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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Ekiti state-based Disc Jockey, Famotemi Toluwani Timothy for allegedly impersonating a hip-hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as “Portable”. He was arrested on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Timothy, a native of Igede-Ekiti in Ifelodun Local Government […]
The House Of Representative Members Representing Okpe, Uvwie, Sapele, and Ethiope East and West Federal Constituencies, RT. Hon. Efe Anthony Afe and RT. Hon Ben Rolands Igbakpa have jointly moved and supported a Motion for the reconstruction of the Warri-Sapele-Benin Roads and Sapele-Amukpe to Agbor road in Delta State. The Lawmakers noted that the […]
Billion Elon Musk intends to proceed with the original $54.20 per share offer to acquire Twitter. A letter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, showed that Musk will follow through on the $44 billion acquisition pending the receipt of the deal’s debt financing. Twitter first accepted Musk’s offer in April […]
A separate body from the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, is set to receive a certificate of registration from the Federal Government on Tuesday, 4 October 2022. The information was revealed in an invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2023 appropriation bill of N19.76 trillion to a joint session of the national assembly on Friday. This was contained in a letter from the president read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday. The presentation will take place in the house of representatives.
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has sued Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms, for showing unapproved advertisements to the Nigerian audience. In a statement on Tuesday, ARCON is suing Meta agent, AT3 Resources Limited before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The suit against Meta is the […]
North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbors said, the fourth round this week of weapons launches that prompted quick, strong condemnation from its rivals. In an unusually strong rebuke of North Korea’s weapons programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said North Korea’s “obsession” with nuclear weapons is deepening […]
Barring any last-minute change of mind, the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party will this week meet to deliberate on the crisis rocking the party. This is part of a larger plan to rescue the campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, following the boycott of its campaign by some […]
Belief in the efficacy of a locally-prepared charm that could stave off gunshots has led to the death of a 12-year-old child in Kaiama in Kwara. His elder brother shot him dead while testing the efficacy of the charm with which the two of them had just “fortified’’ themselves. Police spokesman in Kwara, […]
The Federal Government has said that the second Niger Bridge will be ready for use by Christmas this year. Acting Controller of Works in Anambra, Mr Seyi Martins said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka. Martins said that the first phase of the Second Niger Bridge measuring […]
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