When a senator boasts his wife influences court judgments, By Azuka Onwuka

On the day the Ninth Senate was holding its valedictory session on June 10, 2023, some interesting things occurred. One of them was the shedding of tears by Senator Orji Kalu, who lamented that Nigeria was not fair to him, because he was arrested and sent to jail for stealing despite his contributions to Nigeria […]

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Egbetokun decorated as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Photo)

Mr Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, was decorated as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now,” Egbetokun told State House Correspondents after a short ceremony […]

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The Judiciary: Beyond A Senator’s Faux Pas, By Onikepo Braithwaite

Senator Bulkachuwa’s Faux Pas  In my piece of 28/5/2019 titled “Election Tribunals: Hopes and Fears”, I had written about the application made by the legal team of the 2019 Petitioner at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that Hon. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, then President of the Court of Appeal, recuse herself […]

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My husband’s sperm is too watery, I want divorce ―Nigerian woman tells court

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The complainant told a court in Ilorin, Kwara State, that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded for the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that she […]

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Marathon chef, Hilda Baci receives Guinness World Record plaque (Video)

Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, has confirmed receipt of her Guinness World Record plaque for the longest cooking marathon, weeks after completing the contest. The 27-year-old, who was overjoyed, yelled with delight when the delivery man handed her the plaque. Hilda received the plaque on Monday, and has since shared a video confirming receipt with the […]

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My mother reveals my biological father to me ―Star actress says

Star actress, model, film producer and entrepreneur, Yvonne Nelson in her memoir: “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson” revealed that her mother told her that her biological father was the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Peter Ala Adjetey. Peter Ala Adjetey was the second Speaker of Ghana’s 4th Parliament of the Republic. He took the […]

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Ex-actress, Sandra Achums praises husband on father’s day, shares family Photo

Former veteran and Nigerian star actress, television personality and philanthropist, Sandra Achums, has shared a rare photo of her family on her Instagram page to celebrate her husband on Father’s day. Remember her? The beautiful Sandra Achums belongs to the first generation of Nollywood actors and actresses like Charles Okafor, Kate Henshaw, Regina Askia and so […]

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Indigent students should be given grant, not loan ―ASUU tells Tinubu

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the new Students Loans Act to an education grant for indigent students. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to the ASUU President, more than 90% of students won’t meet the “stringent requirements” to […]

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Asari Dokubo, Tinubu and Oil Theft, By Reuben Abati

Asari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]

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Bearded men are rarely rich ―Singer Speed Darlington says (Video)

Controversial Nigerian singer, Darlington Okoye popularly known as Speed Darlington, has said that bearded men rarely have money. In a video that has since gone viral, the singer opined that bearded men are never on the millionaires and billionaires list because they do not usually have money. “Look around. All the billion dollar men…tell me, […]

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See photo identity of new Service Chiefs, IGP, NSA, and CG of Customs Service

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Buhari-appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, National Security Adviser (NSA), and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. See their photo identity below:

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DSS recovers 18 bags of currency, documents from Emefiele’s Lagos home

At least 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents have been carted away by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) from the residence of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Nigerian Tribune has been reliably informed. Emefiele was arrested on June 10 by the DSS and has […]

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Nigeria’s Naira in free fall after initial rise in value

Nigeria’s currency, the naira slumped further to the dollar after closing at 770.38/$ at the end of trading on the Investor & Exporter (I&E) forex window on Monday. According to figures obtained from the Financial Markets Dealers Quotations (FMDQ) on Monday, the trading rates had closed at N686.96/$ on Friday. Trading opened at N703.50/$ and […]

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A honeymoon with Tinubu, By Festus Adedayo

This season, President Bola Tinubu is harvesting big pods of cocoa from his plantation. His co-farmers are looking at him with concentrated envy. And jealousy. Exhilaration is in the air. In the last two weeks, he has shown tremendous energy towards changing the status-quo. His suspension of Central Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is exciting […]

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I slept with my wife only 6 times, the child can’t be mine —Husband tells court

38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, has denied paternity of the child that his wife, Mary Ibrahim stated that she bore for him. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Samaila told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that: “I had intercourse with her only six times since we got married in 2022. […]

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Asari Dokubo in Aso Rock Villa, By Lasisi Olagunju

In 1948, Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, thought of the best way to protect his country’s security information from invasive media toxins. He summed his strategy up in one short sentence: “Take the thief and make him guard.” But a thief would remain a thief even if he is made the chief hunter. A […]

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Seven Yoruba Nation agitators remanded in prison custody for invading Ibadan radio station

A Magistrate court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, has remanded seven Yoruba Nation agitators at Abolongo Correction Centre in the State for invading a radio station. The suspects were accused of invading Amuludun station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, (FRCN) Moniya in Akinyele local government area on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The suspects who are […]

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Tinubu retires, replaces all Service Chiefs, Advisers, Customs CG, and IGP

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new service chiefs and other office holders. The newly appointed Officers are: S/NNAMEAPPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – […]

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