May 16, 2025
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Gov. Ugwuanyi’s belief in patriotism, a successor with private, public sector background saw to my emergence – Dr. Mbah

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…As Governor-elect’s Transition Committee visits The Governor-elect of #Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Thursday expressed profound gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi for standing firm in his belief in patriotism, and for successfully leading the campaign for the emergence of someone with public and private sector background as his successor in spite of blackmail,…

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“`Happy 2023 Eid-ul-Fitr to Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano- The Chairman/CEO of A.A Rano Group of Companies

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Eid-ul-Fitr 2023 is one of the most important festivals for Muslims all over the globe. Today marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The entire month, the devotees observe fast from dusk to dawn. The month-long fasting, which is considered to be one the sternest one, ends on the eve of Eid after…

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Time’s Writer Attacked For Listing Tinubu In 100 Most Influential Persons

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Astha Rajvanshi, a staff writer for Time 100 has locked her Twitter account, an action which was believed to be connected with criticisms she has received over the inclusion of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on the latest Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Rajvanshi received a bombardment of denigration on…

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Breaking: Chimaroke in secret meeting with Edeoga, duo plot against Chukwu, Mbah.

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By Prince Ejeh Josh …as battle shifts to election tribunals A leaked picture of a secret visit over the Easter weekend by the embattled governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, to his well-known political foe and traducer, the former governor of the state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has sent shock…

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Obasanjo leads WAEF pre-election mission to Sierra Leone

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The West African Elders’ Forum (WAEF) has deployed a pre-election fact-finding mission to Sierra Leone, ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for June, 2023. The WAEF team which is led by former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo also has former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President of The Gambia Fatoumata Tambajang as members,…

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Chinua Achebe was a novelist while Wole Soyinka is a playwright

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Chinua Achebe was a novelist. Wole Soyinka is a playwright. I know most of you didn’t know this, but there is really no basis for comparison between the two. It’s like comparing Sunny Ade and Oliver De Coque because they are both singers. Chinua Achebe also deserved the Nobel Prize no doubt, but he never…

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Between Achebe & Soyinka: the Nobel Laureate Politics and Obidients Saga

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Achebe was more like a true African spirit on a mission to provide a counter narrative to the faulty (rac!st) Western narrative of Africa and Africans; narratives told to maintain the supremacy of the Whites. Achebe’s literary “sin”, why he can never deserve the Nobel Laureates title was simply because his works questioned Joseph Conrad’s…

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Datti, ‘Obidients’ ready for Soyinka’s debate – Obi-Datti Movement

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The Obi-Datti Movement has said supporters of the Labor Party, LP, otherwise known as “Obidients” and the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, are ready for a televised debate challenge by Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. The spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Movement, Professor Chris Nwakobia, disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV on Saturday. Speaker…

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Chimamanda (Odelụwa) writes Biden, says Nigeria’s presidential poll was ‘deliberately manipulated’… “the election had been not only rigged but done in such a shoddy, shabby manner that it insulted the intelligence of Nigerians”.

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By Maryam Abdullahi Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, says the process of the Nigeria presidential election was not marred by technical faults but deliberately manipulated. In a letter addressed to Joe Biden, the US president, Adichie expressed dissatisfaction over the process of the presidential election conducted on February 25. She said the election was full…

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