The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has spread its dragnet to a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa. The Commission on Thursday filed a 17-count of alleged $15.6million fraud against the accused before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The EFCC also filed charges against Amajuoyi Briggs, a legal practitioner, and one Demola...
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Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lashed at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying it has no moral right to make statements on the nation’s economy. Over the past few weeks the PDP had been speaking on the state of the economy accusing President Muhammdu Buhari of badly mismanaging it. According to John Oyegun, the...
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A 32-year-old tricycle operator, Buhari Abdulkarim has been sentenced to jail by an Abuja Upper Area Court for allegedly stealing an air conditioner from the Redeemed Christian Church in Abuja. The judge also ordered that the accused be given seven lashes of the cane. The accused committed the offence at the church premises at Flower Garden...
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by Tolu Omoyemi Former Minister of Aviation, PDP member and one of the most vocal critics of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Femi Fani-Kayode is back. After his 67-day detention by the EFCC, FFK has returned with double the verve and the audacity. We can tell that he’s not about to cower and still doesn’t give...
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I’ve published versions of this before, first on my now defunct blog in 2010. Then on Daily Times, and YNaija in 2011. The most recent reiteration was on Olisa.TV in 2015. Each time, it is updated a little, each time, servants of those occupying power in Abuja at the time come after me, but the...
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An Ekiti state High Court on Thursday rejected an ex parte order sought by the Ayo Fayose administration to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating the finances of the state. The motion to stop the anti-graft agency from investigating the accounts of the state government was filed by the Attorney General...
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Ugh, beht why TNS? We haven’t paid enough attention to this blog, but we should. It’s doing God’s work in terms of keeping it 100 with Nollywood’s great and small. And it works hard to justify its place at the top of movie reportage. We will be monitoring to see how it grows and how...
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Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli and her hubby, Nnamdi Oboli alongside motivational speaker, Fela Durotoye and his wife, Tara Durotoye are currently on vacation at an undisclosed location. The actress shared a picture from the holiday with the caption: “Baecation Love is a beautiful thing!!! Having an absolutely amazing time with the Durotoyes”. They look absolutely lovely, don’t...
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a kidnapping gang responsible for the kidnap of high profile individuals, one of which is Honourable Sani Bello, a member of the House of Representatives. This is contained in a statement released on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer DCP Don Awunah. The statement read, “A...
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by Lolade Sowoolu NEPA has been frighteningly constant. Isn’t that supposed to be a good thing? Well, it was when it never happened. And now that it’s happening, it takes a conscious effort not to panic. Somewhere in my subconscious, I still feel this a trick. Oh yeah. And when this trick is over, we will be worse off....
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The apparent conflict in the orders of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, presided over by Hon. Justice Okon Abang, and that of the Port Harcourt Division of the same Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Ibrahim Watila, in the Peoples Democratic Party leadership cases, respectively being adjudicated by the two judges, is, to say...
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What’s that awful name of that barely-there show he used to host on TV Continental? Entertainment Splash, we think. Thank God this young man escaped that trap nicely. We would be fooling him if we called him one of the best presenters on that format we have seen since lunch-hour TV became a thing in...
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Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd.), on Thursday had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While fielding questions from State House correspondents, Abubakar said he discussed national and international issues with the president, refusing to state the exact issues that were discussed. “I came to discuss issues of...
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The Lagos state government is set to begin installation of 13,000 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to improve surveillance across the state. This was revealed by the commissioner of information and strategy, Steve Ayorinde at a press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa. He further revealed that 6000 additional street lights will...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said monetary policy instruments alone cannot stimulate economic growth judging from the plethora of economic challenges in the country. The president stated this on Thursday while speaking at the opening session of the 2016 annual meeting of the Association of African Central Banks. The event which had the theme “Unwinding Unconventional...
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An attempted jailbreak was halted on Thursday by the Police in Ebonyi after inmates of the Abakaliki Prisons protested for hours. According to a source quoted by Premium Times, two prison officials were killed in the fracas. It was learnt that the inmates were tear gassed by the police after they had broken through a...
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Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has sworn that it will declare the independence of Niger Delta region on 1st of October, 2016. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson of the group, Mudoch Agbinibo, the NDA stated that the oil rich region was no longer a part of Nigeria and that it will declare...
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Hate her or love her, Linda Ikeji is a powerful figure, and while some of you are busy hating on her mansion, money and style of blogging, she’s making enormous power moves and giving media top dogs a run for the roses. She recently shared photos of her new, lush and definitely opulent office space...
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27 Boko Haram members have been reportedly killed and 10 arrested on Thursday during an operation by troops attached to the Multinational Joint Task Force in Northern Cameroon. The MJTF Commander, Bouba Debreko said the troops were prepared for the ambush on the terrorists. “A Multinational Joint Task Force set up by Nigeria, Niger, Chad,...
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The Minister of Science and Technology and former Governor of Abia State, Ogbonnaya Onu, has rejected a Toyota SUV gift from the Ebonyi State Government. According to Premium Times, in a letter to Governor Umahi, Onu stated that the Constitution excludes him from receiving such gifts. He wrote, “It is important that I draw your...
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Nigeria now has an Olympic relay silver medal from the Beijing 2008 Olympics after the IOC announced on Wednesday that one of Russia’s female runners tested positive for steroids in a re-analysis of her doping samples. Russia had won the women’s 4×100-meter relay at the 2008 Beijing games. Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive to two drugs and has been...
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By Ogunjobi Michael Overtime, Prison breaks have proved a major bane of the Nigerian Prisons Service. The lacuna in the Nigerian Prisons Service was brought to limelight by the incident at the Kuje Medium prison in Abuja that led to the escape of two inmates. But the rot in the NPS is unbecoming with the...
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In an attempt to foil a planned protest by former bodyguards to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Police have reportedy deployed mobile policemen to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja According to Badiru Olabiyi Balogun who spoke on behalf of the bodyguards, “Two truck loads of mobile policemen have been deployed to...
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State House Medical Centre, which provides medical services to the Presidency and their families, aides, staff of the State House and other entitled public servants, have run out of drugs and other essentials despite the N3.87 billion allocated to it in this year’s budget, the Punch reports. According to the report, operations in the medical facility have been...
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) does not want opposition and as such, is working towards the demise of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose said this in Port Harcourt on Wednesday during the national convention of the PDP. The Governor said such development could be detrimental to the country and...
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Two suspects who posed as soldiers and abducted a 15-year-old girl in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State have been arrested by the Police. The incident occurred last Friday on Akerele Street around 10pm when the suspects – Damilola Balogun and Joseph Agbo – allegedly abducted and raped the teenager overnight, leaving her by the...
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday said it would not engage in any dialogue with the Federal Government until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is released. The group said this in a statement released by its spokeperson, Emma Powerful in Awka on Wednesday. The group described the continued detention of Kanu as an impunity...
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Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, claims he was placed under ‘house arrest’ at the Old Presidential Lodge, Rivers state, by security agents hence preventing him from attending the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention in Port Harcourt. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, security operatives blocked off the gate to the...
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These are the top five stories to monitor today. 1. Abusidiqu sues EFCC Blogger, Abubakar ‘Abusidiqu’ Usman has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court for violating his fundamental rights. 2. Army releases Aisha Wakil The Nigerian army has released Aisha Wakil, one of the three persons that were declared wanted by the Nigerian Army....
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Jimi Agbaje, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairmanship, on Wednesday said the party will survive its present crisis. Agbaje, who contested for the Lagos state governorship in 2015 under the PDP, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He stated that the delegates for...
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