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Month: January 2025

Obi defends Obidients, tackles Bisi Akande over ‘insulting’ #EndSARS claim

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential torchbearer in the 2023 election, has tackled a former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, over the latter’s recent comment on the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country in 2020. In an interview that has gone viral, Akande claimed that the nationwide demonstrations against the brutality of a now-defunct…

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Interview with Ikenna Onyeama on the New Age of brand storytelling

Interviewer (TechCabal/NairaMetrics): Ikenna, thanks for joining us. Brand storytelling is evolving rapidly; many feel we’re in a new creative renaissance. What’s driving this transformation? Ikenna Onyeama: Thank you for having me. The essence of this transformation lies in a fundamental shift from one-way communication to interactive experiences. Audiences today want to feel like participants rather…

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Your inciteful comments will have consequences – Defence minister warns Amaechi

Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence, has sent a stern warning to the former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, over what he described as reckless and inciting utterances about President Bola Tinubu’s leadership. Amaechi, a former Rivers State Governor, stirred the hornet’s net while speaking at a week-long national conference organised by the African…

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Nigeria set to begin production of HIV/AIDS test kits, anti-retroviral drugs

Dr Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says plans are on to begin domestic production of HIV commodities before the end of 2025. Ilori made the disclosure on Friday in Ilorin while inaugurating the Kwara Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Paediatrics ART Acceleration Committee. She said…

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Wizkid is set to kick off ‘Morayo’ tour, announces 3 Arena dates in Europe

The Grammy winner has announced dates in France, Netherlands, and Germany as he sets to go on the road for the first time in nearly three years. The hitmaker will be headlining the 12,000-capacity Velodrome Arena in Berlin Germany on May 21 before taking to the Ahoy RTM Stage in Rotterdam Netherlands on May 23….

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2027 will be disastrous for PDP if crisis instigators are not punished – Bode George

Chief Olabode George, Chieftain, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says 2027 will be disastrous for the former ruling party unless it unites and wields the big stick on characters destroying it. George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, made this remark at a news conference on Friday in Lagos at his Ikoyi residence. He…

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Don’t despair in present hardship; we’re coming to fix things – PDP govs to Nigerians

On Friday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum urged Nigerians not to despair but to keep hope alive despite the country’s present hardships. The forum made the call in a 7-point communique read by its Chairman, Sen. Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State, after its first closed-door meeting for 2025, held at Government…

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FG excited about Chibok girls’ performance at American University

The Federal Government has reassured its commitment to supporting the Chibok girls currently studying at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola. Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, the Minister of Women Affairs, said this in an interview with reporters shortly after visiting the girls at AUN on Friday in Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

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PSC orders immediate retirement of police officers above 60 years

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has ordered the immediate retirement of senior police officers over 60 and those who have served for over 35 years. On Friday in Abuja, Ikechukwu Ani, PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, said this in a statement. He said that the commission had, in its 24th Plenary Meeting of…

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Tinubu appoints Abba Aliyu MD Rural Electrification Agency

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Bayo Onanuga, the president’s spokesman, said in a statement that the appointment, effective Jan. 23, is for an initial term of four years. Aliyu has been acting as the agency’s managing director since March 2024 until the…

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