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Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi has refuted claims that he referred to the 2023 elections as a religious conflict. He stated that he is experiencing pressure to flee the country. Here’s the full text of his latest public statement expressed in a tweet thread on Wednesday: “I continue to thank all Nigerians, […]
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’. This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number 1 in the world’s […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive committee in Aniocha North Local Government, Delta State has nullified the suspension order given to Ms. Lauretta Onochie by Onicha-Olona Ward 04 executive committee. A statement yesterday by Messrs. Matthew Chinye and David Onwuamaeze, the party’s local government chairman and secretary, noted that “the ward executive erred […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of 320.3 billion naira, as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions in the country. Sonny Echono, executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), announced the approval at a workshop with heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday. Echono said the 2023 intervention cycle, […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the Taliban ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations (UN), describing it as violation of their inalienable fundamental human rights. Guterres in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mr Stephane Dujarric, said the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women violated their obligations under […]
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA has ordered the arrest and detention of one Inspector Ebri Ubi, for allegedly killing Mr. Onyeka Ibe, after the deceased reportedly refused to offer him N100 bribe at a checkpoint while on Stop and Search duty along Ugbolu-Illah Road, Oshimili North LGA, […]
Youths in Asaba took to the streets protesting the death of a young man allegedly shot by a police officer because of N100 tip. The incident reportedly took place in front of Federal Medical Centre Asaba where the deceased Onyeka Ibe, a phone seller in Ogbogonogo market was shot on the head. He was […]
Delta state Government has flagged off the second phase construction of the 1.8 kilometers Otu- Umutei road project,in Illah, Oshimili North Local Government Area . The Palace Secretary to the Ogbe-lani of Illah, Edward Ojido, noted that the road is the only route that leads to the popular Illah farm market, that connects traders […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied allegations of hacking and tracking phone conversations. This comes after the conversation of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate with Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, was leaked and trended on social media. However, in a statement on Tuesday, the NCC’s Director […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order for interim forfeiture of N725 million and other landed properties allegedly linked to Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The properties are situated at Plot J 37A 218 Close, 2nd Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi in Lagos […]
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