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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described those wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead as callous. Obasanjo said this in a statement issued by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in Abeokuta on Friday. He said the President needs Nigerians prayers and best wishes and not death wish. The former President said he was also rumoured to have... Read More
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said the amount of fake news and misinformation in the country can bring it down. The minister stated this on Friday in Abuja when he paid a working visit to the headquarters of DAAR Communication Plc, owners of African Independent Television and Raypower FM. He said the... Read More
Iran on Friday denied an American wrestling team visas after Donald Trump barred 7 predominantly Muslim countries for the US. “Considering the policies adopted by the new US administration, the foreign ministry was inevitably forced to refuse travel by the US wrestling team to Iran,” spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted as saying by the official... Read More
US President Donald Trump has promised to destroy a 1954 US law barring churches from politics. Trump promised to equally put an end to the ban on other religious institutions from political activity, if they wanted to keep tax-exempt status. He made his comments about a measure called the Johnson Amendment during remarks at the... Read More
Media personality, Toke Makinwa has continued to promote her book ‘On Becoming’ despite a letter of request asking her to immediately halt sales and promotion for the memoir. The letter was issued by lawyers of her estranged husband, Maje Ayida. Makinwa in her book had claimed Maje cheated while they were married. She also said... Read More
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The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress was planning to link state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike to the murder of DSP Muhammed Alkali and his orderly who died during the Rivers rerun election. The PDP also said the APC was making efforts to incite violence in the state.... Read More
It’s agreed: Seun Egbegbe, Nigeria’s no.1 con man needs help, but exactly of what sort remains up in the air. Seun Egbegbe is a thief through birth? I'm sad for him, he's such a disgrace to his family and fans if this is true, he needs HELP — Twitwi 📷 (@_shotbytwitwi) February 2, 2017 Let’s... Read More
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has condemned a plan by the police to stop a proposed nationwide rally led by pop singer, 2face. The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had said intelligence report indicated that criminals might hijack the planned protest and therefore vowed to stop the protest. In a statement issued by his... Read More
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The Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State, Prof Francis Otunta has said a professor in the institution has discovered a new drug for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS. Otunta told newsmen at the university campus on Wednesday that the discovery was made by Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, a researcher in the... Read More
Three times more, really. Apparently he’s gotten a deal with MNet Africa to shoot 3 TV movies. Or at least they were originally meant to be TV movies, but he’s secured permission to take them to cinemas as well as release them on DVD. The first of the lot, ‘Roti’ is already in production, and,... Read More
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The two Customs officers who were declared wanted by the Nigeria Customs Service over the importation of 661 pump-action intercepted in Lagos. According to Punch, the suspects, Abdullahi I, with service number 44483 ASC, and Odiba Haruna Inah, with service number 133386 ACIC, submitted themselves to the Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, on Wednesday. A source... Read More
Former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has sued Lere Olayinka, the spokesperson for Governor Ayodele Fayose, to court for alleged libel. Fayemi joined a member of the Ekiti House of Assembly, Dr. Samuel Omotoso to the suit which he filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Fayemi is seeking payment... Read More
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Former Niger Delta militants have said the Federal Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) must carry them along to show their sincerity about the development of the region. They made this call in Port Harcourt on Wednesday when they met with the leadership of the Niger Delta Peace Campaign for Development Network. A... Read More
The Nigerian Prisons Service has re-arrested 49 out of the 58 inmates that escaped from the Owerri State High Court premises on January 27. The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed disclosed this during a visit to the Chief Judge of Imo state on Wednesday. The inmates had been freed by gunmen... Read More
Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has decided to throw his weight behind the February 5th protest organised by EnoughisEnough Nigeria and 2Baba. One wonders if he did not see the irony. Or perhaps he assumes this protest is supposed to be about political leanings. To organisers of Feb. 5 "Enough is Enough" National Protest,... Read More
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed the kidnapping prohibition bill which imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom. The law also stipulates that where a victim dies in the course of kidnap, the suspect is liable on conviction to death. The Lagos State House of Assembly recently passed the bill into... Read More
Singer Kcee has said former label mate, Harrysong has promised to a press conference where he would apologize to Five Star Music, LIB reports. Harrysong had been arrested along side his manager, Desmond Ike yesterday. The duo reportedly slept in police custody over alleged defamatory statements and forgery. Kcee told LIB, “Harrysong has told me,... Read More
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Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori has said he would return to Nigeria very soon. Ibori was released from a UK prison in December after being convicted of fraud in 2012. Ibori’s media aide, Tony Eluemunor in a statement on Tuesday said, “After all the speculations over when Chief James OnanefeIbori will return to... Read More
Entertainer, Dede Mabiaku on Monday walked out of an interview with Lagos Talks FM 93.1, following a comment made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina telling him to ‘shut up’. In the video, Mabiaku refused to continue with the interview stating that Adesina’s statement was inappropriate. “Why do... Read More
Senate President Bukola Saraki has accepted the resignation letter of his Chief of Staff, Senator Isa Galaudu. Galaudu announced his resignation in a letter on Tuesday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki said, “Galaudu first mentioned his decision to step down for personal reasons last November and that... Read More
If the House of Representatives signs the current National Roads Fund bill into law, Nigerians may pay additional N5 for petroleum products. A technical committee set up by the House Committee on Works, chaired by Toby Okechukwu had made the recommendation. The National Road Fund is aimed at generating revenue for routine and periodic maintenance... Read More
R&B singer, Darey Art-Alade has denied rumours that he paid Kim Kardashian $1 million to feature in the first edition of ‘Love Like A Movie’ concert. In a recent chat with Tribune, Darey declined to tell how much Kim Kardashian was paid but said it was nothing near the amount being peddled around. He said,... Read More
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