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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the opposition Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 poll of misleading Nigerians to score cheap political gains. APC's national publicity secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, in a statement, described Obi's New Year message, in which he claimed that the political, economic, and…
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says fire gutted a one-storey building in Lekki area of the state. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency received a distress call at…
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The opposition New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has raised concern over the alleged plan by President Bola Tinubu's administration to return the nation to a party system. Though, NNPP claimed to have actively contributed to the success recorded by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 presidential poll but vowed that the reverse…
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No fewer than seven persons lost their lives in a lone auto crash on Kaltungo – Cham Road in Gombe State. Mr Samson Kaura, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Gombe. He said that 31 other persons sustained varying degree of injuries in the…
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Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has criticised Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) flagbearer, for visiting former military president Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna. On Thursday, Sowore expressed his disapproval of Obi's meeting with Babangida in a post on X. "How on earth could someone…
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The 2023 gubernatorial standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), has called for a coalition of political parties to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Rhodes-Vivour made the call on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he declared his intention to join…
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The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the arrest of a couple for allegedly raping and beating a 13-year-old girl in their residence in Port Harcourt. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday. NAN reports that the wife…
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The Ondo State Government says it has moved to ensure seamless succession in vacant stools and reduce litigations associated with chieftaincy matters in the state. Commissioner for Local Government Affairs and Chieftaincy Matters, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Akure. Takuro, who said that there would be public hearing…
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has appealed to Nigerians to stop making negative comments and confessions about the country. The governor also enjoined the people to support President Bola Tinubu in his avowed determination to achieve a positive turnaround in Nigeria's fortunes and ensure its people enjoy a better standard of living. The governor,…
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Opposition political leaders, including alienated All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, have commenced negotiations towards producing an alternative political platform aimed at defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 poll. The immediate past APC National Vice Chairman North West, Dr Salihu Lukman, in a New Year message titled, "Political Competition Should Define New Nigeria," charged…