Day: August 5, 2022

2023: Tinubu’ll only become President if… — Femi Aribisala

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Renowned social critic and Nigerian International Affairs expert Femi Aribisala has said that, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will only win if APC rigged the election massively for him. The veteran international affairs scholar stated this via his official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Aribisala said, no political party with disastrous track record like the ruling APC in its 7 years of maladministration, has ever been re-elected in a free and fair Democratic poll. “In the history…

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Lagos accounts for 33% drug abuse in Nigeria — Marwa

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…Marwa commended the efforts of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos in assisting the agency on war against drug abuse. Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) on Thursday said Lagos accounts for 33 per cent of drug abuse cases in the country. Marwa disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu-Toyi 1, in Lagos He said, “I think it is very important that drug abuse in Nigeria is stopped by all stakeholders. “I implore his Royal Majesty, Akran of Badagry, to…

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Don’t gag media, Sanwo-Olu tells politicians, others

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…As NGE urges journalists to uphold ethics, ensure quality content Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom remains important in a democracy. He made the appeal, yesterday, at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and digitalisation: the imperative of good corporate governance” at Ikeja, Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu, who was Special Guest of Honour, said ensuring good corporate governance and self-regulation of the digital space would completely eradicate false and fake news.…

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2023: Atiku, Wike meet, pledge  to resolve PDP crisis in 7 days

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For the first time after the presidential primaries and selection of running mate which resulted in a crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, met, yesterday, to hammer out solutions to the logjam. Atiku and Wike are the two arrow heads in the crisis.   The duo, Vanguard gathered, held their long awaited, face-to-face meeting behind closed doors at the private residence of Professor Jerry Gana, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, and pledged to…

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