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1 week ago | 
lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Omeiza Ajayi |Peter Duru |John Alechenu
By Dapo Akinrefon, Omeiza Ajayi, Peter Duru, John Alechenu, Luminous Jannamike, Jeff Agbodo MAKURDI — Hundreds of internally displaced persons, IDPs, from Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, yesterday, cried out over their poor feeding and living conditions. They staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, over alleged food shortages at their temporary shelter.
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2 weeks ago | 
africatopforum.com | Donu Kogbara |Dapo Akinrefon |James Ogunnaike |Dickson Omobola
By Dapo Akinrefon, James Ogunnaike, Dickson Omobola & Henry ObettaLAGOS —LEKAN Abiola, one of the children of the late Moshood Kashimawo, MKO, Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, elections, yesterday, disclosed that former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has apologised to the family for invalidating the polls.
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2 weeks ago | 
lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Johnbosco Agbakwuru |Luminous Jannamike
By Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Following the position taken by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, and some concerned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the party’s 2027 presidential ticket should be zoned to the south, party leaders yesterday expressed divergent views over the position.
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3 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Juliet Umeh
Lagos — ...Says Tinubu laying foundation for Nigeria's industrial baseTHE Presidency has defended its borrowing strategy as a necessary tool for economic development, insisting that borrowing, when used judiciously, is not a sin. The clarification was made during a presidential media interaction held in Lagos, where top presidential aides addressed the media on the administration's economic performance and future outlook.
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3 weeks ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Sunday, lamented that President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope has turned into a nightmare for Nigerians.
Afenifere, in a statement by its Leader and National Publicity Secretary, Oba Oladipo Olaitan and Justice Faloye, said the midterm report of the Tinubu administration has shown that every human development and sociopolitical index has regressed.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Luminous Jannamike
• Says APC plotting to annihilate opposition
• NEC to consider S-East resolution on Anyanwu
• We won’t bow to FG’s intimidation, says PDP govs
ABUJA— AGAINST all odds, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, held its 99th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting, where it expressed worry over the worsening insecurity and dwindling state of the economy under President Bola Tinubu’s watch.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Omeiza Ajayi |Steve Oko |Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA— Following the decision of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, to seal the national secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its inability to pay requisite fees regarding ground rent for 28 years, the PDP, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of brazen abuse of power.
Leaders of the PDP said they were ready to be arrested should government continue to harass the party over the ground rent.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon
• Warns Appointees Against Unauthorized CommentsGovernor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has suspended Ibrahim Rabi’u, a Senior Special Reporter (SSR) attached to the Ministry of Transportation, over unguarded utterances. The state government also queried the suspended aide for his recent inflammatory comment regarding Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s purported defection.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Olasunkanmi Akoni
• We’ll resist imposition in Amuwo-Odofin—Group• LASIEC can’t conduct election in 37 LCDAs —OlarenwajuLAGOS — ANGRY reactions have greeted the just concluded chairmanship primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, as aggrieved aspirants and groups kicked against the alleged imposition of candidates by some party leaders. The aggrieved party members and leaders faulted those using President Bola Tinubu’s name to impose their candidates.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Luminous Jannamike
• Eno, Kefas, Diri, Fubara absent• Internal forces sabotaging Atiku’s quiet efforts to stabilise PDP — AideIN a move aimed at addressing the gale of defections and internal crisis rocking it, governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, met with former governors and other party stakeholders to strategise on its survival and forge a common front ahead of the 2027 general election.
