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The Minister of Transportation and Leader of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South, Rotimi Amaechi has revalidated his membership of the APC. Amaechi revalidated his membership of the party alongside his wife, Judith, at Ubima Community, Unit 14, Ward 8 in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers State. The Minister’s revalidation exercise comes days after the Supreme Court removed all the legal impediments that almost destroyed the APC in Rivers State. The party which was sharply fictionalised in Rivers State had two leaderships; the one led by the Minister of Transportation,…

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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa on Monday reached 3,963,706. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) who confirmed the development said that African countries were facing several challenges, as they were in bad need of vaccines. Africa CDC Director, John Nkengasong, said, “our population has begun to face what is called pandemic fatigue. We have been doing this for one year and people are getting tired,” NAN quoted him as saying. He also emphasised the need to strictly adhere to public health precautionary…

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Kingsley Moghalu, former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), has described Olusegun Obasanjo as Nigeria’s best president since 1999. He said Obasanjo, despite having his flaws, was successful as a president because he was detribalised and focused on nation-building.   Moghalu said the former president did not think like a “provincial politician” but as a leader of the entire country.   In a series of tweets on Monday, Moghalu said the presidency needs “transcendence of mind and action” in order to be able to provide effective leadership.  …

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  Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has raised the alarm over the killing of four men by those believed to be Iskilu Wakili’s men.   Adams said the locals were hacked to death at Idiyan village, Igangan, Oyo State, on Monday, one day after Wakili was arrested by the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC).   The Yoruba leader, in a statement by his spokesman, Kehinde Aderemi, said the perpetrators have been terrorising the village and its environs.   Adams said they have collected over N800 million as ransom from…

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The Federal Government has been tasked to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria a terrorist group. A group, the Igbo National Council (INC), made the demand during a summit held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. INC President, Chilos Godsent also asked Nigerians to stop buying and eating cow meats grown by the Fulani herdsmen. The activist said the call for Nigerians to stop buying and eating cow meats is a ” minimum measure of economic sanctions against the killer Herdsmen.’ He frowned at the present Nigeria…

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