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IPMAN Reveals Real Reason Behind Current Fuel Scarcity

IPMAN Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el-Fitr

May 2, 2022 5:03 am

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has enjoined Muslims to pray for a violence-free 2023 General Elections as they mark this year’s Eid-el-fitr celebration.

IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, made the call in a statement on Monday in Lagos.

The Federal Government had declared May 2 and 3 as public holidays to mark the  Eid-el-fitr celebration and Worker’s Day.

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Okoronkwo congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, which marks the end of the fasting period.

He said: “On behalf of the National Executive of IPMAN

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NDDC contracts - Atiku’s Aide Shows Video Proving Akpabio Lied

NDDC Contracts: Paul Ibe Shows Video Proving Akpabio Lied

July 24, 2020 12:59 pm

Mr Paul Ibe, the senior special adviser to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, lied when he denied saying that the National Assembly received 60 percent of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, contracts.

While answering questions at the ongoing probe of the NDDC by the House of Representatives committee, Akpabio had linked contracts awarded by the Commission to members of the National Assembly, saying that the majority of the contracts awarded were handled by the lawmakers.

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131 Democrats in race to replace John Lewis

131 Democrats In Race To Replace John Lewis

July 20, 2020 5:58 am

Democratic Party leaders in the U.S. state of Georgia will gather today to select a candidate to replace the late Congressman John Lewis in the November general election.

A spokeswoman said 131 people applied by Sunday evening deadline to be considered.

A nominating committee will select between three and five finalists, and then a committee of 44 party figures will vote on the final candidate.

The Democrat chosen will go up against Republican Angela Stanton-King in November.

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Lewis served 17 terms in Congress, and in 2016, the …

Iran Accuses Foreign Media Of Using Virus To Scare Voters

February 23, 2020 4:39 pm

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday accused foreign media of trying to use a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in Iran to “discourage” people from voting in a general election.

“This negative propaganda began a few months ago and grew larger approaching the election and in the past two days, under the pretext of an illness and a virus, their media did not miss the slightest opportunity to discourage people from voting,” said Khamenei.

“(Our enemies) are even opposed to any election by the Iranian people,” the leader was quoted as saying on his official website.

Iranians voted in a …

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