Senator Babafemi Ojudu receives endorsement for Ekiti State governor from UK indigenes

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's special adviser on political affairs Senator Babafemi Ojudu has taken his bid to become the next governor of Ekiti State to the UK addressing a gathering of keen diasporans at a weekend meeting in London.

 

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Egypt becomes latest African nation to allow its diasporans to vote in presidential elections

EGYPT has become the latest African country to allow its diasporans to participate in general elections as it has already allowed its citizens abroad to start voting in the forthcoming presidential elections.

 

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UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed to visit Nigeria next weeks for talks with Buhari

UNITED Nations deputy secretary-general and former environment minister Amina Mohammed is to visit Nigeria next week on March 23 for a series of meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari and other top government functionaries.

 

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Governor Obiano proffers reasons as to why Ndigbo do not do well in national politics

ANAMBRA State governor Willie Obiano has said that Ndigbo do not do well in national politics because the people of the southeast geo-political zone prefer splitting themselves into smaller political parties instead of coming together in a larger one.

 

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Super Eagles manager delighted over Ebuehi's return to fitness ahead of Poland and Serbia games

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has expressed delight at Tyronne Ebuehi's return from injury after the Ado Den Haag fullback returned to training with his Dutch side this week after a recent lay-off.

 

Last weekend, Ebuehi, 22, was substituted amid suspicions that he had picked up a groin strain. Prior to Saturday’s match against NAC, Ebuehi had started and completed each of the last 12 games played by Ado Den Haag in the Dutch top-flight.

 

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Chairman of senate poverty alleviation committee Senator Ali Wakili passes away after collapsing

SENATOR Ali Wakili representing Bauchi South Senatorial District and the chairman of the Senate committee on Poverty Alleviation has passed away at the age of 58 after collapsing at his Abuja home.

 

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Dino Melaye suffers major setback as appeal court rules Inec has the authority to recall him

KOGI West's Senator Dino Melaye still faces the prospect of being recalled from the senate after the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed an appeal he filed asking that the recall process be truncated with immediate effect.

 

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Housewife asks Sharia Court to dissolve her marriage because husband does not feed her and nine kids

MINNA housewife Zulei Mohammed has asked the Niger State Sharia Court to dissolve her marriage accusing her husband Aliyu of failing to provide her and her nine children with enough food.

 

In the first such case of its kind, Zulei accused her husband of being cruel to her in spite that had nine children for him. She alleges that he does not treat her as a man should treat his wife and asked the court to subsequently dissolve the union.

 

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Rohr rules Enyeama out of Nigeria's World Cup squad due to inaction with his club Lille

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has declared that former skipper and Lille of France goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama  will not be part of his squad for the 2018 World Cup taking place in Russia this year.

 

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Yoruba farmers body Oodua Redemption Alliance warns Fulani herdsmen of impending retaliation

FULANI cattle herdsmen have been warned by a group of farmers in the southwest known as the Oodua Redemption Alliance (Ora) that they will face retaliatory attacks if any person of Yoruba extraction is attacked by them of had their farms destroyed.

 

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