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A former Minister of State for Works and Chairman of Southwest Agenda 23, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has come under heavy criticism after saying the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu remains the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2023. Southwest Agenda 23 is a think tank with the mandate of presenting a presidential candidate from the Yoruba people in Southwest Nigeria in 2023. He said, “Tinubu is a good…
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Government officials are scratching their heads to come up with a lasting solution to the country’s worsening security challenges. In their latest attempt, the federal government has maintained that there is nothing wrong in dialoguing with bandits. Last Wednesday, gunmen suspected to be bandits stormed the Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, Rafi LGA of Niger state, and kidnapped several students, members of staff, and some members of their families. More than 40 people are still unaccounted…
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Comedian Debo Adedayo popularly known as Mr. Macaroni has released a skit in which he explained the events of February 13, when he was arrested and brutalized on camera by officers of the Nigerian police. Some youths have planned a fresh round of protests tagged #OccupyLekkitollgate after reports that the Lagos state government was planning to reopen Lekki toll gates without concluding investigations into the events of October 2020, when some protestors were allegedly massacred…
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Locals in Nigeria’s capital Abuja are reporting that a chartered flight has crashed at the Abuja Airport. Early reports also suggest that there were no survivors as the aircraft burst into flames after crashlanding. https://twitter.com/imoleayomichael/status/1363445331787210756 Witnesses on the ground describe the pilot as a hero! saying The aircraft could have crashed into a residential area but they watched him maneuver into a free bush to crash. The Nnamdi Azikiwe airport is approximately 20 km (12 mi)…
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Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has once again called for the privatization of Nigeria’s state-owned oil refineries. In 2019, the sale of NNPC, and other national assets was Atiku’s main campaign message when he unsuccessfully contested to be Nigeria’s president. Reiterating his point in a short message on Twitter, Atiku penned: ‘Privatisation of Refineries and Other Assets: Better Late Than Never. For decades, I have championed the privatization of our economy and full deregulation of…