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Allwell Okpi

Allwell Okpi

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Beware, Nigeria – no evidence former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello said Peter Obi won the 2023 presidential election but he helped rig it for Tinubu

A Facebook post claims that Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, said he helped Nigerian president Bola Tinubu to rig the 2023 election. “Tinubu Is a Thief, I Helped Him Rigged The 2023 Election, Peter Obi Won Him With Great Margin – Efcc Has No Right To Arrest Me Be...

No, Nigerian president Tinubu hasn’t ordered open university graduates be included in the national youth service

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme and give them access to law school, according to media reports. The reports claim this was part of Ti...

No, Nigeria’s Abia state governor Alex Otti has not ordered the arrest of predecessors over ‘missing N100 billion’

A “breaking news” report posted on Facebook claims that Alex Otti has ordered the arrest of his predecessors over funds that allegedly went missing during their tenures. Otti is the governor of Abia state in south-east Nigeria. The Facebook post starts with the headline: “Breaking New...

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