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Fashola urges APC leaders to respect the zoning formula they agreed to when they founded the party
WORKS and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has urged his party the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour its zoning formula when picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Although not constitutional,...
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Georgia Republicans threaten to sit out senate run-off to protest a lack of support for Trump
REPUBLICAN voters in the US state of Georgia are threatening to stay at home during the forthcoming senatorial run-off taking place on January 5 to protest the way its leaders have refused to back President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the...
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Massob vows to resist any attempt to arrest Senator Abaribe claiming his case differs from that of Ndume
SECESSIONIST group the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has castigated the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) for demanding the arrest of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over the fact that Nnamdi Kanu jumped...
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10 characteristics of the average Nigerian
Ayo Akinfe (1) They are passionate about their religious faiths. An overwhelming number of Nigerians want to go to heaven when they die (2) Nigerians are closely attached to their ethnic groups and traditional rulers (3) They love...
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Nigerians excluded from new US visa bond scheme requiring visitors to pay a deposit
NIGERIANS have been excluded from President Donald Trump's controversial and inexplicable visa bond pilot scheme under which visitors entering the US will have to pay a feed of between 5,000 and $15,000. In a departing blow to migrants...
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Ngozi set to be named WTO boss as South Korea plans to withdraw its candidate following Trump loss
NIGERIA'S former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be officially named as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after South Korea indicated that it intends to withdraw the candidature of its trade minister...
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Six foreigners and Nigerian sentenced to seven years in jail for oil theft but with the option of a fine
SIX foreigners and a Nigerian have been jailed for seven years by a federal high court in Port Harcourt after they were found guilty of oil theft in a suit brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Oil...
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Buhari commissions Nigeria's largest modular petroleum refinery in Imo State virtually
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has virtually inaugurated the 5,000 barrels per day modular crude oil Waltersmith refinery in Ibigwe in Imo State in a major step aimed at ending Nigeria's dependence on petrol imports. Despite being Africa's...
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