Author: Alex Enemanna
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Ekiti governor’s 2023 Presidential poster floods social media
With the 2023 presidential election about three years away, the campaign posters of the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, seeking to contest for the plum position is already circulated on social media. The posters carrying his photograph and campaign on the platform of the All Progressive Congress was sponsored by the Chairman of Ikere…
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Why I quit my position — Malian President
Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the fragile West African nation. Rebel soldiers detained the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the pair to a military…
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Prince Akanmode a living legend at 70, says Omoluabi
Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi, the Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Political Matters has felicitated with a former SSG in the state, Prince Olusola Akanmode as he clocks 70. Omoluabi in a congratulatory message to Prince Akanmode on Tuesday described him as a living legend, pointing out that his passion and…
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15 arrested over attack on Imo governor’s convoy
The Police in Imo State have arrested 15 people who allegedly attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday. He was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government when the incident occurred. The hoodlums, armed with guns and machetes, claimed to be…
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Imo still under PDP control, says Okorocha
Former Imo State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Monday said Governor Hope Uzomma has sidelined key All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the state. He said the state is only “APC in name” and that the current administration’s is controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Okorocha, Uzodimma did not appoint any key…
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AU condemns arrest of Malian President, begs UN’s intervention
The African Union has condemned the arrest of President Ibrahim Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. Mutineering soldiers in Mali on Tuesday detained Keita and some members of his cabinet at his residence in Bamako, the country’s capital. “We can tell you that the president and the prime minister are under our control,” a top…
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Our alternative to IPPIS ready for test run, ASUU tells FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday told the Federal Government that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, which it developed as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is ready for integrity tests. According to ASUU, the software for UTAS was unveiled and demonstrated to the Minister of Education and…
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You waste your time when you insult me, says Oyedepo
The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has said anyone insulting him is wasting his or her time. He also disclosed that his church planted 520 new parishes on Sunday, August 16, 2020. Oyedepo has been under intense criticism over his comments on Sunday, warning the Federal Government…
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Jonathan briefs Buhari on Mali crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday received his immediate predecessor in office, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, at State House, Abuja. The President, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, advised Dr Jonathan on further consultations with the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic. Dr Jonathan, who…
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Kogi government transfers beggars, destitute
The Kogi State government, on Tuesday, repatriated 78 beggars and mentally challenged persons back to their states of origin. Those repatriated are from five identified states in the North, including Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and Zamfara. The Kogi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Fatima Kabir Buba, said those affected were evacuated…