October 22, 2022

[GIST] Delta gov: Okowa’s man triumphs over Ibori group

[GIST] Delta gov: Okowa’s man triumphs over Ibori group

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The legal battle between the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, believed to be the anointed candidate of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; and Mr David Edevbie, backed by a former governor, James Ibori’s, was laid to rest on Friday when the Supreme Court declared the Speaker as the authentic governorship candidate of


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[GIST] Artists to support mental health patients

[GIST] Artists to support mental health patients

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Fifteen artists have teamed up to support mental health patients in a major exhibition of their works in Lagos. The Art of Healing is a charity organisation that aims to reach people with such disorders across Africa through art as a form of therapy. It is in partnership with Alliance Francaise de Lagos, a non-for-profit


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[GIST] Win or Lose set to premiere in cinemas

[GIST] Win or Lose set to premiere in cinemas

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‘Win or Lose’, a movie directed by James Amuta, hit the cinemas on Friday. The private screening of the movie was held on Wednesday at EbonyLife Cinema, Victoria Island, Lagos. The movie, which was made in Makoko, a riverside area in Lagos, featured actors like Odunlade Adekola; Rachael Okonkwo; Erica Nlewedim; Dave Ogbeni; Gregory Ojefua;


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[GIST] I will take Nigeria to greatness, Tinubu vows

[GIST] I will take Nigeria to greatness, Tinubu vows

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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday promised that he and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, were more than ever ready to hit the ground running from day one if elected Nigeria’s President. Tinubu made the solemn pledge at the State House Banquet Hall during the unveiling of


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[GIST] Environmental, air pollution fears surround burning of seized drugs, crude

[GIST] Environmental, air pollution fears surround burning of seized drugs, crude

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SOLOMON ODENIYI writes about the unwholesome practice of open burning of seized goods by government agencies and its implications on the environment What started as normal sickness later degenerated into respiratory disease for Salamatu Mariam (not her real name). She was later rushed to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna State. After several tests carried


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[GIST] Group laments killings, abductions in Ebonyi community

[GIST] Group laments killings, abductions in Ebonyi community

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A socio-political group, AnyiChuks Grassroots Support Organisation, has decried the recent killings and abductions in Isu community, in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, saying the ugly trend signalled danger to the continued existence of the area. Describing the situation as worrisome, the group observed that over three prominent sons of the area


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[GIST] Sanwo-Olu almost denied second-term ticket, we begged Tinubu – CAN chairman

[GIST] Sanwo-Olu almost denied second-term ticket, we begged Tinubu – CAN chairman

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The Lagos State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, speaks to ALEXANDER OKERE about his recent endorsement of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, amid the lingering resentment by Christians against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the party Some clerics have cautioned their colleagues against turning their pulpits


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