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16-year-old pupil becomes Lagos one-day governor

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  A 16-year-old pupil of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Jemimah Marcus, who won the Lagos State Spelling Bee competition, will become a one-day governor. Marcus emerged winner on Tuesday after a fierce battle with other students. She was presented with a cash sum of N250,000 at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa secretariat, Ikeja, where the grand finale took place. Ajose Sotin of Topo Senior Grammar School, Badagry, was the first runner-up and got N150,000, while Rhema Edeh of Denton Junior Grammar School, Ebute-Metta, was the second runner-up, with a cash prize of N100,000. While congratulating the pupils, the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, advised them to commit more energy and time to their studies. She said, “As it is the practice, the one-day governor will be awarded the Lagos State Government’s scholarship to pursue any course of his or her interest in any university in the country. He/she and the ‘cabinet’ will also attend various cultural exchan

Meet Scott Tommey, An Oil Billionaire Who Rejected President Buhari Appointment

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 Mr Scott Tommey is a very calm oil billionaire who is from akawibom state but he is not known by most of his people, he is also a top oil billionaire compared to other oil billionaires in the country. Mr Scott is a Nigerian businessman, consultant and philanthropist. He is known for being an astute entrepreneur with interest in oil and gas mining. He is the ceo of Osmoserve global limited located at the Niger delta region. Scott Tommey hails from a royal family of Tommy Ikott, Afia Nsit village in Eket local government Akwa Ibom State and he is a very rich man. Mr Scott Tommey is the first akawibomite who openly rejected President Buhari Appointment as being his campaign chairman and being a member of his campaign cabinet. Mr Scott Tommey a Top Oil & Gas Businessman and billionaire, was the man who openly rejected his appointment into President Muhammad Buhari’s Campaign Council formed by First Lady, Aisha Buhari, the business man then made it clear that he is just a political man

Just In: Governor Wike Speaks On Defection To APC

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  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said he cannot defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or any other political party The Rivers state governor made this known in a statement released on Friday, December 11. In the statement which was released by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, Governor Wike said since he lacks the ability to defect to the APC or another political party, he will continue to do what he can to ensure the survival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor said this after claiming that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP is causing disunity in the party and are not interested in taking over from the APC in 2023. His words: “I will not allow anybody to kill PDP. They have capacity to move to APC. I don’t and I cannot move to APC. “So, anybody that tries to do something to destroy PDP, I will not allow you. Anybody that I see that has the trait to destroy the PDP, I will not allow it.” Meanwhile, in another report, Governor Wike has

You Are Not Ready To Reclaim Power From APC – Wike Tackles Secondus, PDP

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  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has lambasted the Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking in an interview with  Channels Television , the Rivers Governor accused the NWC of sowing seed of discord among PDP governors. Governor Wike stated that the leadership of the party is not working towards reclaiming power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. He stated that Secondus and the NWC were only interested in remaining in power and clinching the presidency in 2023. Wike said the PDP  “ought to have harvested from the inefficiency of the APC; from the maladministration of the APC.” Wike who vowed not to leave the PDP, stated that he will never allow anybody kill the former ruling party. He said the current leadership of NWC is not ready for the tasks ahead but are busy constituting problems and sowing seeds of discord among governors for their own selfish interest. “If you ask me currently as it is, is the leaders

Why Buhari , Nigerian officials are Nevous about Biden

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  President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration officials are reportedly not comfortable with the victory of Joe Biden. The Democratic candidate will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. This will happen if the incumbent Donald Trump fails in his bid to stop Biden through the Supreme Court. The President insists his challenger did not win the November 3 poll. His legal action starts Monday. On Sunday, Joe Parkinson, Africa Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, noted that Buhari and the federal authorities are apprehensive about a Biden presidency. Noting that Barack Obama and Biden, as U.S. President and Vice President, endorsed Buhari ahead of the 2015 election, the Pulitzer Prize finalist said that days of romance are long gone. Parkinson cited Biden’s condemnation of the rights abuses and the Lekki shooting that sparked global outrage. On October 20, Nigerian Army troops marched to the Lekki toll plaza and opened fire on unarmed End SARS protest