Wike moves against Atiku supporters resident in Rivers State as PDP battle intensifies

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike appears to have stepped up attacks against the supporters of former vice president Atiku Abubakar in Rivers State with the sealing of the filling station in Port Harcourt belonging to Federal House of Representatives member Chinyere Igwe.

 

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Kalu and Dele Bashiru to miss Watford's weekend game as injuries keep them sidelined

SUPER Eagles winger Samuel Kalu and U23 international Tom Dele-Bashiru have both been dropped from English Championship side Wartford's team list for this weekend's trip to Preston North End as a result of injuries which makes them ineligible to play.

 

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Nigeria’s 2023  elections should simply be about addressing the country’s top 10 problems with solutions in place by 2027

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Dealing with insecurity 

[2] Generating, distributing and transmitting 50,000MW of electricity 

[3] Producing at least 50m tonnes of steel annually 

[4] Handing the running of the economy back to the federating units. Our governors need to be made the managers of the economy

[5] Building urban underground metros in Lagos and Abuja 

[6] Linking all 774 local government areas together via a national railway network 

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Lagos State government extends Okada ban to six more local government areas as from Sep 1

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has extended the ban on commercial motorcycle taxis known as Okadas to four more local government areas and five local council development areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State with effect from September 1.

 

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PDP chairman under pressure to stand down after video of him promising to do if Atiku wins so emerges

FRESH pressure is being mounted on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu to stand down after a video of him promising to resign should a northerner emerge as the party's presidential candidate recently emerged.

 

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Emirates to suspend all flights into and out of Nigeria as from September 1 in response to forex crisis

EMIRATE Airlines has announced plans to suspend all flights to and from Nigeria with effect from September 1 in response to the growing currency crisis that has prevented it and other carriers from repatriating ticket sales funds from the country.

 

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Court of Appeal orders retrial of Kano musician sentenced to death for blasphemy

 

NIGERIA'S Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has ordered a retrial of the case involving singer Yahya Sharif-Aminu who was sentenced to death two years ago by a Sharia court after being found guilty of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed.

 

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Falconets cruise into U20 World Cup quarter finals with ease following 3-1 win over Canada

NIGERIA'S Super Falconets will face The Netherlands in the quarter finals of the ongoing Fifa U20 Women's World Cup after topping their group with a maximum of nine points following a 3-1 victory over Canada in their final group game last night.

 

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US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is investing billions in new facilities in India, China and Brazil. It is time to tell them enough is enough and that Awa Lokan 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Let me start off by reiterating that Nigeria’s fundamental problem is that her economy lacks the required productive capacity to sustain a nation state. We simply are not productive enough, manufacture next to nothing, import too much and do not create jobs 

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Ortom defends recent decision by himself and other PDP leaders to meet with Peter Obi

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has justified his recent meeting with the Labour Party presidential aspirant former Anambra State governor Peter Obi saying he would receive any candidate irrespective of the person's political affiliation.

 

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