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Five suspected ritualists have been arrested in Ososa, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State The suspects were apprehended following information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said that the gang, who are responsible […]
Franca Afegbua, the first female senator in Nigeria, is dead. The Afegbua family announced her passing in a statement issued on Sunday. Afegbua, 79, was a native of Okpella, a town in Etsako-east LGA of old Bendel state (now split into Edo and Delta states). “The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed […]
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanitise the judiciary by removing corrupt judges reinstated by the National Judicial Council. This is contained in a statement by CSNAC Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, on Sunday in Lagos. Suraju said that the reinstatement of Justices Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, James Agbadu-Fishim […]
The State Government of Kogi on Friday ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. In a statement released by Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, he was congratulating Nigerians on the “historic ruling of the Supreme Court.” Fanwo said it was unacceptable that some persons and businesses […]
Former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has deleted a tweet in which she congratulated Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The former president had taken to her Twitter page to congratulate the APC presidential candidate on emerging the president. She also extended her congratulations to the Nigerian people for exercising their democratic right […]
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable, has cried out after being beaten by some of his close friends after interfering in their dispute with his sister. Portable made it known on his Instagram story on Friday. He shared the photo of his sister on the hospital bed, saying, “Olopa ma ko everybody, […]
Delta state Governor and vice presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, is reportedly owing his political appointees allowances running into millions of naira. The development, according to multiple sources, is one reason the PDP lost the presidential election to the opposition Labour Party (LP) in the state. An unsigned […]
A Professor of Bayero University in Kano State, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, has spoken out against the Feb.25 election result announced by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Yakubu Mahmood. The professor, who served as Election Officer for the 2023 Tudun Wada/Doguwa House of Representatives election, testified that the result he announced […]
Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo in Delta Central and Delta South Senatorial Districts of Delta State, on Thursday endorsed the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, for the March 18 Governorship election in the state. The group, in a Town Hall meeting attended by the State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi […]
The Delta State Government has debunked allegations that it sold the Liaison Office in Lagos, saying it only engaged property developers to build luxury flats that would add more value to the state. Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, who gave the clarification while speaking with newsmen in Asaba the state capital, said the state […]
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