Court of Appeal affirms Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This was contained in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. See the statement below: PRESS RELEASE Court Of Appeal Affirms Abure As […]

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Nigerian Ministry of Information & Culture has 21 Agencies ―StatiSense says

Statisense has stated that Nigerian Ministry of Information & Culture alone has 21 Agencies. See the 21 agencies below: 1 Nigeria Television Authority 2 Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria 3 News Agency of Nigeria 4 Voice of Nigeria 5 Nigerian Film Corporation 6 National Broadcasting Commission 7 Nigeria Press Council 8 National Film & Video […]

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I warned against ‘Emilokan’ politics, God ‘ll move in Nigeria soon ―Tunde Bakare

Founder and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, told his congregation on Sunday that he warned against the “Emilokan” kind of politics. During a State of the Nation broadcast, at the church in Ikeja, Lagos, Bakare said, ’emilokan’ meaning ‘it’s my turn,’ used by President Bola Tinubu during his […]

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Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro dies

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Mr. Kayode Laro has passed away, Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. Mr Laro died at the age of 63 years. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs. Francisca Omayuli, on Saturday, the Ministry said, Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. The statement read: […]

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Lady who returned $70,000 gets Canadian permanent residency card

Eko Hotel and Suites female staff identified as Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, who returned a misplaced $70,000 to a customer in Lagos State, has been offered free Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) card. Ngozi, upon discovery of the bag containing a huge sum of money, reported the incident to the hotel management. The hotel’s General Manager, in line […]

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Nigerian military reveals conspiracies to overthrow Tinubu

A report citing the Military high command has revealed that there are conspiracies from various sources to encourage personnel of the Nigerian armed forces to overthrow the current democratic government, which is presided over by Bola Tinubu. But, Tukur Gusau, a brigadier-general and the director of defence information, called the development “unpatriotic and wicked” in […]

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Some Senators have gotten N2m recess ‘token’ ―Senator Ningi

Senator Abdul Ningi has said that some lawmakers have gotten N2m as holiday allowance even though he is yet to get his own. Recall that during plenary on Tuesday, August 8, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, was caught on tape telling the Senators to expect a “token” to enable them to enjoy their recess. “In order […]

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Nigerians in Niger beg FG to evacuate them, afraid of war, xenophobic attacks

Nigerians resident in Niger Republic have appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate their evacuation and return home before any possible offensive against the coup plotters by the Economic Community of West Africa States’ (ECOWAS) forces to restore constitutional governance. ECOWAS had on Thursday resolved to deploy troops in Niger following the refusal of the […]

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Mosque collapses in Zaria, eight killed, 25 others injured

No less than eight Muslim worshipers were killed and 25 others sustained various degrees of injury as a section of the 150-year-old Zaria Central Mosque collapsed on Friday during prayer session. The unfortunate incident, it was learnt, occurred at about 4:00pm while the worshippers were praying. Mallam Shehu Nagari, one of the survivors said, the […]

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ECOWAS orders immediate deployment of standby military force to dislodge junta in Niger

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic where military coup took place . President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday, […]

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Retired Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili denies working for Tinubu to influence tribunal judgment

Retired Nigerian Supreme Court Justice, Mary Peter-Odili has denied engaging in negotiations with judges of the court of appeal and the apex court to ensure that President Bola Tinubu gets a favourable judgment at the election petition tribunal. Reacting to the claim through her spokesperson Felix Enebeli, Odili described it as “false and malicious”. She added […]

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Female soldier shoots, kills army captain in Nigeria

A female soldier enforcing the curfew imposed by Adamawa government has killed a senior colleague, Nigerian army captain, at a checkpoint in Yola, the state capital. Daily Trust reports that the female soldier simply identified as Lance Corporal Nkiru shot a captain who tried to intervene in her altercation with civilians at Fire Service Round […]

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Tinubu’s speech at second ECOWAS summit over Niger coup

Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in West Africa and the Sahel; and Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. 1. Let me commence by welcoming you all to the […]

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Top 10 countries with strongest militaries in Africa (Latest)

Here’s the list of the top 10 most powerful militaries in Africa in 2023, according to the most recent data from Global Fire Power. Based on the military strength, the country with the Power Index (‘PwrIndx’) score of 0.000 is considered the strongest. The military strength of countries is compared with this score. Egypt has the […]

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Ekiti gov swears in 14 new Permanent Secretaries

Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday inaugurated 14 new Permanent Secretaries in the civil service of the State, with a call on them to revolutionize the service through the use of technology and digital transformation. Inauguration of the new permanent secretaries came barely 24 hours after the Governor inaugurated 19 commissioners and 14 […]

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Lagos Council Chairman denies enforcing N650k birthday ‘aso ebi’ on staff

Executive Chairman of Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Mrs. Samiat Bada, has denied the allegations that she is forcing staff in her office to buy a N650,000 cloth for her 50th birthday coming up in December. There were online allegations that she is compelling her staff members to buy the N650,000 fabrics […]

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Jakande conceived Banana Island, allocated no plot to self or family ―Son

The family of the late former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, have said they have no single piece of land on Banana Island despite that the island was developed under the Jakande administration. Jakande’s son, Seyi, while speaking on Monday during the maiden edition of Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture held at Sheraton […]

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Black men defend black security guard attacked by many white men in fierce brawl (Graphic videos)

A parody Twitter account with user name Shannonnn sharpes Burner @shannonsharpeee posted videos of scenes where many white men attacked a black man in a fierce fight. The Twitter user wrote: “A group of white men attacked a black security guard after the security asked them to move their pontoon boat so the big Harriot […]

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