Thugs obstruct TraderMoni donations in Abeokuta

Persons believed to be hoodlums have disrupted the planned disbursement of TraderMoni to traders at Lafenwa Market in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Reports have it that the suspected political thugs disrupted the planned disbursement when officials of the programme were compiling the names of prospective beneficiaries at the stall of the Iyaloja, Mrs. Ramotalai Olatunji. […]

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Pretty and star actress, Mosun Filani marks 7th wedding anniversary (Photos)

Celebrity and Nollywood actress, Mosun Filani-Oduoye is today celebrating her 7th wedding anniversary with her husband, Mr. Kayode Emmanuel Oduoye. Since the actress got married in 2012, she’s taken a more laid back role in Nollywood. In her wedding anniversary message, she wrote: “Happy wedding anniversary to us. 7-years down, forever to go! 7 stands […]

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You cannot ask INEC chairman to resign – Buhari’s Minister tells Oshiomhole

  Buhari’s Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has said that the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole, lacks moral justification to call for the resignation of INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmoud’s resignation, over the postponement of the elections. After INEC announced the sudden postponement of the elections, Oshiomole who appeared shocked by the announcement, called for […]

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Party campaigns and the phobia of true federalism, By Henry Boyo

Political parties have, lately, hit the election campaign trail to plead with the erstwhile ignored proletariat to adopt their candidates as the preferred choices to plunder the common treasury for the next four years. Predictably, political office holders and their cohorts still score government’s performance at all levels as satisfactory, even when the rest of […]

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Beauty queen dies in Nigeria, 4 weeks after celebrating birthday (Photos)

A Nigerian beauty queen from Anambra State has died just a month after she celebrated her birthday with friends and family members. The young queen identified as Vera Oluchukwu Agolua was reported to have died on Sunday and her friends have been mourning her since then on social media. Late Agolua, until her death, was the reigning […]

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Deputy Speaker, Yobe State House of Assembly is dead

Yobe State House of Assembly’s Deputy Speaker, Dr. Garba Ibrahim Kurmi has passed away. He died on Monday, following a protracted illness. The lawmaker died at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu, according sources close to his family. Until his death, the late Deputy Speaker was a member of the State Assembly representing Fika […]

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INEC Commissioner marked for arrest today – CUPP says

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Tuesday, claimed that the Department of State Services (DSS) will today arrest the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Commissioner in charge of operations and logistics, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu. In a statement, CUPP spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, on Tuesday, also alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to sabotage […]

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INEC: The Election Postponement Challenge, By Reuben Abati

Ordinarily, the postponement by a week of Nigeria’s 2019 general election should not have generated as much outrage as it has done, but the protest that the postponement has attracted is positive proof of the fact that the Nigerian electorate do not trust the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In 2011, the country’s elections were […]

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Actress Juliana Olayode dazzles in new makeover poses (Photos)

Nollywood actress, Juliana Oluwatobiloba Olayode popularly known as ‘Toyo baby’,  a nickname she got from starring as Toyosi in the series Jenifa’s Diary was born into a large family of eight. She was brought up in Lagos, even though she is from Ogun State. She did try to go to university, but, as Juliana once said, […]

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Court remands ex-president’s son over $2bn debt scandal

Son of a former president, on Monday, has been remanded in custody by a court in Mozambique, his lawyer said, following his arrest in a crackdown on a $2-billion government debt scandal. The oldest of Armando Guebuza’s four children, Ndambi Guebuza, was picked up from his home in the capital Maputo at the weekend. He […]

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Afe Babalola, again, calls for restructuring of Nigeria

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola SAN, has reiterated the fact that Nigeria may continue to grapple with its prevailing problems of spiral unemployment, insecurity and under-development, unless the country treads the path of restructuring. Specifically, Babalola, who received the management team of the Nigerian Tribune in his office in Ado-Ekiti over […]

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Time to Revisit Uwais, Lemu and Nnamani’s Reports, By Femi Falana

By virtue of section 26 of the Electoral Act, an election may be postponed if a serious breach of peace or violence is likely to occur or on account of natural disaster or other emergencies. To prevent any abuse of power, the reasons for postponement of any election must be cogent and verifiable. Furthermore, Section […]

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Police arrest woman for alleged N100million swindle against church organisation

A 39-year-old woman, Onyinyechi Iwuagwu, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly swindling a church-based organisation of N100million. The police said, Onyinyechi had defrauded MIA Enterprises of the sum of N100m on the pretext of assisting the organisation to raise money for charity. Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of […]

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Buhari’s order to kill, a declaration of war on Nigeria voters, direct incitement against voters -Secondus says

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari in his alleged desperation to cling on to power has given marching orders to the Nigerian military and Police to help leaders of the All Progressives Congress oppress voters. The PDP chairman noted that the President’s remarks at […]

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2019: Tinubu’s obscene arrogance and INEC’s treachery, By Tunde Odesola

Both men operate in the country’s circus called politics. One is the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission. His name is Mahmood Yakubu, a guerilla warfare expert and Professor of Political History and International Studies. The other is the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, to which the ruthless National Union of Road Transport Workers […]

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Snatch ballot box during elections and die -Buhari warns

Speaking on Monday at the opening of the APC National Caucus Meeting in Abuja, president Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military and law enforcement agencies to deal “ruthlessly” with anyone caught trying to disrupt the rescheduled February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections and the March 9 governorship, etc elections. Buhari said he wanted Nigerians to be […]

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Nicki Minaj fuels pregnancy rumour, as she shares loved-up video with her man (Video)

Nicki Minaj has sparked pregnancy speculation with her fans already congratulating her on her page. It started after the 36-year-old rapper shared a loved up video with her boyfriend Kenneth Petty rubbing her belly as she flaunted her cleavage in a colorful dress. ‘Why are you rubbing my stomach?’ asked Minaj in the video she posted to her […]

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