Tag: Crisis
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Edo: Fresh crisis looms as Obaseki conducts kangaroo LG primaries
Crisis hits Edo PDP again as the Governor Godwin Obaseki led faction has been accused of conducting a kangaroo local government primaries. The party has declared the primary illegal and claimed to have no prior knowledge of the event as it was simply a selection process conducted in Government House Benin city. In a press…
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Sudan crisis: 834 Nigerians arrive Abuja
A total of 834 Nigerians stranded in conflict-ridden Sudan, on Sunday arrived the pilgrims terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The airport terminal witnessed a large turnout of parents, as well as relatives of the returnees, welcoming them with happiness.
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Count me out of Abia Assembly crisis – Member-elect
A member-elect for Obingwa West State Constituency of Abia, Mr Uchenna Erondu (Jnr.), has dissociated himself from the crisis currently rocking the house, leading its factionalisation. Erondu stated this in a statement issued on Thursday and made available to newsmen in Umuahia. “It beats my imagination that my name could be associated with such crisis when I have yet…
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Sudan crisis: Over 7,000 nationals including Nigerians stranded at Egyptian border
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said over 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, were not allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening from war-torn Sudan. Chairman, NiDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the disclosure in a
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Labour Party crisis deepens, suspends National Deputy Chairman
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials. The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement
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LP crisis: State chairmen insist Abure remains National chairman
Labour Party state chairmen say they did not sack Julius Abure as Chairman of the party, insisting that he (Abure) remains the recognised National Chairman of Labour Party (LP). The state chairmen of the party in Abuja took back the party
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Oro festival: How “big crisis” was averted in Ile-Ife
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has called for peace and orderliness in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs.
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‘We can’t allow religious crisis in Nasarawa’ – Gov Sule
Ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has warned that the state government will not allow religious crisis in the state. Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu
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2023 Elections: Crisis will erupt should Obi or Tinubu lose – Primate Ayodele
Ahead of the February 25 presidential elections in the country, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned of a possible crisis looming in the country. The cleric said there would be a crisis if the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress,…
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The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder in Nigeria – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Last week I captured my usual Sunday broadcast as The Nigerian political atmosphere is becoming darker. And the caption of what I am presenting today is not too much different – The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder. Are the two captions not similar enough?