Month: March 2023

Veteran Nollywood actor ,Fadeyi Oloro dies at 65

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Veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker Ojo Arowosafe better known as Fadeyi Oloro is dead. Fadeyi Oloro, a legendary Yoruba actor who hails from Igbara Odo, Ekiti State, Nigeria, died at the age of 65. The news of his death was made known to all and sundry today, March 7th, 2023 by a popular Facebook user identified as Otunba Adekunle Abolade Dodoede. Recall in December 2021, Fadeyi Oloro cried out to Nigerians, seeking financial assistance amidst health challenges. 2023 Federal Government Scholarship Award For Nigerian Students Fadeyi Oloro in an interview…

#NigeriaDecides 2023: Olanipekun, 49 other lawyers to defend Tinubu against Obi, Atiku

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A legal icon and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Wole Olanipekun, will lead 49 other lawyers to defend the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu at the presidential election tribunal.   Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, with other legal luminaries to ensure that Tinubu prevail over his arch rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, who have challenged his victory.   Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged as the winner…

BREAKING: INEC strikes out Doguwa’s name from Reps-elect list

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of the embattled leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, from the list of election winners. The electoral body had declared him as the winner of the February 25 election in Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency. The returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai had earlier announced that Doguwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 39,732 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) who polled 34,798 votes. But in the newly released…

NYSC seeks more security for corps members during elections

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The National Youth Service Corps has commended Corps Members for their outstanding peances during the just concluded 2023 Presidential during thed just concluded 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections.   The Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed stated this today during a meeting with all the NYSC State Coordinators in preparation to the forthcoming Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections.   He said the Corps Members that served as ad-hoc staff in the Presidential and National Assembly elections have written their names in gold in the anals of history…

Giant Strides of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Health Sector, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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.There was no denial that the present administration in Lagos state under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had invested heavily in the provision of quality health system to the betterment of average residents of the state. Beginning from the Primary Health Care services PHC to Secondary as well as the Tertiary Health institutions was giving adequate attention within the first four year tenure of Lagos state Governor, a program he had sustained towards the twilight of his first term in office. Aside repositioning the health sector in Lagos with…

2023 Presidential And National Assembly Elections lacks credibility- Hallowmace Foundation

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A non- governmental organisation, Hallowmace Foundation has described the Presidential and National Assembly elections held last week across Nigeria as an exercise that lacks credibility. While praising Nigerians for trooping out en masse to participate in the pools and for demonstrating enthusiasm and maintaining peace, the Foundation said the outcomes of the elections in many respects fell far short of the expectations of Nigerians and the international community. In a release signed by the Executive Director of the Foundation, Sunny Anderson Osiebe, which was made available to media houses, Monday,…

THE AMAZING STORY OF LAGBAJA AND WHY HE COVER’S HIS FACE WITH A MASK

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Bisade Ologunde, known professionally as Lagbaja, is a Nigerian music legend. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was a household name, despite the fact that his music career began much earlier. His musical style is distinct, as his stage presence. He is recognized for performing in traditional attire comparable to that worn by masquerade, with the exception of a few holes around the nose and mouth. Lagbaja’s musical persona is based on mystery, as evidenced by his stage name, which basically translates to ” Nobody. ” Lagbaja can…

Enhancing Quality Census Reporting By Abdullahi O.Haruna (Haruspice)

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As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census, it is crucial that quality reporting is emphasized to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the data collected. The One-Day State Level Capacity Building Workshop for Journalists on Effective Reporting of the Census organized by the National Population Commission in Kogi State is a step in the right direction towards achieving this goal. The importance of accurate and credible information cannot be overstated in any society, and the media plays a vital role in ensuring that this is achieved.…

The 25% of FCT as legal conundrum by Mike Ozekhome

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Whilst it is true that a literal reading of section 299 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic shows that the Federal Capital Territory is not a State, but from the words, “as if it were one”, contained in the provision, section 229 actually indeed grants the FCT benefits accruing to states in Nigeria and ensures its treatment as such with respect to legislative, judicial and executive powers. Section 299 does not for the purpose of section 134 confer on the FCT the status of a subordinate of a State.…

Man killed over N1,600 in Anambra

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A scrap dealer has been stabbed to death by his friends over over N1,600 at Tarzan junction axis, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anmbara. The deceased, a native of Ebonyi State, was said to have had a prolonged brawl with his colleagues over sharing formular of the said amount which prompted intervention of a master trader that resolved the crisis. According to an eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, the assailants invited the deceased to a drinking joint aimed at luring him to kill him, an invitation he turned…