Tag: Wada
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Pregnant woman, widow arrested over N3.2m counterfeit cash, lethal illicit substance
As NDLEA recovers 900,000 opioid pills, 1,347.4kg cannabis in Kano, Kogi, Imo, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti raids Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash owned by three suspects: eight-month pregnant Favour Peter, 24; Esther Adukwu, 27, and Ochigbo Michael, 39, who were arrested at…
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Wada A. MAIDA: Sunset at Dusk – Ali M. Ali
By Ali Ali “Every soul will taste death” Quran (3:185) If you love and care for me, tell me while I’m alive. Don’t send me flowers and write a poem when I’m dead. -Allen Lazar Late Malam Wada Abdullahi Maida seemed to live all his life mindful of this Quranic verse-that “Every soul will taste…
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Kogi PDP guber candidate, Wada heads to A’Court over Bello’s tribunal victory
Engr. Musa Wada, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in last Kogi Governorship election, has vowed to appeal the victory of Governor Yahaya Bello at the electoral tribunal on Saturday. The Kogi Governorship Election Tribunal had on Saturday dismissed the case filed Wada, against the election of Governor Yahaya Bello. However, in an interview…
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BREAKING: Yahaya Bello wins again at Tribunal, defeats PDP’s candidate, Wada
The Kogi Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the case filed by Musa Wada, the PDP candidate against the election of Governor Yahaya Bello. The three man panel of judges, led by Justice Ibrahim Kaigama gave its delayed ruling in Abuja on Saturday. In a unanimous judgement, the tribunal dismissed the petition of Musa Wada for…
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Kogi gov poll : Bello, Wada, Abanida , 21 others make INEC final list
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has published the final list of 24 candidates and political parties that will contest the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The list pasted on the notice board of the Lokoja office of the INEC on Monday showed that incumbent governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives…
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Kogi poll: Melaye distances self as 10 PDP aspirants declare support for Wada
Ten PDP governorship aspirants, who lost the bid for the party’s ticket to contest the Nov. 16 Kogi governorship race, have declared their support for the winner, Mr Musa Wada. The 10 aspirants, under the aegis of Kogi PDP 2019 G-12, declared their support for Wada at a press briefing held at the party secretariat…
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Kogi poll: INEC clears Yahaya Bello, Wada, 49 others [Full List]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 51 candidates and their deputies to contest the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The names of the cleared candidates and their details were on Friday made public in Lokoja by the INEC. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five of those cleared as governorship candidates…
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BREAKING: Musa Wada defeats Melaye, 11 others, emerges Kogi PDP gov candidate
Engr. Musa Wada has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the November 16 governorship election. Musa Wada, a younger brother of the immediate past Governor Idris Wada, who also contested for the ticket, scored 748 votes to clinch the party ticket. He was closely followed by Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim, the son…
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IAAF prolongs Russia’s doping ban for 3rd time
Athletics’ world governing body IAAF has voted Thursday to extend Russia’s doping ban from international competitions. The country has been suspended by IAAF since November 2015 over massive doping and corruption reported by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and missed the Rio Olympics after the ban was twice extended in March and June this year. Although…