By Ray Ekpu The story is growing wings in the public space and as all such stories go, there is likely to be ample embellishment. But even without anyone adding onions, crayfish and pepper to the story, it is a story fit for the eggheads at Nollywood to turn into a box office sensation. I am […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa It is not just that the President is unjustifiably advocating and defending an outdated open grazing policy, he is equally amassing all arsenals of state power, in aid of this sinister agenda, that blows ill wind everywhere. His aides, especially his media aides, are daily falling over themselves to attack, abuse and insult […]
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A man walked out on his bride on the wedding day after her family failed to serve mutton in the feast at Sukinda on Wednesday. According to The New Indian Express, the 27-year-old groom, identified as Ramakant Patra, later married another woman of the area before returning home. Patra, a resident of Rebanapalaspal in neighbouring […]
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ACF tasks lawmakers on restructuring bill As the House of Representatives reconvenes, today, its members from the northern part of the country are meeting with their governors and monarchs to take a common position on the contentious Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The PIB is slated for final consideration and passage before the National Assembly embarks […]
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The prosecution of the alleged killer of Miss Inibong Umoren, a job seeker, murdered in Akwa Ibom State, will commence soon. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko Macdon, disclosed this yesterday while giving an update on the matter in Uyo. He said all was set to prosecute the murder suspect, who allegedly raped and […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Very recently, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked many people with his multiple interviews, his many official outings and his addresses to the nation. However, it would seem that the President would have done better by maintaining his preferred silence than the seeming disaster of these outings, especially the media engagements. In retrospect, the whole […]
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The Nigerian Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26. The earlier deadline would have lapsed tomorrow, June 30. The deadline date has now been shifted for about seven times. The first deadline was December 30, 2020, two weeks after the exercise started in the country. The latest […]
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Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives at a plenary pn Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Credit: Twitter/House of Reps Ngr The House of Representatives committee on finance is beaming its searchlights on financial institutions in the country over alleged leakages in foreign exchange revenue to the tune of over N30 billion. Yesterday, the James Faleke-led members […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, to come up with provisional measures that could immediately stop the Nigerian government and the National Assembly from amending two bills to ‘gag’ the press through arbitrary punishment of journalists and closure of media houses. […]
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Oil spill. Credit: aljazeera.com The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to comply with the Federal High Court judgment, which ordered it to pay communities in Ibeno Council of Akwa Ibom State N81.9 billion compensation for oil spills. In the ruling, the Federal High Court sitting in […]
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