Late Oluwabamise Ayankole (Photo credit: The Guardian) By Hakeem Jamiu Nigeria is fast gaining notoriety as a country of ritualists with stories of ritual killings daily reported in the traditional and social media. The latest of this cannibalistic atrocity is the gruesome murder of 22 year old Oluwabamise Ayankole who was abducted after boarding a […]
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Barely six hours after his inauguration as the sixth Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo has announced the appointment of three persons into his administration. A statement containing the new appointments was released to reporters by Soludo’s media aide, Joe Anatune, on Thursday in Awka. The statement announced the appointment of Prof Osita Chukwulobelu […]
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A member of the Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Sola Adams, has cried out over the invasion of farmlands by elephants adding that they also injured a farmer at Itashin in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state. Adams, who spoke during plenary in Abeokuta, noted that the recent incident where elephants attacked villagers […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to return Stephen Ntukekpo as state chairman of Akwa Ibom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the court sacked the Augustine Ekanem-led Executive Committee Officers (EXCO) of APC, directing INEC to withdraw […]
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Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, aka “Ray Hushpuppi,” [Photo credit: Official Instagram account of Hushpuppi] The United States Attorney General’s office has debunked the news making the rounds about fresh allegations of $400,000 fraud allegedly perpetrated from detention by Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi. Thom Mrozek, Director of Media Relations, United States Attorney’s Office (Los Angeles), […]
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An aspirant vying for the office of Governor of Ogun State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ladipupo Adebutu, has said there is no crisis in the state’s chapter of the party. This is as he said he is sure of his victory in the 2023 governorship elections. Adebutu disclosed this to journalists […]
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Anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The arrest came barely hours after attending the inauguration of his successor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo. Details of the arrest are currently sketchy but sources claimed […]
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Credit: Instagram Poland’s Karolina Bielawska has been crowned Miss World 2021, beating 96 other contestants. The event, which was postponed in December 2021 following the Coronavirus outbreak, was concluded in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. 40 semi-finalists returned to the island to see Miss World 2020, Tony-Ann Singh of Jamaica, crown the new beauty queen. “When […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The nation has been plunged into darkness following the collapse of the national grid. Reports say the collapse occurred on Monday. The darkness had been creeping in for months, with authorities managing the sector seemingly dropping hints that it was on the way with load shedding in the language of the managers […]
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The Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Thursday, affirmed that all actions that were taken in his absence by the CECPC acting Chairman, Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State remain valid. Buni made the clarification after several reports claimed that he dumped the national convention sub-committee list […]
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