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Ota comes alive as Nana Hotel hosts Obalanlege

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Paramount ruler of Awori kingdom, His Royal Majesty Oba Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege, the Olota of Ota would be treated to a Royal Banquet and a grand reception at the prestigious Nana Hotel, Ota. The event coming up on Sunday 28th October 2018 will be held at the hotels’ QUADRANGLE. It will be the first in the series of celebrity reception shindigs to be hosted by Nana hotel which had been in existence since 1995. Managed by Wale Seriki’s SERIKIALATA VENTURES, the newly revitalized hotel looks set to achieve the highest…

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AGAIN, CAPTAIN IDAHOSA WELLS OKUNBOR DEBUNKS REPORT LINKING HIM WITH ALLEGED OIL FRAUD

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Respected businessman cum philanthropist, Captain Hosa Okunbor, has again issued a statement dissociating him from the controversial oil swap deal involving former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke. An unverified news report currently being circulated among Whatsapp users, which listed some Nigerian businessmen as beneficiaries of the said fraud, is a rehash of a report published in 2015 by an international news portal, which it had since retracted as Okunbor was never listed among the perpetrators. A statement released by the media team of Captain Okunbor reads, “As widely known,…

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“Time Is Up For Buhari” -Fayose

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Outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has said that the former Director General of the Department of State Service, Lawal Daura, twice asked him to support the government of President Muhammadu Buhari so that Fayose’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party, would retain the control of the State. The governor, who spoke in Abuja on Sunday night at a send-forth party organised for him by his colleagues in the PDP Governors’ Forum, said he turned down the request on both occasions. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr…

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Nigerian artist who painted Obama honoured by Harvard University honours

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Kehinde Wiley, Nigerian painter who was commissioned to paint a portrait of former United States President Barack Obama, was last Thursday honoured with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Harvard University. Others who were similarly honoured for their good works in other fields include Florence Ladd, Kenneth Chenault, Shirley Ann Jackson, Pamela Joyner, Bryan Stevenson, Dave Chappelle, and Colin Kaepernick. Previous awards were conferred on Muhammad Ali in 2015 and Maya Angelou in 2014. The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honour in the field of African and African…

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Atiku condemns Buhari’s travel ban

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for banning fifty (50) prominent Nigerians from travelling outside the country. In a statement issued on his behalf by his campaign organization, Atiku averred that the ban was ‘a throwback to Buhari’s evil Decree Number Two of 1984 which criminalised truth telling if it did not please Buhari, proving that dictators can grow old, but they can’t grow into democrats.’ Recall that some Nigerians like the former aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode, former…

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Donald Trump threatens Saudi Arabia over journalist

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U.S President, Donald Trump, said in a CBS interview that there would be “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it turns out that missing Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Riyadh and legal resident of the United States, disappeared on October 2 after visiting the consulate, reports the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday. “We’re going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment,” Trump said. Asked whether Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, gave an…

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Tambuwal’s convoy attacked in Sokoto, One person killed

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Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s motorcade was yesterday attacked in Sokoto which led to the death of one person as a result of stray bullets fired when hoodlums allegedly attacked his convoy. The Sokoto State Police command’s spokesperson, DSP Cordelia Nwawe, told newsmen that one other person who was injured during the incident had been hospitalised. It was reported that the PDP had organised a reception rally to welcome Tambuwal after his failed attempt to secure the 2019 presidential ticket of the party. The governor was received by a crowd of supporters at the Sultan Abubakar…

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Buhari bans 50 high profile persons from leaving the country

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Security agencies have been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, to place high profile Nigerians who are directly affected by the Executive Order 6, under watch list. In a statement disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mr. Gabar Shehu, President Buhari gave directives to the Nigeria Immigration Service to place embargo on those who are affected from travelling outside the country. Read the full statement below: PRESIDENT BUHARI DIRECTS IMPLEMENTATION OF EO 6 IN FULL FORCE Following the instant judicial affirmation of the constitutionality and…

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Youngest Billionaire In Africa Abducted By Unknown Gunmen

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The man said to be Africa’s youngest billionaire has been kidnapped by masked gunmen in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, police say. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was abducted outside a swanky hotel gym where he was going for his routine morning workout. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident and two of the abductors were believed to be foreign nationals, police added. The motive for Mr Dewji’s abduction is still unclear. Financial magazine Forbes puts his wealth at $1.5bn (£980m), and has described him as Tanzania’s only…

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Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate for 2019 election

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Peter Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State has been pencilled down as the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the February 14, 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar. Obi emerged the preferred choice of both the party and the candidate after series of consultations by stakeholders in the party and outside it. It was gathered that the name of Obi and that of Atiku will be sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission next week. Meanwhile, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has congratulated Mr.Obi on his selection as Atiku’s…

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