Ex-Imo governor condemns invasion, says EFCC continues to violate his fundamental rights Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday stormed the Abuja home of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. It was learnt that the anti-graft agency team were in the Maitama area residence to arrest him. In a video, the […]
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Despite losing his party’s Ondo Central senatorial district’s ticket, the immediate former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Engnr Clement Faboyede, has vowed that he would not defect from the party. He came third at the primary, losing to Mr Ifedayo Adedipe, who polled 82 votes to win the exercise. Faboyede, […]
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Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has finally revealed why she was arrested in Dubai. Recall that the mother of one was arrested sometime in 2019 in Dubai, which went viral on social media. In her renewed fight with Bobrisky, the cross dresser claimed that the actress was arrested in Dubai for smoking weed. However, Tonto […]
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Actor Aremu Afolyan has lamented the declining exchange rate of the naira. The actor, who has been in Dubai, was shocked to realise that N1m could only get him 6025 Dirham. The pained actor wrote: “Guys, how are you? I mean, Nigeria is so dead, I mean dead. I will show you why it’s dead […]
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Ongoing primaries valid under existing laws, not affected by amendments, lawyers say A Coalition of Election Monitors and Observers (CEMO) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against assenting to the recent Electoral Act 2022 amendment bill because preparations for the 2023 general elections are already in full gears. The coalition, made up of 24 election monitoring […]
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Credit: Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Fayemi: Only five aspirants are serious Nwajiuba backs party on controversial letter of withdrawal Ohanaeze Ndigbo upbeat about Igbo producing next president Barring last minute changes, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will today screen its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections after earlier postponements. This was announced, yesterday, […]
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Nigeria Governors’ Forum chairman, Dr Kayode Fayemi The 36 Governors on Monday lost in their opposition to Federal Government’s efforts to monitor their handling of Local governments’ funds. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed to that effect by the 36 states, through their Attorneys General and the […]
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Credit: /Twitter/Gov Wike Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had been filed and […]
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Actress Eucharia Anunobi has stated she needs a complete, God-fearing man for marriage immediately. She was possibly debunking alleged rumour of being engaged to a 27-year-old, which has set tongues wagging on social media. The actress was married to Charles Ekwu in the early 2000s. The union however crashed in 2009. In an interview with […]
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Students gather in front of University of Ibadan gate The Nigerian government on Monday said it has shortlisted about 8,800 students for scholarship opportunities abroad. The shortlisted students were from among the 26,000 who applied for its overseas scholarship programme backed by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). The annual PTDF scholarship has been ongoing […]
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