Suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, says governor of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is an ingrate to engage in a verbal attack on former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Frank who said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday described El-Rufai as a perpetual betrayer. Frank, wondered how El-Rufai had the audacity...
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A 48-year-old pastor, Michael Adeniran, who was accused of allegedly impregnating a teenager has been remanded in prison. The remand order was given by the magistrate of an An Abeokuta Magistrate Court, Oriyomi Sofowora. The prosecutor, Kayode Emmanuel, told the court that the accused committed the offence in June at El- Bethel Church, Ita Aka,...
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Let nobody tell you lies; the best thing about the end of the year in Nigeria is the sheer number of culture festivals that you can immerse yourself in. You are one of the lucky few if your schedule permits you to truly immerse yourself in these culture fests. Just last week we reported live...
Read MoreAdunni Nerfetiti,
Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016,
Brymo,
Chinelo Okparanta,
falana,
Fati Abubakar,
Helon Habila,
Kuto,
Leye Adenle,
molara wood,
Ngugi wa Thiong’o,
Ogun State Centre for Arts and Culture,
Patrick Okigbo,
teju cole,
Tendai Huchu,
Toni Kan,
Wana Udobang
These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Professor who predicted Trump’s victory says he will be impeached (WATCH) A history Professor who predicted the election of US President-elect Donald Trump says he will be impeached. 2. Boko Haram would have been defeated if I were president – Atiku Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has...
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This is not an alarm and we do not intend to scare you, but you should be worried just as we are about the state of the nation. We are in the third month of an economic recession and events have spiraled into an even more deplorable state since then, in spite of President Muhammadu...
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A former governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu says he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to help diffuse the ethnic and religious colouration facing it, Premium Times reports. Kalu joined the APC on Wednesday and was received by the party’s National Working Committee led by its chairman John Odigie-Oyegun. He said, “If they see us in...
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Over the weekend, the maiden edition of the Genevieve Beauty Awards was held at the Victoria Hall of Intercontinental Ho…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned Rickey Tarfa (SAN) before Justice A.A Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igboshere, over an amended 26-count charge of refusal to fill asset declaration forms, making false information to an officer of the EFCC and offering gratification to a public official. Rickey...
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The Federal Government has signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) bordering on mutual assistance in criminal matters, transfer of sentenced persons and an extradition treaty with the Government of the Republic of Italy. Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of...
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by Victor Asemota TRAINING FOR CHANGE After Econet Wireless Nigeria got their GSM License and before they launched services, they decided to educate the market through the most popular means at that time, the newspapers. The regulators and the companies who bid for the GSM license knew what the technology was for and how it...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned, a couple, Austin Chidiebere Ezeama and Juliet Ezeama before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court Ikeja on a 7-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. One of the count read, “Augustine Chidiebere Ezeama, Juliet Ezeama and Mabrubeni...
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A man who was strangled and put inside a rice sack was found dead beside a canal by residents of Oyingbo area in Lagos. According to The Punch the sack which was believed to contain rubbish was found by a policeman at Jebba bus stop Ebute-Metta. The incident which occurred at about 2pm on Thursday was reported...
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We couldn’t be more curious about Denrele’s new film role. “How To Play A Player,” you say? Our eyes are peeled.
Ahmed Raji (SAN), a lawyer in the defence team of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Wednesday denied knowledge of the offer which the Federal Government claimed to have given the ex-NSA to let him to attend the burial of his late father, Ibrahim Dasuki, held in Sokoto on Tuesday....
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The House of Assembly in Edo on Wednesday approved the construction of houses worth N200m for ex-governors in any location of their choice. The lawmakers also approved a N100m house for ex-deputy governors. The approval by the lawmakers followed the consideration of a bill for a law to amend the existing legislation on the Pension...
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Forget all of the “tech” talk. Jason Njoku is now firmly a media entrepreneur. Sure, many may find that difficult to accept, but this isn’t one of those media versus tech arguments that have trailed Facebook so much recently. This is, instead, the result of a transition that’s been slow and steady, but that now sees revenue...
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A history Professor who predicted the election of US President-elect Donald Trump has another prediction on occurrences during his presidency. Professor Allan Lichtman, who has predicted the last nine presidential elections correctly says Donald Trump will be impeached. Lichtman said this while speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett. He said Trump will face impeachment because throughout...
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On the fifth episode of Untold Facts airing today, the host of the monthly series, Moses Omoghena will be engaging guests on the topic ‘violence against gay men and women, since when did violence become a result to anything’? Untold Facts is a discussion series that focuses on sexual health and rights in Nigeria, it...
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Singapore has rejected an appeal for clemency by a Nigerian, Chijoke Stephen Obioha due to be executed on Friday for being in possession of cannabis, Amnesty International has said. The family of the accused was informed on Wednesday of his failed clemency appeal, it added. He was found in possession of more than 2.6kg of cannabis...
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, says the recent activities of the Boko Haram terrorists shows that 60 per cent of them are not Nigerians. Buratai, said this on Wednesday in Maiduguri when he received the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, at the headquarters of the Theatre Command...
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by Peregrino Brimah Kaduna-based activist John Danfulani embedded himself with Shia Muslims embarking on this year’s Arbaeen trek from Kano to Zaria and witnessed firsthand the attack on the minority Muslim group by Nigerian authorities. It was important to have one of us, a third party, witness and give account of the happenings due to typically conflicting reports from...
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Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), The Punch reports. The former governor of Abia was received by the party Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and some members of the National Working Committee at the National Secretariat on Wednesday. Kalu said his decision to join the APC was because he wanted...
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by Pius Adesanmi So the accused killers of Mrs Bridget Agbanime were declared innocent and freed and it hardly made national news? In fact, someone only just emailed me about it. How many “national priorities” have we had since this latest addition to Nigeria’s mountain of moving on without justice for the dead and their...
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as Shi’ites said it lost over 100 of its members during the clash with policemen in Kano on Monday. The police had said 8 shiite members were killed and a police officer but the group in a statement quoted by theCable insisted that over 100 of its members...
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The Nigeria Police said it has arrested a three-man kidnapping gang who had planned to abduct oil magnate, Femi Otedola. In a statement by police spokesperson, Don Awunah, the police said two AK 47 rifles with live ammunition were found with them. The statement read, “The IGP’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) accomplished this task when...
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Nigerians now have access to affordable, fast, premium data hosting services as cloud-hosting platform, Garanntor launched this November at its Tier III Datacentre in Lagos. It is the first in the industry to host its entire infrastructure in the country. Created in 2015 to satisfy the need for premium hosting and cloud services at affordable...
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said terrorist group, Boko Haram would not have existed if he was President of Nigeria. Atiku said this on Tuesday while speaking at the distribution of relief materials to over 50,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at American University of Nigeria in Adamawa State. He said, “If you recall, while...
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by Tochukwu Okwuanya “He will make a good husband; won’t he?” I questioned rhetorically for it will take a high degree of madness to question and then answer myself. However, for considering that man that was sitting in front of me as anything other than a candidate for Yaba Left, makes me a candidate for...
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A multiple accident involving a diesel-laden tanker and four other vehicles on Lagos-Ibadan expressway has led to the death of three people who were burnt beyond recognition on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, the accident occurred at about 3:08am. It was learnt that the truck carrying diesel colliding...
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by Ololade Ajekigbe Proclaiming it as the latest wonder of world wouldn’t be too far-fetched. Pundits, scholars and the media failed woefully with all of their “big grammar” and permutation on this one. Like the legendary Michael Jackson whose gravity-defying dance moves remained a mystery for a while, the emergence of Donald John Trump as...
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