the deceased. While mourning the deceased, the Borno Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, described…
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Ignore bad behaviors and wake up with terrible news headlines – Ezekwesili warns
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that the country might wake up with terrible news headlines from the rest of the world if it continues to wave off the consequences of bad behavior. She shared this in a series of tweets via her Twitter handle. According to her, Nigerians are becoming less trusting of the judiciary system. She wrote, “A society that habitually ignores consequences for bad behavior will wake up to a day when 2 of 3 Presidential Candidates of parties can only generate terrible news headlines from the rest of the world. “There are deep lessons from…
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You engage in tribal politics, wrongly accuse another – Chimamanda Adichie slams APC
Chimamanda Adichie has tackled the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for projecting her as a tribal person. She described Tribesman as an outdated and strange expression that says something about whoever is using it. She said the APC was exactly doing something it accused someone else of doing. Adichie made the statement on Tuesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s news program. There have been several attacks on the writer since she addressed a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden after he congratulated President-elect of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu. She claimed in her letter that the presidential…
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Kogi Guber: I can understand your pain, you wanted my support to become the party flagbearer in the 2023 Presidential election but I gave it to Atiku – Dino Melaye lashes back at Wike
Former Kogi State Lawmaker and Governorship aspirant, Dino Melaye has lashed back at Nysom Wike of Rivers State for saying he is not fit to be the Governor of Kogi state Wike who addressed journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday claimed that the former lawmaker cannot be Governor of Kogi State adding that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP will lose if Dino is given the ticket Reacting to this, Dino said Wike’s rift with him was birthed by his (Dino) inability to support the governor’s presidential ambition. The statement reads in part, “I can understand the pain of Wike. He wanted my…
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Yes Daddy: Obi needs to make some clarifications – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that Peter Obi has to make some clarifications on the leaked audio tape allegedly between him and the General overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo In the audio recording, the man alleged to be Obi asked the other person alleged to be Oyedepo, to help gather votes from the South West for him and said that the 2023 election is a ‘’religious war”. The Minister has continued to drag Obi over this audio recording adding that he still has to make some clarifications on whether the recording is fake…
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Dino Melaye does not have what it takes to be a Governor – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said former Kogi Lawmaker and Governorship aspirant, Dino Melaye does not have what it takes to be the Governor of the state. Addressing selected journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, Wike stressed that the former Kogi West Senator lacked the capacity to govern a state adding that the PDP would fail if Melaye emerged as its governorship candidate According to Wike: “If you give Dino the governorship ticket, you know he will fail; there is no way he can win. Why will Kogi people say they would vote for a candidate like Dino?…
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Buhari has done his best in tackling insecurity, leaving the country better than he met it – Adesina
The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the President is leaving the country far better than he met it as he has done his best in tackling Nigeria’s security challenges since he assumed office in May 2015 He said this during an interview on Channels TV on Monday night. He said when confronted with verifiable data that between May 2015 and May 2022, over 55,000 Nigerians were killed by terrorists, bandits, and armed gangs, Adesina said the President has left the security situation of the country better than he met them in…
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Senate President: Orji Kalu has a pending case with the EFCC, has been convicted- Former Lawmaker, Mao Ohuabunwa
A Former lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Mao Ohuabunwa has opposed the Senate Presidency ambition of Orji Kalu. In an interview with Channels TV, Ohuabunwa argued that the former Abia State Governor has a pending case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and has previously been convicted and is therefore not competent for the seat of the Senate president “I will feel terrible because I don’t believe that he is competent to represent the Senate. He has not won the election so I wouldn’t want a Senate President that will be removed…
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Yul Edochie deletes all Instagram photos of second wife Judy Austin and their son
Yul Edochie has cleaned out his instagram, deleting multiple photos and videos at the same time. The actor has deleted every photo of his second wife Judy Austin shared on Instagram over the past one year. The actor still has photos of his first wife May Yul Edochie. However, the post he made in April 2022 to announce that he has a new son and a second wife has been deleted. In fact, all his posts from April 2022 have been deleted, save for one of him and his father. Other posts he shared celebrating Judy, including the one he posted on her…
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It is evident that the so-called Obidients are mentally weak – Festus Kayamo
Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has described supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential Candidate of Labour Party, as “mentally weak”. This is coming after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, berated them for attacking others with divergent political views. Festus Keyamo in a tweet stated that Obidients during the campaign made caricatures of other candidates until the ”reality check” of February 25th and are now losing their heads He wrote; “It is evident that the so-called Obidients are MENTALLY WEAK. They threw all sorts of trash at other candidates, including ours, during the campaigns and we took it with…
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Insecurity: keep us alive first because only the living can enjoy infrastructure – Kukah tells Tinubu
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah has advised President-elect, Bola Tinubu to prioritize keeping Nigerians alive first before talking about infrastructure. He asked Tinubu to eliminate the chains of ethnic and religious bigotry and to recover the country from the “men of darkness”. The cleric made this known in his Easter message. According to him, the most urgent mission is to start a psychological journey of making Nigerians feel whole again by creating opportunities and hope for all He said; “I am hopeful that you will appreciate that the most urgent task facing our nation is not…
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Senate President: Adamu Garba suggests Sen. Barau Jibrin lead the 10th Assembly
Adamu Garba, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has thrown his weight behind Senator Barau Jibrin from the Northwest part of the country to assume the seat of the Senate President. He said Jibrin should be elected as the Senate President for the 10th Assembly because of his competence and role in Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory during the Presidential election. This is coming as Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expressed that it is his turn to be the senate president and also Se. Godswill Akpabio has eyes for the office of Senate President.…
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