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Sierra Leone on Wednesday became the latest African country to receive migrants expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. A first plane carrying nine West African migrants landed Wednesday morning at the international airport just outside Freetown, an AFP journalist saw. “We have received nine deportees this morning from the US,” […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) star, Erica Nlewedim, has shared why she would confidently leave her future child in the care of actress and fellow reality TV star, Bisola Aiyeola. The ex-reality TV show celebrity, while speaking during an interview at an event, praised Bisola’s parenting skills, saying she has been impressed by the way […]
Continue ReadingOn the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the ablest lawyers are men whose past has naturally brought them into close relationship with the wealthiest and the most powerful.” What […]
Continue ReadingCrisis has rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senatorial primary election in Ekiti North Senatorial District as former senator, Ayodele Arise; Dare Owolabi; and the incumbent lawmaker, Cyril Fasuyi, exchanged tirades over the outcome of the exercise. Senator Arise and Owolabi rejected the result announced by the APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee, alleging manipulation and […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, on Tuesday in Abuja donated N3 billion at the public presentation of the autobiography of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. Also, Aliko Dangote, the chairman of the Dangote Group, supported the book launch with a donation of N500 million. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday last week, President Bola Tinubu perfectly played the role of the General of a troop going to war. He gave a pep talk to APC party troops marching state-wards for the primary election. It was a speech garnished with onions and flavoured by aromatic spices of currie and thyme. The eventual cuisine from […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time in 22 years, Arsenal Football Club were crowned English Premier League champions on Tuesday after Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium. After three runners-up finishes, the Gunners have sealed top spot after Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth on Tuesday night. Pep Guardiola’s men needed to win on England’s […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for financial misappropriation. Adressing a press conference at the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, confirmed that Mamman was arrested in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like sum. El-Rufai, who allegedly admitted on national television to wiretapping the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is being charged by the Department of State Services […]
Continue ReadingOne of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Michael Oyedokun, has been gruesomely killed. As shown in a graphic new video allegedly released by bandits on Sunday, Oyedokun has been beheaded. The video obtained by Punch on Telegram on Monday showed that the teacher was […]
Continue Reading“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” — Aristotle. The Ass in the Lion’s Skin is Aesop’s story of a donkey who finds a lion’s skin abandoned in the forest. He wears it and begins […]
Continue ReadingIn a major shake-up that swept across several states in Nigeria, including Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Imo, Jigawa and Delta, no fewer than 19 serving members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost their bids to secure return tickets during the party’s primaries ahead of the 2027 general […]
Continue ReadingLeader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church (IESC), Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that some important members of the international community will not support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. In a statement signed by Osho Oluwatosin, his media aide, Primate Ayodele made it known that the president has all it takes to defeat the opposition parties, […]
Continue ReadingOrganisers of popular reality television show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija), have officially started preparations for the 11th edition by opening audition registration for interested contestants. According to the organisers, only successful applicants from the online registration stage will proceed to the physical audition phase, while available slots remain limited. Intending housemates were directed to visit […]
Continue ReadingIn less than eight months, Nigeria will hold another presidential election, likely to be as fiercely contested as the 2023 version, if not more. The final cast of contestants will emerge after the primaries and possible last-minute alliances and some say by the courts. But it is not only the presidential candidates and their permutations […]
Continue ReadingUnited States military and its Nigerian counterparts exchanged fire with ISIS terrorists for over three hours before successfully eliminating Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, the second-in-command of the jihadist militant group, according to the New York Times. His death was announced by US President, Donald Trump and was confirmed by Nigerian government on Saturday morning. Trump said Al-Minuki […]
Continue ReadingEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, simply known as Blessing CEO over an alleged N36 million fraud. The defendant, whose real name is Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, was arraigned on Friday before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court […]
Continue ReadingDespite Standing Rules practically exempting him from serving as a principal officer in the 8th Senate, the name of a certain Godswill Akpabio was announced in plenary as Minority Leader on 28th July 2015. Having left office as Akwa Ibom State Governor just a few weeks before, Akpabio had been nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday formally joined the presidential race for 2027 under an alliance involving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM). In Makinde’s declaration speech delivered at a rally held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State, and witnessed by a mammoth crowd, he said: “Today, I, […]
Continue ReadingUnited States federal court has sentenced a Nigerian-born former Associate Professor of Education and former nonprofit chief executive, Dr Nkechy Ezeh, to 70 months in prison for orchestrating a $1.4 million fraud scheme involving taxpayer and donor funds meant for vulnerable preschool children. The sentencing was announced in a press release on Wednesday by the […]
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