Author: Bode Dolu

Striking Cattle Traders Association should not forget that petroleum goes from South to the North ―Afenifere

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Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said northerners can withdraw their cows from the South but should not forget that the southern states produce petroleum, the country’s economic mainstay. The Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) on Thursday, February 25, began a nationwide strike […]

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Court restricts Tinubu’s daughter, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, others from collecting levies from Computer Village traders

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A High Court of Lagos State has restricted Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, from imposing levies on traders at the Computer Village, Lagos. Others who were similarly restricted from imposing levies include: Mrs. Bisola Azeez, Mr. Adeniyi Olasoji, Nofiu Akinsanya, Tony Ikani and the Commissioner of […]

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Ganduje’s media aide, Yakasai sacked, arrested for criticising Buhari

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Abdullahi Ganduje, the Kano State Governor, has sacked his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, barely a day after the aide criticised Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, for his failure to end the security crisis rocking the country. Kano state commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement Saturday, said […]

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Kidnapped Kagara students and Teachers freed, arrive Niger state govt house (Photo)

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At last, the Niger state government has received freed 27 students and three teachers of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state, who were abducted last Wednesday, February 17. One of the female abductees was said to have been rushed to the General Hospital for urgent treatment because her health condition was reportedly critical. They […]

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BBNaija’s Kim Oprah, bares her boobs in raunchy dress (Video & photos)

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Former BBNaija housemate, Kim Oprah, who is currently in Ghana, stepped out on Friday night, February 26, in a racy outfit which showcased her raunchy boobs. See more of her photos in the punctuated all-black outfit below: See her video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kim “Chinonso” Opara (@kimoprah) Photo […]

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The truth northern Nigerian leaders must accept, By Dele Momodu

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Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to start today by giving a summary of how I see the current spate of insecurity in Nigeria. Any right-thinking Nigerian realises that this is the most burning issue for discourse in the country at a time when rampaging bandits, insurgents and terrorists seem to have overrun our country and […]

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US House of Reps pass $1.9trn Covid relief plan

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The US House of Representatives passed an enormous $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families devastated by the pandemic. Four days after the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 500,000 in the United States, the sprawling measure […]

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The charlatan industry, By Chukwuneta Oby

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Thanks to WhatsApp “share-share” of all sorts of video clips, I recently got to know about a rather overfed (he looks Pregnant!) fellow that is making the waves in the arena of Nigeria’s ‘miracle seekers.’ Much as I find a lot about him (especially his religious slangs) a comic relief, his growing materialism is actually […]

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Don Jazzy showcases his new mansion, he calls it crib (Photos)

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Nigerian record producer, audio engineer, record executive, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Michael Collins Ajereh, simply known as Don Jazzy is the proud owner of a new crib. He shared photos of his property on his Instagram page on Friday night, February 26. “Added this new crib to the portfolio. Shhhhh my new neighbors are […]

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Insurance broker arraigned in court for diversion of N26bn PHCN pension

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Insurance broker named Abiodun Waheed Hassan, alongside his firm, Bestworth Insurance Brokers Limited, was arraigned on Thursday, February 25, on a five-count charge of misappropriating over N26billion PHCN pension fund. Hassan was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja. Hassan […]

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US intelligence report says Saudi Crown Prince approved operation that killed columnist Khashoggi

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a U.S. intelligence report released on Friday, February 26. “We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” the report’s executive summary […]

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Truth, Talk and Emotions of Drumbeats of War, By Pat Utomi

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As America descended into tribal war in the final days of the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, Nigeria, about which the traditional ethnocentric social scientist in my graduate school days there, 40 years ago, would explain ethnic conflict as tribalism, sunk further down the gutter of parochial contention of everything, from security to restructuring, a […]

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Sheikh Gumi’s outburst against journalists is unacceptable, dishonourable and reprehensible ―NUJ

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Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemned in the strongest of terms the remarks made by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi on Arise TV on Wednesday, February 24, where he labeled Journalists as criminals for calling bandits criminals. The Sheik during his interview with Arise TV said: “You are emphasising on criminality, I don’t know. Even the […]

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Star singer Flavour gives childhood friend a car (Photos)

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Nigerian songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Chinedu Okoli, better known by his stage name Flavour N’abania or simply Flavour has surprised his childhood friend, Asuwa Dede, with a car to support him. Asuwa, who is also a musician, took to Instagram to share photos of Flavour surprising with the car. In one post, he wrote:”Thanks 2nite Flavour […]

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Nigeria’s DSS denies attempt to arrest Sunday Igboho

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Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that it had attempted to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, in Oyo State on Friday February 26. Public Relations Officer of DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, debunked the report in a statement released this evening. The statement reads: “The Department of State Services wishes to refute the […]

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You want war? May your eyes never see it, By Fola Ojo

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There is a deep-seated inter-ethnic hate in Nigeria that’s not going away. The animus, gall, and grudge are frenetically heating up the polity. Although Nigerians may seem to still be going about their daily businesses of buying and selling, frequently, they are looking over their shoulders for the unexpected. As it is now, fiery intertribal […]

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Chaos as Police, soldiers and DSS attempt to arrest Sunday Igboho, Fani-Kayode warns govt (Chaos video)

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It was chaotic along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday when a joint team of policemen, soldiers and the Department of State Services (DSS) attempted to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho. The Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL) put off his top shirt and dared them. Watch the video of the chaotic situation […]

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Over 300 girls kidnapped from Zamfara govt secondary school

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Gunmen believed to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nigeria. According to a staff of the school, who begged for anonymity, the bandits arrived in the school around 1.00am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated […]

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Justice Kafarati, ex-Nigeria’s Federal High Court Chief Judge is dead

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Justice Abdul Kafarati, former Chief Judge of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, has passed away. Although the details of his death were sketchy at this time, he was said to have died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening after his Magrib prayer in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Chief Information Officer of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, […]

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