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Plots to deny Akpabio Senate President seat thickens as outgoing President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege plan to amend Senate Standing Orders to favour a first timer rather than ranking senator. Recall Senator Akpabio visited Sen. Ahmad Lawan seeking his support to emerge as his successor but he declined, instead […]

Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has reacted to report that Seyi, son of President-elect Bola Tinubu, acquired a “fraud-tainted” $10.8 million property in London, United Kingdom. .Bloomberg report stated that Seyi bought a $10.8 million London property the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke’s ally,

Other Fingered Officials Under Interrogation The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms the arrest of Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who was alleged to have announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress winner of the gubernatorial elections during the recently concluded supplementary elections following calls for his arrest and investigation

Soludo Denies Threatening Workers With Pay Cut For Obeying IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order. According to Chief Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Chris Aburime He (Soludo) didn’t threaten to cut salaries. He only advised them to stop staying at home on Mondays and report to work from Monday to Friday.

Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has apologised to workers and retirees in the state over unpaid salaries, pensions and gratuities. Addressing Imo workers at Real Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square on Monday, Uzodinma apologised for the delay in payment and promised to clear off the backlog of pensions and gratuities since 2007. The governor said the

The Federal Government of Nigeria has dragged social media giant, Meta to court seeking N30 billion in fines and sanctions for the alleged continued violations and infractions of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria Act No. 23 of 2022. The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court granted the Federal Government through the Advertising Regulatory

Sani wrote; “Yesterday, Peter Obi dipped his hand in his pocket. Everyone thought he would bring out money, he brought out two pieces of Tom Tom. He unwrapped one and ate it. He wanted to return the second one into his pocket then Barrister Ozekhome quickly grabbed it.”

The Lagos state university (LASU) has announced the operations of Trekk Scooters as alternative model of transportation on its main campus in Ojo. While introducing the innovation, the Director, LASU Ventures Limited, Prof. Tosin Adu, said the innovation was berthed as a product of the partnership between LASU Ventures Limited and the TREKK Scooters company;

The Interpol has summoned The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari over his alleged involvement in Electoral manipulation during the conduct of the state’s April 14 supplementary elections. A letter dated April 27, 2023, sighted by Eagle Media TV Nigeria, from the Interpol said Mr Yunusa Ari should

British singer and songwriter, Ed Sheeran, 32, has vowed to quit music if found guilty of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get it On’. Ed Sheeran was accused of lifting a four-chord progression from the soul classic in his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, by Townsend’s heirs, who claimed there are “striking similarities” between the tracks

Ahead of his inauguration on May 29, the White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria has urged Nigerians to pray for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to have good health and long life. The group also urged Tinubu not to be afraid of the campaign of calumny against him. The spokesman of the group, Okhue Oboi

-Alao Abiodun. The buses were meant to take the students to the Egyptian border from where they were to be airlifted to Nigeria. However, on getting to the Aswan border in Egypt, they were refused entry. NIDCOM said the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas, adding that the Nigerian mission in Egypt was working to