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Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93
The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. Elsie Ajayi Ikoli departed this earth on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the quiet of her Lagos home — not with fanfare, but with fulfillment. She was 93. A statement issued in Lagos by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli…
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POLITICIANS BLACKMAILING ORODJE – OKPE UNION
POLITICIANS BLACKMAILING ORODJE – OKPE UNION URGES OBOREVWORI TO CORRECT ERROR GROUPING OKPE NATION UNDER ANOTHER ETHNIC NATIONALITY ACCUSES ITEBU, ONOME, OTHERS OF SCUTTLING TEACHING OF OKPE LANGUAGE LAMENTS DEPRIVATION OF OKPE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN DESOPADEC, UNFAIR ACCESS TO BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Okpe Union has accused the former secretary of the…
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PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMENDS DANGOTE GROUP OVER NEW GANTRY PRICE OF DIESEL
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMENDS DANGOTE GROUP OVER NEW GANTRY PRICE OF DIESEL President Bola Tinubu commends the enterprising feat of Dangote Oil and Gas Limited in reducing the gantry price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel. The Group recently reviewed downwards the gantry price of AGO from N1,650 to…
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Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway
Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway A Policy Paper by Independent Media and Policy Initiative In a criminal court in Panama, the trial of the first batch of 27 individuals accused of money laundering related to the global “Panama Papers” revelations began on Monday, the 8th of April, 2024. The owners of the Mossack-Fonseca…
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LAGOS-CALABAR HIGHWAY PROJECT IS A HIGHWAY TO FRAUD, WASTE – ATIKU, INSISTS PROJECT AWARD DID NOT MEET MINIMUM THRESHOLD OF DUE PROCESS
PRESS RELEASE The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by Works Minister, Dave Umahi, that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will tentatively cost N15.6 trillion. Atiku also knocked Umahi for altering the initial…
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HENRY OVIE EBIRERI: PUBLISHER, WRITER, POLITICIAN AND BUSINESSMAN
Henry Ovie Ebireri is a political communication specialist, social media consultant and full-time writer. Born in Midwest Nigeria and grew up in Sapele. Ebireri began his career writing for various magazines before joining a daily newspaper as reporter\researcher. He quickly moved up the ranks and spent several years as the newspaper’s…
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DELTA WOMEN TASK KOGI CENTRAL VOTERS ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN
CALL CDW STATEMENT FOOLISH TALK, SHEER NONSENSE, FAKE NEWS EXPRESS READINESS TO HOST AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN IN WARRI ON SATURDAY A group, Delta Women Vanguard, on Sunday described the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial Candidate in Kogi Central, Chief Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the defender of the people. ‘’What the time demands is a…
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Okere-Urhobo royal families rebuke Louis Okumagba, seek IGP’s Intervention
Move to prevent monumental communal war between Itsekiri and Urhobo Royal families in Okere-Urhobo have condemned the role of Chief Louis Okumagba in the 30 plots released by the Delta State government to the Olodi, Oki and Ighogbadu families of Warri in the Okere – Urhobo kingdom of Delta State. They described it as…
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Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead
Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead. The top Lagos leader died on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 in Surulere. He was 76. A totally detribalized Nigerian, Animashaun was known for being outspoken and for not shying away from the truth. Tributes from relatives, friends and neighbours have described him as a straightforward and a deeply committed…