Tag: Duke
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Qatar 2022: Duke gives Australia crucial win over Tunisia
Australia held on to a narrow first-half lead to pick up a crucial victory over Tunisia that keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup last 16. Knowing defeat would see them make an early exit from the competition, Graham Arnold’s side came out of the blocks full of energy and intent.
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‘Duchess, Meghan Markle may be pregnant again’
Meghan Markle’s second baby watch is on, just four months after she gave birth to her first child Archie. The latest to comment on rumours the Duchess of Sussex might be pregnant again is television host Wendy Williams, IBT reports. “They’re saying that she might be pregnant again,” she said during “The Wendy Williams Show”…
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N537m debt: Court clears Duke after N350m payment
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday cleared a former Cross River State governor Mr Donald Duke of his N537,334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) after he paid N350 million as final settlement. The court discharged its August 21 interim order which had permitted AMCON and the United Bank for Africa…
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JUST IN: SDP expels Gana, suspends Duke
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Tuesday expelled former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana and Chief Supo Shonibare over what it described as anti-party activities. The party also suspended the former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke of the same offence. Details later…
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Prince Harry excited to be a father
The excited duo is still expressing their excitement with Prince Harry expressing his excitement hours ago on his twitter handle. According to Kensington Palace @KensingtonRoyal, official twitter handle of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry couldn’t help but reference his future arrival speaking on his concerns for the future. Responses have been kicking…
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2019: Donald Duke reacts to court judgement removing him as SDP presidential candidate
The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), Donald Duke, says he will appeal the judgement, removing him as the party’s presidential flag bearer. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday declared Jerry Gana, a former Nigerian Minister of Information, as the presidential candidate of the SDP. Duke had been declared as…
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2019: Buhari undecided as Atiku, Duke express readiness to partake in presidential debate
President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to take a decision on whether he will take part or not in the presidential debate slated for January 19, 2019 by the Nigeria Election Debate Group. But the Peoples Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party said their candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Donald Duke respectively, would take part in…
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2019: Duke, Mimiko’s NYSC certificates ‘missing’ from submitted credentials
Details emerged on Friday, that, of the 79 candidates vying for the 2019 presidential election, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificates of ex-Governor Donald Duke (Social Democratic Party) and Dr. Olusegun Mimiko (Zenith Labour Party) were “missing” from their credentials. The aspirants were silent on their participation in the NYSC scheme. However, Duke,…
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2019: Duke defects to APC, declares for Cross River governorship
The immediate past Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, High Chief Edem Duke, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Cross River State in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall that Duke had in May 2017 dumped the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Prince Philip recuperates after hip replacement operation
The Duke of Edinburgh has undertaken a successful hip replacement operation and is relaxed and in good spirits, Buckingham Palace has said. The duke underwent a planned procedure on Wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. The Guardian reports that the Queen,who is at Windsor Castle for the traditional Easter court,…