An Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) dies in Nigeria

Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead. He died Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief illness. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on […]

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My colleagues lease houses but claim they bought them ―Actress Shan George says

Veteran and star Nollywood actress, Shan George has alleged that most of her colleagues who claim they bought houses are lying. She said this while reacting to her colleague Angela Okorie’s statement that many Nollywood actresses who claim they bought houses with money they made from acting are lying. Shan George responded, writing: “Many just lease the […]

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Naira redesign has reduced kidnapping, corruption ―AGF Malami

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, says the introduction of the naira redesign policy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has significantly reduced the rate of kidnappings in the country. In a fresh interview with Radio Nigeria Kaduna, Malami said there were positive sides of the policy that were […]

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Lawan and Supreme Court of Shameless Judicial Bandits, By Farooq A. Kperogi

I was awoken on this side of the world by news of the reversal by the Nigerian Supreme Court of Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s primary election loss. I was already mentally prepared for it after the same Supreme Court affirmed Godswill Akpabio’s fraudulent primary win a few days ago. It’s a well-planned judicial choreography. The […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court replies critics of its recent judgments and rulings

In a statement released on Saturday, the Nigerian Supreme Court has reacted in anger to the attacks on its judges over the recent judgments and rulings they delivered, warning that those who had been “venting convoluted anger” were ignorant of the law. Recently, the apex court had delivered what many Nigerians thought were controversial verdicts […]

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Political thugs attack Obi-Datti supporters in Lagos

Members of the Obidient Movement have been attacked by suspected thugs and hoodlums while on their way to the rally of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, which took place at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan, in Lagos. Report of attack of the Obidients was contained in a WhatsApp […]

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Buhari Burning Nigeria Because He Wants to Catch a BAT, By Farooq A. Kperogi

It was the exceptionally witty and satirical Senator Shehu Sani who first pointed out that the recoloring of the naira and the deathly, crippling scarcity that has come in its wake only a few days to the general election are akin to burning the entire forest while hunting down a rat. Many people missed the […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party’s rally in Lagos witnesses massive crowd (Photos)

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his vice presidential candidate, Mr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, their wives and members of their campaign council were in Lagos on Saturday to hold the party’s rally for the coming general election. Mr. Obi’s supporters blocked his vehicle on his way to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), […]

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Why I love to have sex with my man four times a day ―Actress Iheme Nancy

Nollywood actress, Iheme Nancy, has commented on the subject of couples’ sexual relations. The fast rising movie star admitted that she engages in sexual activity with her partner four times every day. She claimed that if something is sweet, you wouldn’t count it. “I do 4times with my man in a day..if is sweet you […]

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Have Nigerians learnt anything from the Buhari years?, By Niran Adedokun

“I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. – Barack Obama Have Nigerians learned anything from their experience over the past eight years? This […]

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Monarch beheaded in community crisis in Nigeria

Police Command in Delta State, Nigeria, has said that the traditional ruler of Asamokwu community in the state, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, was beheaded in a community crisis that resulted from a disagreement that erupted over the sharing formula of a derivation fund. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, stated […]

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Killers of ex-CBN staff, wife and son, arrested in Ogun state

Officers from the Ogun State police command have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of former CBN staff, Kehinde Fatinoye, his wife Bukola and their only son, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, at their residence in the Ibara area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria on December 31, 2022. Lekan Adekanbi, the prime suspect and driver to […]

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Toyin Falola: A tribute to my younger brother, By Matthew Hassan Kukah

Apart from basking in the euphoria of Arsenal’s current form, few other things gave me momentary excitement in the last one month like knowing that the great Toyin Falola is after all, only my younger brother. I am not big on birthdays and almost every year, I have to beg for forgiveness from aggrieved friends […]

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Pushbacks against Naira swap policy, they want to buy votes with the available old notes ―Shehu Sani says

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, comrade Shehu Sani has shared his thoughts about the recent pushbacks against Naira swap policy instituted by the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a tweet he shared, Shehu Sani said the recent pushbacks are because politicians want to buy votes with available old notes. He tweeted: “They want to buy […]

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Buhari orders setting up of Presidential Transition Council

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council (PTC) to oversee the 2023 transition programme. As Buhari signed Executive Order No.14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions, a key feature of the order is the institutionalisation of a legal framework that would enable a seamless transition […]

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Atiku sent former Heads of State to beg Kwankwaso to step down ―Buba Galadima

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, keeps sending prominent people to Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the NNPP presidential candidate, to quit the race and support him. This was disclosed by Galadima during an interview aired on Trust TV’s Daily […]

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Kogi Governor’s nephew, 4 others charged over N3bn fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, arraigned Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court Abuja. Bello was docked alongside Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Iyada Sadat, Rashida Bello (at large) on 18 count charge bordering on criminal […]

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