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2019: Mind Your Business – Tinubu To Obasanjo

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A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Sunday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop interfering in the affairs of the ruling party. He spoke in Abuja at the venue of the national convention of the party. Mr Tinubu, who described Mr Obasanjo’s interference as “busy body”, argued that the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in three years could not be compared to those of the administrations of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which ruled the country for unbroken 16 years. Mr Obasanjo was president…

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D’banj’s One Year-Old Son Drowns

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‘Koko’ master, D’banj, recently lost his son in a pool accident. On his Instagram handle, the songster reportedly announced his bereavement in a rather philosophical term, leaving his fans guessing what really happened to him. Meanwhile, sources in the know said that the deceased, Dapo Oyebanjo 111 who was from the singer’s wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow, got drowned in their Ikoyi, Lagos home. Share on: WhatsApp

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86 killed, 50 houses burnt as Herdsmen attack 11 Plateau villages

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  Three local governments have been placed under curfew in Plateau State over the killing of 86 persons in attacks on about 11 communities in the Gashish District by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Police Command in Plateau State had earlier on Sunday confirmed the attacks, saying it had only recovered 11 corpses from some of the villages. But residents had insisted that about 200 people were killed by the marauding herdsmen. However, the police later issued a statement that indicated that the death toll in the attack on the communities…

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Nigerians Can’t Be Fooled By Change Of Slogan, PDP Tells APC

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Nigerians cannot be fooled by its attempt to change its slogan from ‘Change’ to ‘Progress’. In a statement issued Sunday by it National Publicity Secretary, the PDP described such thought as a “direct insult on the intelligence of Nigerians and the worst form of deceit from a failed political party that had brought nothing but hunger, afflictions and daily bloodletting to the nation.” One of the masters of ceremony at the APC convention in Abuja on Saturday…

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Sen. Abaribe arrested for gunrunning -lawyer

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Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has said that the Department of State Services arrested and detained Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Friday over alleged gunrunning and for aiding the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. Abaribe’s lawyer, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Saturday, said the allegations were contained in a search warrant dated June 22, 2018, and produced by the operatives who raided the lawmaker’s home in Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja. Ume quoted the warrant as directing the operatives to “focus and search for arms and ammunition and…

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Petit: Messi Is Not A Leader Like CR7

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Lionel Messi does not have the same leadership qualities as Cristiano Ronaldo, according to former Barcelona player Emmanuel Petit. “He’s not a leader. He’s no Ronaldo in that regard. Messi is one of the best players ever, but he needs to show that mentality,” Petit said. “He needs to wake up! When things go well with Barcelona he’s a terrific player. We’ve seen it in the Champions League though, when things don’t go well, he can disappear on the pitch. He’s not there anymore. He’s not running, he’s walking. He’s…

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Soyinka To Expose Obasanjo, The ‘Most Hypocritical’ Former Leader In Nigeria

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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of being the most hypocritical former leader of the country, following his attempt to hijack the movement for political change. He stated this in Abuja on Friday at a dinner organised by the International Press Institute. “Obasanjo has crossed the red line and I will launch a publication to expose him on July 3 at Freedom Park in Lagos,” Soyinka stated. He is trying to hijack a recovery process he is least worthy to lead. According Soyinka, Obasanjo is…

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Kidnappers of NNPC staff confesses on how he was abducted and died in their custody

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Kidnappers of John Iheanacho, a 53-year-old who was attacked by a gang of kidnappers who opened fire on him, after they accosted him at the entrance of his residence, at DPO Avenue, off Rehabilitation Center, Iriebe Port Harcourt have confessed on how the crime was carried out. While John was still bleeding profusely, his kidnappers bundled him into their operational vehicle and took him to an Island off Umuosi Community in Afam area of Oyingbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was held in captivity for nine days without…

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Davido, Don Jazzy, Psquare lead entertainers in celebrating Nigeria’s win

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The entertainment world were not left out of the party after the Super Eagles’ heroics at the Volgograd Arena Top Nigerian entertainers including Davido, Don Jazzy, AY and Alibaba have taken to social media to celebrate Nigeria’s first victory at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. Ahmed Musa scored two goals in the second half to give Gernot Rohr’s charges a 2-0 win over Iceland in their second Group D fixture on Friday. The victory fired them to the second spot in the group behind Croatia and on the…

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NAFDAC consultants sacked over anomalies, irregularities

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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, has revoked the appointments of NAFDAC consultants over allegations of anomalies and irregularities. In a statement made available today in Abuja, prof. Adeyeye noted that the activities of the consultants were detrimental to the Federal Government’s ease of doing business policy. “The operations of the NAFDAC Appointed Consultants in recent times have been fraught with a lot of challenges and irregularities, which militated against the very purpose of their appointment i.e. easing regulatory business of the industry with NAFDAC. “NAFDAC, in this new dispensation…

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