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Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has asked Nigerians not to fight over politicians who are after pecuniary gains. Kukah, who spoke on Tuesday when he appeared on a television programme, said Nigerians should consider politicians as friends who should not be regarded seriously. The bishop’s advice comes a few days […]
A spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is like a man that had one of his testicles removed. He reiterated that the APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu will win the forthcoming election by a huge margin. […]
Following the lengthy essay on Monday by Governor Charles Soludo attacking Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Ozonna Soludo has differed with his father’s stance, saying Obi is the best candidate. The governor was throwing shades at Obi’s claim of making huge savings for Anambra State during his tenure, and […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arraigned 16 foreigners for offences bordering on conspiracy, stealing, attempt to deal in crude oil and false pretences. The foreign nationals were caught onboard a vessel, MT Heroic Idun. According to the charges, the foreigners had, in August 2022, at the Akpo […]
Due to the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians, Air Peace has suspended their flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recalled that weeks ago the UAE authorities placed a visa ban. Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds in addition to the reduced passengers […]
Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo-Lanre had on October 27 filed the originating motion on notice before a […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will declare lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to express its reservations about non-payment of its salaries. Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, confirmed the development to TheCable on Sunday. ASUU had embarked on strike in February, which was later suspended […]
Mike Ozekhome, the lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of the Biafra agitator. Ozekhome said Nigeria would disintegrate if Kanu is not released from custody soon despite the court order. He issued the warning during a meeting with Igbo leaders in Atlanta, the United States […]
Some Nigerian netizens have taken to social media to express their anger over the comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in which he denied having a house in the United Kingdom. Buhari had revealed while responding to a question in a 25-second Twitter video posted by his Special Assistant […]
The Federal Government says it is closely monitoring the activities of the popular micro-blogging, Twitter, following the recent ownership change of the platform. CrownFm reports that the acquisition of Twitter, by Musk began on April 14, 2022, and was concluded on October 27, 2022, after months of back and forth, lawsuits and verbal […]
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