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A member of the House of Representatives, Haruna Maitala, is dead. He died on Saturday morning in a road accident along Bade-Gitata road on his way to Jos. He died alongside his son, driver and security aide, who were all in the vehicle. He represented Jos North/Bassa federal constituency of Plateau State. It will be recalled that barely a month ...
Politics
April, 2021
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3 April
Obasanjo visits Adebanjo over Odumakin’s death
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday paid a condolence visit to leader of pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on the demise of the National Publicity Secretary of the group, Yinka Odumakin. Obasanjo visited the nonagenarian at his Lagos residence to commiserate with him on the death of Odumakin. Odumakin died on Saturday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Covid ...
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3 April
Afenifere spokesman, Odumakin, dies of Covid-19..wife reveals his last moments
Dr. Josephine Okei-Odumakin, wife of late Afenifere spokesman, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, has spoking abou the circumstances surrounding his death this Saturday morning, April 3, 2021. She disclosed that he died just when his condition was improving. The firebrand rights activist disclosed her late husband had been ill since March 10 and was recuperating. “It is true, my husband and friend ...
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3 April
Former Delta Governor, Sam Obi is Dead
A former acting governor of Delta State, Hon. Sam Obi is dead, multiple sources have revealed. Sam Obi was Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly in November 2010 when the 2007 election that brought Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to office was annulled by the courts. He thus became acting governor of Delta State from November 15, 2010 to January ...
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3 April
PDP congresses is for April 10
The Peoples Democratic Party has picked dates for the suspended congresses in the South-West, North-West and North-Central zones of the country. A letter signed by the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, and Secretary, Senator Umar Tsauri, addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission dated March 31, 2021, indicated that the zonal congresses has been slated for April ...
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3 April
APC bows to pressure, extends registration by three weeks
The All Progressives Congress has extended its ongoing nationwide membership registration/revalidation by three weeks. The exercise was initially scheduled to end on February 23 before the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee extended it by three weeks. The party, however, announced the latest extension in a statement issued on Thursday by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe. The ...
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3 April
Air force dismisses Boko Haram’s claim of downing missing fighter jet
Two personnel on the missing Nigeria Air Force Alpha jet were feared dead following reports that the aircraft had crashed at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State. The NAF identified the two men as Flt Lts. John Abolarinwa and Ebiakpo Chapele. The Air Force dismissed claims by terror group, Boko Haram, that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which ...
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3 April
Herdsmen cut retired principal’s hands in Igangan, Oyo State
Some herdsmen on Friday afternoon attacked a retired school principal, Ojedokun Ogunmodede. The herdsmen inflicted machete injuries which almost chopped off his two hands. The Secretary of Ibarapa Farmers Union, Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, who is popularly known as Akowe Agbe, said that the retired principal is his relative. Adeagbo, who is fighting for the rights of farmers in Ibarapa, said ...
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3 April
Makinde is sinking ship in Oyo, loyal to SDP, ADC than PDP — party Chairmen
Some state chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West tackled Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday after the governor warned the National Working Committee of the party against postponing the South-West congress of the party. The party has fixed April 10 for the congress to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. However, the governor, in a statement ...
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3 April
Zulum escapes another Boko Haram attack
At at about 12:30 noon, Boko Haram attacked a convoy, thinking Zulum, the Borno governor would be there. Yes, he was to be there, but.. Governor Zulum and his entourage spent a night in Monguno last Tuesday, distributing relief items. However, the governor joined up with his colleagues in Abuja for the inauguration of the newly-elected President of the Niger ...
