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BREAKING: Like #Tonto Dikeh, Funke Akindele Becomes Running Mate For Lagos Governorship Candidate—-THe Genius Media Nigeria reports that The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shortlisted five names as the potential running mate of the party’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor.

Among the shortlisted names are Nollywood actress, Olufunke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa; former governorship aspirant, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; former Senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Yeye Shobajo, another governorship aspirant, David Kolawole Vaughan known as DAKOVA, and Engr. Teslim Balogun.

A picture of Jandor and Akindele had gone viral on Friday, suggesting that the Nollywood actress had been chosen as the deputy governorship candidate.

However, checks by our correspondent indicated that the actress was only nominated as a potential running mate while the decision on who will run with the governorship candidate is yet to be taken.

Daily Trust learnt that a committee has been set up to screen the aspirants and come up with the most suitable candidate to be the running mate to Jandor.

As of the time of filing this report, a meeting of stakeholders of the party is ongoing to select one of the nominees.

Daily Trust, however, learnt that two of the shortlisted candidates – Rhodes-Vivour and Kolawole – are from Lagos West, the same senatorial district with Jandor, hence reducing their chances.

Yeye Shobajo and Funke Akindele are from East while Balogun is from Lagos Central.

 

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#RMAARS: Watch Free Livestream Match Between Real Madrid Vs Arsenal Here—-Thecloudngr reports that free UEFA Champions League match between Real Madrid and Arsenal has emerged.

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Nigeria Inflation Rate Rises To 24.23%

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Inflation Rate Rises

Nigeria Inflation Rate Rises To 24.23%

 

 

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, today, said headline inflation rate rose y 4.4 percentage points to 24.23 percent in March, from 23.18 % in February 2025.

The Bureau disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index Report for March 2025.

NBS said: “The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 117.34 in March 2025 reflecting a 4.40-point increase from the preceding month.

“In March 2025, the Headline inflation rate rose to 24.23% relative to the February 2025 headline inflation
rate of 23.18%.

“Looking at the movement, the March 2025 Headline inflation rate showed an increase of 1.05% compared to the February 2025 Headline inflation rate.”

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