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Running Mate: Why Tinubu Rejected Lawan, Yahaya Bello
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has turned down proposal to pick either Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, or Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, as his running mate, sources in the party informed Daily Independent on Wednesday. Our correspondent gathered that both Lawan and…
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Celebrity partners who shy away from the spotlight
Despite Nollywood being full of power couples such as Banky and Adesua Wellington, there are plenty of celebrity partners who shy away from and found love outside the spotlight.
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Landlords could be jailed for 15 years if they rent property to ‘Yahoo boys’ — EFCC
‘Yahoo boys,’ in Nigerian lingo, means young men who specialise in internet fraud.
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Broda Mike: Edo comedian arrested by DSS released on bail
A High Court of justice sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital, has granted bail to the comedian and vlogger, Chukwu Emeka.
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Court throws out Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application for bail by the detained leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
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In a functioning country, Tinubu wouldn’t have to re-submit certificates to INEC — Uzodimma
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo state, says the fuss about the credentials of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is needless.
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Age-falsification, health ‘scandal’ hits Supreme Court as acting CJN was ‘born in 1958, started school in 1959’
Following the resignation of Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Olukayode Ariwoola was sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari as the acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).
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Nigerian lawmakers to pile ‘diplomatic pressure’ on UK over Ekweremadu’s ‘organ harvesting scandal’
The house of representatives has resolved to take measures to enable Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, to get justice in the UK.
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Fire outbreak on Broad Street, Lagos [VIDEO]
A fire outbreak has been reported at a building located at 118 Broad Street, CMS, in Lagos.