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Police parade suspected electoral offenders in Cross River

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The Police Command in Cross River on Saturday paraded 16 suspects arrested for various alleged electoral offences in Ogoja Local […]

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Sokoto APC, PDP trade blames ahead of governorship election

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal With just a week to the 2023 governorship and House of Assembly elections across the […]

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Anambra Catholic Church distances self from priest’s anti-APGA teachings

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The Catholic Diocese of Awka has distanced itself from the teaching of a priest of the diocese, Rev. Fr. Cajethan […]

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INEC should redeem image with gov elections – TMG

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Transition Monitoring Group has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to use the opportunity […]

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Buhari attends UN conference in Qatar

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

President Buhari arrives from Kigali, Rwanda The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Saturday attend the Fifth United […]

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IReV: INEC uploads 90% election results

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 159,509 results from 176, 846 polling units, […]

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Catholic Church disowns priest preaching against Soludo, APGA assembly candidates

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The Awka Catholic Diocese has disowned Rev. Fr. Cajethan Obiekezie, a priest of the diocese who preached against the Anambra […]

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Parties may unite against APC for Kaduna guber election – NNPP’s Hunkuyi

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Former Kaduna North Senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi has said parties may unite against the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship […]

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Hakimi: Seven sports figures that faced rape charges

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Following the widespread accusations of sexual assault and harassment across several professions, here is a list of seven sports figures […]

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New naira: Why CBN should obey court order – APC chieftain 

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State, Abdullahi Shinkafi, has urged the Federal […]

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Electronic transmission of election results not mandatory – APC

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says there is no law making it mandatory for […]

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Naira redesign: APC chieftain asks Malami, Emeifele to resign for misleading Buhari

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The North West zonal Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,APC, Lukman Salihu has asked the Governor of Central Bank of […]

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Naira redesign: Uncertainty as Supreme Court nullifies policy

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

On Friday, the Supreme Court invalidated the naira redesign policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, backed by […]

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Yobe govt deploys 2,670 staff to combat climate change

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the secondment and deployment of 2,670 staff to the Ministry of Environment […]

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Why Tinubu’ll be last president APC will produce – Primate Ayodele

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has said Bola Tinubu would be the last president […]

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Containing the inevitable heartbreaks of democracy

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Since the Independent National Electoral Commission’s announcement of the Nigerian presidential election results, I have sent out a tweet on […]

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How my disability denied me UTME registration – Admission seeker

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

The aspiration of an 18-year-old Ogun State teenager, Esther Abiona, of becoming a medical laboratory scientist in one of the […]

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How a German war film disarmed Oscar voters despite woes at home

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

When “All Quiet on the Western Front” first premiered back in September, there was little to suggest it was about […]

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Anger in Greece over deadly rail disaster

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Thousands of people demonstrated across Greece on Friday to demand justice for at least 57 people killed in the country’s […]

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Cocaine licences not for selling drug to public, says Canada

By Ifunanya / March 4, 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he was “surprised” that companies licensed to sell […]

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