Nigeria: No Need for Zoning in 2023 - Sheriff

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Nigeria: No Need for Zoning in 2023 - Sheriff

[Daily Trust] A former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said stakeholders in the nation's polity should jettison the idea of zoning the presidency to a particular region of the country ahead of the 2023 general polls.

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Representing Nigeria, Agbani Darego was crowned Miss World on November 16, 2001.

Representing Nigeria, Agbani Darego was crowned Miss World on November 16, 2001. She is the first black African to win the title.

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Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria

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Sha Sha wins BET gong

SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean songstress Charmaine Shamiso Mapambiro, popularly known as Sha Sha, in the showbiz industry has written her own piece of history by becoming the first local artiste to win the prestigious 2020 BET Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act award at a ceremony held

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Nigeria: Why Buhari Extended Movement Restriction Across Nigeria By Two Weeks - PTF

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Nigerian lawmakers approve $2.4 bn funds for security, Covid vaccines | Africanews

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President Bio calls on regional leaders to unite on single currency adoption

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Nigeria: Dapo Abiodun Ogun Now Looking Good With Focused, Qualitative Governance

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Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps

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