Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has faulted the claim by ex-Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, that he was instrumental to his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani Kayode, the newest ‘beautiful bride’ of the ruling party, was presented on Thursday to President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked the National Population Commission (NPC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to harmonise the country’s national identity database and population for effective socio-economic planning and development. He hailed the NIMC and other stakeholders for the capturing of more than 63 million Nigerians in NIMC’s database within a short […]
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An Oyo State High Court has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay N20 billion to Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) for unlawfully invading his Soka, Ibadan house on July 1. The court, which was presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola awarded the sum as exemplary and aggravated damages against the secret […]
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Controversial Nigerian Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of being a traitor after defecting to the All Progressives Congress. The Kaduna-based Islamic cleric said this in a Facebook post titled, ‘Judas of Oduduwa’, where he attached a previous post by Femi Fani-Kayode that he prefers to die than […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command said on Thursday that it has arrested kidnappers of students of Greenfield University as well as students of the Bethel Baptist High School, all in the state. Also in the police net are kidnappers of the 37 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi LGA of […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed how solving mathematical problems saved him from insanity during his 27 months incarceration. The literary icon spoke yesterday when he played host to the academic laureates who did Ogun State proud in academic competitions, at his Kemta, Idi Aba home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He said […]
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By Femi Adesina Many were the prayers and goodwill messages that sped our feet to Owerri, capital of Imo State, the Eastern Heartland, on September 9, 2021. Why were the people so effusive in prayers? We were considered as going into unsafe territory, where anything could happen, as President Muhammadu Buhari and his team visited […]
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Ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday hinted at the possibility of the governors of Bauchi, Enugu and Oyo States dumping the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and joining him in the ruling All Progressives Congress. He gave the hint while speaking to newsmen after he was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary National […]
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A businesswoman, Adetoro Olowe, has accused the Nigeria Customs Service of selling off a vehicle she imported from the United States of America, and whose duties she had fully paid for. It was learnt that sometime in 2019, Olowe imported a Mercedes Benz Dodge Sprinter with chassis number WD5PD644345651104, but could not immediately clear it […]
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A standard gauge rail being planned from Kano State in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is one of the projects that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to fund with the fresh external loans he is asking the National Assembly to approve for his administration, it has been learnt. Buhari had asked the National Assembly to […]
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