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Ahmed Lawan, President of the Senate has emerged winner of the just concluded election in Yobe North senatorial district. The position was keenly contested between the two major political parties in the state, the All-Progressives…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been named winner of the 2021 Great Builder Super Prize for Trophée Babacar Ndiaye, taking over from Abdel Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt, who won the 2020 prize. According to a statement from the African…
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Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun has won his first-ever Grammy Award. https://twitter.com/RecordingAcad/status/1371189360700370946 https://twitter.com/RecordingAcad/status/1371178439697256454
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Afrobeat superstar Burna Boy has added a Grammy to his growing list of accomplishments. After being nominated and losing to Angelique Kidjo for the 2020 edition of the Grammy, the Nigerian singer and songwriter has made a bigger comeback…
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Uganda’s long-time president, Yoweri Museveni, has been re-elected with 58.64 per cent of the vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. The commission announced this on Saturday afternoon. Provisional Presidential results…
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Maryam Umar, a 20-year-old student of Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto has won the BBC Hausa women’s short story writing competition for 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Umar in her story titled, “Rai da Cuta” (Life…
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Joe Biden has won the US presidency over Donald Trump, TV networks projected Saturday — a victory sealed after the Democrat claimed several key battleground states won by the Republican incumbent in 2016. CNN, NBC News and CBS News called…
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There was wild jubilation in Omu-Aran community of Kwara on Wednesday as its indigene, Adeoye Owolewa, was declared the winner of the U.S. Congress election for Columbia District. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents,…
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The candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,  has won the governorship seat in Ondo State for another four -year term. Announcing the result on Sunday, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning…
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won his polling unit with a wide margin. At his ward 5 Ijebu Owo unit, he polled 413 votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  candidate Eyitayo Jegede, who…
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