Month: October 2022

Meghan Markle Reveals She’s 43% Nigerian

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has opened up on her genetic heritage, revealing that she is 43% Nigerian. Markle made this known in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, where she expressed her desire to learn more about her roots, Mirrors reported on Tuesday. In the episode, Markle discussed with American actress Issa Rae, Nigerian-American writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards. The Duchess of Sussex then stated that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian. She said, “I just had my genealogy done…

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2023: Vote on trust and proven track record, Obi tells women

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By Omocho Kalu The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Tuesday in Abuja asked Nigerian women not to be deceived by mere Promises of aspirants but consider those they can trust and with verifiable, credible antecedents. He also tasked the women to vote for those with capacity, competence and the needed forsight that will take the country out of the present doldrum. Obi who spoke to Nigerian Women from across the country at the Voice of Women VO2022 conference at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) conference center…

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Obi hits back at Tinubu, says he is a parasite to Lagos

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By Mandy Park The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi has hit back at the All Progressives Party, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu, describing him as a parasite to Lagos State.. Obi’s response was fired through his Media Aide, Valentine Obienyem following an outburst by the Campaign Spokesperson of the APC, Festus Keyamo. ‘Bola Tinubu is a parasite to Lagos, a stste he governed for 8 years but still sucking the state’s blood like a leech’ A statement by Obienyem noted. Recall that Keyamo, challenged Obi, to…

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Breaking: Many trapped as fire guts WAEC office in Lagos

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Pandemonium has broken out in the early hours of Wednesday, as fire gutted the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC building in Yaba area of Lagos State. According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet to be ascertained as of 7.15 am. The fire had broken out at the middle of the high-rise building as those trapped in the building were seen frantically calling for help. It was gathered that men…

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Africa Water Week: AWWASHNet joins African Communities in Solidarity Against Water Privatisation

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By Mandy Park As African Communities rounded off activities on Africa Water Week at the weekend, a Socially-relevant, environmental- friendly and need-meeting, non-profit organisation, AWWASHNet ( African Women Water Sanitisation and Hygiene Network) joined other advocacy counterparts to condenm the moves by some African governments to privatise water. The group called for a Public Partnership approach in the administraton of water, insisting that water is part of human rights that must be provided to citizens and not commodify. Different female activists who spoke in Lagos at the sensitisation of Ogba…

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Declaration of flood Emergency urgently needed- Obi

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…says destruction devastating. By Mandy Park Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has said that the country ought to have declared flood disaster emergency in some areas of the country. Obi who has suspended his National Presidential Campaign to enable him visit and empathize with the victims of the flood disaster in some states of the federation including Benue, BAYELSA and Anambra states said that Federal Government ought to have declared national emergency on the natural disaster in view of the massive damage recorded. According to the Labour Party…

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Breaking: As Madam Anasthesia Ossai bags prestigious Ogbuefi title

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By Mandy Park Given her commitment in service to humanity, Mrs Anasthesia Agbomma Ossai today, Saturday 22, will be conferred with the prestigious Ogbuefi Chieftaincy title of Oguta in Imo State. Mother of the highly cerebral medical doctor and lecturer Dr. Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Chief (Mrs) Ossai is reputed as a woman with the heart of gold and good will. Recall that in Oguta, the Ogbuefi Chieftaincy title is conferred on only illustrious women who have distinguished themselves in one thing or the other in service to community. Although in…

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EndSARS: Security agencies ought to have protected protesters at Lekki – Datti Baba-Ahmed

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…says there was abuse of human right procedures By Omocho Kalu Labour Party (LP), Vice-Presidential Candidate, Yusuf Baba Ahmed has said that security agencies deployed to the Lekki tollgate during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests should have protected demonstrators but failed. Baba-Ahmed spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television. Recall that on October 20, 2020, in what appeared to be an attempt to disperse protesters, officers of the Nigerian Army stormed the Lekki tollgate and started shooting. In November 2021, a judicial panel set up by the Lagos…

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Ex-Senate President, David Mark’s son, Tunde is dead

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By Mandy Park Tunde Mark, first son of former Senate President, Senator David Mark, is dead. According to Daily Sun, a family source said that Tunde died in the early hours of Friday in London, the United Kingdom. Tunde is said to have suffered from cancer and died at the age of 51 years. The situation surrounding his death is not clear, but sources told the newspaper that the corpse is expected to be flown to Nigeria in the coming days. Before his death, Tunde was an alumnus of Yaba…

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US pledges $1m for Nigeria’s flood-ravaged areas

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The United States has pledged $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. The support which will come through the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and hygiene kits to promote safe and healthy practices amid the ongoing cholera outbreak, and multipurpose cash assistance for people impacted by the devastating floods. In a statement, the U.S ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, stated the country regrets the effects of the unusual rainfall and will not renege on its…

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