A victim who was seen lying in a gutter in a recent viral video after he was pushed by a policeman during a raid by Police officers on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has died at Lagos University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, Saharareporters reports. It was learnt that the victim, Oloruniran Ajayi who suffered an head injury died...
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Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Ondo governorship election, Rotimi Akeredolu has said a combination of the two factional candidates of the Peopels Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim can still not defeat him. Akeredolu said this while speaking with State House correspondents after his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari alongside Chairman...
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The Senate has approved the continuation of the recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force after it had earlier suspended the exercise, Punch reports. This was revealed by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina-South) in Abuja on Monday. The Senate had earlier asked the Police Service Commission to...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will not allow any of its officials under for alleged bribery participate in electoral duties. The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Rotimi Oyekanmi said this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with Punch. Oyekanmi said none of the indicted officials will participate in the...
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The House of Representatives on Monday continued its investigations into how Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government defraud the Federal Government in conjunction with insurance companies. The ad hoc committee in charge of the probe has discovered how the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency and the Nigerian Railways Corporation paid premiums on non-functional properties in...
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Some Niger Delta elders on Tuesday (Today) will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. It will be the first meeting between the Presidency and stakeholders of the aggrieved region. Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu on Monday said the meeting had already started generating controversies between the elders. Kachikwu, who spoke about the...
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said former President Goodluck Jonathan did not make the defeat of terrorist group, Boko Haram a priority during his administration. Osinbajo spoke at the Harvard University’s Weatherland Centre for International Affairs, United States on “The unraveling of Boko Haram and the rebuilding of the North-East of Nigeria”. According to a statement...
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First lady Aisha Buhari on Monday played host to wives of governors from the Northern part of the country. The visit by the women to Mrs. Aisha Buhari was to brief her on the outcome of the Governors Wives Forum meeting which held earlier on Monday. The meeting focused on the peculiar challenges faced in...
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The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum on Monday accused The All Progressives Congress (APC) of conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to tilt the November 26 Ondo election its way. This is contained in a statement signed by the forum’s secretary, Patrick Okon, on Monday. The statement read in part, “We call on Mr. President...
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New Mavin Record Label artiste Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk has given reasons why he joined the label. The “Kukere” crooner who announced on Monday he was now a member of The Mavin told The Cable that the “Don Jazzy factor” played a key role in his decision. Iyanya said, “It’s official, I’m now a Mavin and we’ve dropped the first single...
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Majority leader of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila says the lower legislative chamber will approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $29.9 billion (about N12 trillion) to fund capital projects between 2016 and 2019, According to Premium Times Gbajabiamila said this in Lagos on Monday, He said, “Borrowing to finance infrastructural projects is not an...
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The highly anticipated ‘’Live Your Music’’ party which was announced as the official after-party for HeinekenLFDW 2016 delivered on its promise of providing the ultimate musical experience for music lovers as the party started in the last hour of 29 October and the music kept on blazing until the early hours of the morning of...
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It’s no news that Nigerian patients can be trying. Doctors on Nigerian Twitter are swapping hilarious anecdotes and dispensing advice to their #DearPatient(s). If you are guilty of these blunders, desist. If you know any persons who are guilty of these blunders, do them a favour and share. Hear ye! Hear ye! https://twitter.com/SickSage_/status/792801325302112257 #Dearpatient please go...
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Eleven women are to be prosecuted in Kano for engaging in social vices. Salisu Umar, the Commander, Special Services of the Faggae Outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board (Sharia Police) said the suspects were apprehended around the Sabongari area in the metropolis. Umar said the suspects were found drinking alcohol, smoking cannabis and romancing with men...
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The Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually abusing women and girls living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. The group alleged that the abusers include camp leaders, vigilante groups, policemen, and soldiers. Senior Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch, Mausi Segun, said, “It is bad enough that these women and girls are...
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The rejection of ambassadorial appointments by two nominees, and the controversy around another nomination last week, call into question the way the Buhari administration operates. Two nominees Usman Bugaje, from the President’s home state of Katsina, said his ‘hands are full’, and Pauline Tallen said she cannot accept the posting, to take care of her...
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Feyi Fawehinmi Around mid-April 2015, a friend of mine who works with Kaduna DISCo sent me a message saying they were recruiting for a significant number of positions. He then said if I was interested, he would give consideration to anyone I recommended. Basically, he sent me the link to the job openings and said...
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Kidnappers in Kano will be sentenced to life in imprisonment if caught. This is according to the Kano House of Assembly which passed into law, the bill seeking life imprisonment for kidnappers in the state on Monday. The Majority Leader of the Assembly, Yusuf Atta, read the Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Labour Amendment Bill 2016 before...
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Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah on Monday paid a visit to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detention cell. He was received by the acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, who took him on a tour of the facility. During his visit, Kukah prayed for the inmates as...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered an immediate investigation into claims of sexual abuse against women and girls in IDP camps. Buhari who was reacting to a damning report released on Monday by te Human Rights Watch, said anyone found guilt would be decisively dealt with. The statement read, “Deeply worrying to hear the reports...
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So yeah, our resident haters at Uncensored might have found Davido’s Son Of Mercy EP underwhelming/uninteresting/uninspired/whatever. Don’t mind them. But their bad belle doesn’t matter. Because, guess who likes it? Exactly. That’s Oscar and Emmy nominated Taraji P. Henson shouting our boy out on Instagram And of course, Davido, sharp Naija boy, wasted no time in...
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Our favourite rebel without a cause (a title he’d likely cop to, himself) is at it again. This time in what is essentially a 990-word sub (yes, we counted,) he’s weighing in on the just concluded Lagos Fashion and Design Week. No, that’s not quite right. He’s coming for the “pretty boys” as he puts...
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by Adekoya Boladale There is a harrowing moment of my life, one that leaves an indelible print of trauma in my heart. It is one of those moments in one’s life sojourn that are better forgotten. Unlike the usual experiences that are either centred on regrets or shame, mine came with blood, occultic brash and...
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Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu on Monday was re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N2.7bn fraud. Kalu was re-arraigned before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Lagos Federal High Court. He had previously been arraigned before Justice Anwuri Chikere of the Abuja division of the court but was transferred...
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by ‘Káyọ̀dé Oyèró According to Greek mythology, Midas was a king of Phrygia in eighth century B.C. He was very wealthy and had more gold than anyone in the world. But no matter how much gold Midas collected and put into his vaults, it was not enough. He always wanted more, and he spent much...
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Nigeria is fraught with a large scale of sexism and patriachy issues, woven around religion and seeped in culture, it’s doubtful we’ll ever come out of it. Still, we have not lost hope. Brick by brick, with a sledge hammer and bull dozer, we’ll tear those walls down. This here is the story of Nene.E (@N_Word_),...
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by I. B. Nga Since the commencement of this new academic session, several students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have been badly destablised by the very frustrating method deployed by the Student Affairs Department in the allocation of hostel accommodation to students. Worst hit are the final year students, many of whom have...
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A 32-year-old man, Muhammed Isa has started trekking from Lagos to Abuja in support of the Ali-Modu Sheriff’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction. Isa said he was representing the youths of the party when he was about to depart at about 9:12am. “I am on solidarity trek from Lagos to Abuja to show my support and...
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by David I. Adeleke If you’ve ever journeyed on the road in Nigeria, then you must have heard someone say that before. It may not be verbatim, but at least you’ve heard a variation of the statement. You dey drive like woman. Why you dey drive like woman? Why you dey drive anyhow, na woman...
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The House of Representatives may summon President Muhammadu Buhari over plans to request a $29.96bn loan, Punch reports. Speaking to Punch, an official of the National Assembly said, “There will be serious legislative fireworks this week because we are not in ordinary times in Nigeria. “Any loan that generations after today will continue to repay raises...
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