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Labour Party (LP) has dismissed claims that its party leadership, led by Julius Abure, has been sacked by the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State. Instead, the LP said it was another devastating blow for the Lamidi Apapa-led faction as the Court of Appeal in Owerri dismissed the appeal filed by one Mr Basil […]
Continue ReadingThe power politics that defines Ilorin ensued in the 1820s with the defeat of Are Ona kakanfo Afonja, in the Alimi (the Fulani spiritual consultant to Afonja) insurrection against the political status-quo (personified by the former).The insurrection rapidly resolved in the jihadist incorporation of Ilorin into the Sokoto Caliphate. More than any historical figure, Afonja […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s oil marketers, on Thursday, insisted on a possible increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, following a further plunge in the value of the naira against the United States dollar. The local currency weakened against the greenback at the black market from 900 per dollar on Wednesday to […]
Continue ReadingFuneral and burial of the 22 soldiers who died during the combat and air crash incident in Niger State, which happened on August 14, 2023, took place today August 25. Bodies of the slain soldiers were committed to mother earth at the military cemetery in Abuja. The funeral ceremony was attended by the wives of […]
Continue ReadingHuman Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa of serving as a minister while still doing the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme. In a statement on Thursday, HURIWA alleged that years back, Musawa had abandoned her NYSC programme in Ebonyi state […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian lady lawyer, Ifunanya Excel Grant has responded to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which recently filed a petition against her before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) over her social media lifestyle. The NBA centered its petition on her “social media notoriety of posting photos and videos of her unclad, while also […]
Continue ReadingRoads between the Atlanta airport and the Fulton County Jail were blocked off as former President Donald Trump arrived in a motorcade to turn himself in on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, giving the scene something of a presidential aura. But Trump was going to do something no other president has […]
Continue ReadingThere are some bitter truths that those in the temporary house of power may not like to hear. One such truth is the fact that democracy is not a sure fire assurance that a country will prosper. Autocracy, its supposed opposite, is also not guaranteed to lead to misery. If democracy was an infallible system […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Emuobonuvie Neo Akpofure simply called Neo, has broken up relationship with fellow housemate, Tolani Shobajo, popularly known as Tolanibaj. He read out a written breakup message to Tolanibaj while they were both in bed. Neo said: “You are a great person and you’ve been a great friend. A strong […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, talk show host and presenter, Mrs. Tolu Oniru-Demuren popularly known as Toolz, has revealed the length she went to prevent her mother from joining Instagram. She explained she had to make some deceptive claims after her mom approached her with the intention of opening an Instagram account. Toolz shared a screen shot of her Whatsapp […]
Continue ReadingLike a malignant genie, corruption allegations are sticking stubbornly to the judiciary. In the latest assault on the citadel of justice, the Chairman, State and House of Representatives Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano, Flora Azinge, raised the alarm that a senior lawyer was attempting to bribe her to influence the court. This has again […]
Continue ReadingChicago State University (CSU) in the State of Illinois, United States, has reportedly agreed to release the academic records of Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging the emergence of President Bola Tinubu, as winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election, had written to […]
Continue ReadingOne of the first things that jump at you in the charge sheet issued against Ilorin activist, Adegbola Abdulazeez (popularly called Tani Olohun), and published on SaharaReporters was the erroneous description of his religion as “idol worshipping.” It is a mischaracterisation borne out of socially transmitted ignorance. Public officers in other cultures are made to undertake diversity […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee […]
Continue ReadingI cannot recall where, between Benin and Kano that I first came across the hashtag “#AllEyesOnTheElectionTribunalJudges”, powered by Diasporas for good governance. But I read in it that Nigerians had not lost interest on the last general elections and all that played out in the exercise. Indeed, they should not and ought not! That was […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, said the recent estimate of the bank’s financial accounts by JP Morgan was “out of context”, and assured that there was no cause for panic. CBN clarified that fluctuations and liabilities encumbrances to the reserves were only natural and normal, adding that the CBN built the reserves to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has asked prepaid meter users to update their meters before November next year. NERC announced the development via its X (Twitter) handle . The commission said prepaid meter users might face difficulties in recharging their meters after November 2024 if the required update is not done before the deadline. Assuring […]
Continue ReadingFor the past eight years, the joke among Abuja residents was, “When will President Buhari appoint a Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)?”. The once pristine city has gradually been reduced to a vast slum as mountains of garbage dot many areas. Even maintaining streetlights, including on the airport expressroad, has proved difficult for […]
Continue ReadingThe man who led a failed mutiny against the Russian Army in June, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been reportedly killed alongside nine others in a plane that crashed in Russia on Wednesday. BBC reports that Prigozhin, who is also the leader of the mercenary group, Wagner, was believed to be on board the plane. The jet […]
Continue ReadingBillionaire businessman and socialite’s son, and the third evicted housemate of Big Brother Naija All Stars (#BBNaijaAllStars), Terseer Waya, popularly known as Kiddwaya, has claimed that all the female housemates were chasing him while he was in the House. Kiddwaya, said the ladies were chasing him because of his surname. He stated this in an […]
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