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Traders plead for reopening of Alayabiagba Market Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), yesterday, continued its onslaught against environmental infractions by sealing several plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba. The plazas were sealed for offences including improper waste disposal and trading activities obstructing free flow of traffic, among others. The affected plazas are those situated around Mobil Filling…
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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, yesterday, trashed a petition brought before it by the Akwa Ibom State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akanimo Udofia....
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Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Saturday, September 30, for judgment in the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ladi Adebutu, challenging the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
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One of West Africa’s biggest golf draws with start today with top stars from across the region in the battle for the prizes on offer. Led by United States-based Senegalese professional golfer, Samba Niang...
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GSS Apo ‘Apo Raptors’ emerged winners in the boys category of this year’s Power Forward event concluded at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. GSS Zone 3 ‘Wuse Fever’ were crowned champions in the girls category.
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Special recognition came the way of some athletes participating in the 7th National Youth Games yesterday. This followed the invitation of two Katsina badminton athletes to the National camp by the Nigeria Badminton Federation to participate...
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Nigeria has the best balance sheet of natural endowments to natural hazards and disasters in the world. Its citizens must, therefore, “stop acting like spoilt brats” by embracing enormous opportunities and shunning “primordial sectional agenda”.
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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has called on President of the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) to create an African Cashew Development Fund, which will help develop a system where Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) are processed in Africa instead of shipping them to Vietnam and India.
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The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the harsh effect of fuel subsidy removal.
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As the clock ticks on the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, the post-primary crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is getting messier as the internal mechanism to resolve the impasse has not produced positive results.
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Public attention being drawn on the efficacy of democracy as a system of government desirable or preferable to any other such as monarchical or military, is a necessary subject, going by recent happenings in neighbouring Niger Republic and Gabon, where soldiers have toppled democratically elected governments. Not a few other African countries are running under…
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