In spite of the ruling of a Federal High Court on Monday barring the Peoples Democratic Party from holding its convention, Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has the event will go on as scheduled. On Monday, two Federal High Courts had given different rulings on the party’s forthcoming convention....
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It’s Episode 9 of The Slab with Isime. Whoop! Today, we talk about the apologies that got everyone talking from social media to the Presidency. Too early to lament? And on entertainment, it’s all about 93 Days, the movie which chronicles Nigeria’s fight against the deadly Ebola Virus. We’ve got all our regulars on The Slab...
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The Slab With Isime,
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Following budget padding allegations made by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa on Monday said Jibrin would be punished for “bringing the image of the legislature into disrepute.” Doguwa claimed that Jibrin’s accusations were made to avenge his removal as a committee chairman...
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From the papers this morning- a tracklist FG sacks 23 prison officers and suspends 11 over jailbreak- YNaija In case you need 5 reasons not to take Jibrin and his allegations serious- YNaija FG set to reinstate sacked 2,000 NIS applicants- Punch Power generation hits 3,000MW- YNaija Nigerian Army kills 16 in continued offensive against...
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Joachim MacEbong wants to know if the end has finally come for ‘omo onile’ in Lagos? Take a listen below
The Federal Government has dismissed 23 prison officers, and suspended 11 others over the recent jailbreaks in prisons across the country. In a statement issued on Monday by the Prisons Public Relations Officer Francis Enobore, the dismissal letters was prepared on Friday August 12th following an emergency meeting held by the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons...
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Former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has been on a media campaign against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some other members of the House of Representatives over alleged budget padding activities. Jibrin had accused Dogara and three other principal officers of the House of padding the 2016 national budget to the tune...
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One of the commissioners in Ondo state has resigned her position with immediate effect. Yetunde Adeyanju, the Ondo State Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperative Services, submitted her resignation letter to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Monday afternoon and later circulated a press statement announcing her defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyanju said she is leaving...
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Power generation has risen just above the 3,000MW mark for days due to the decisions taken at the monthly power sector meetings. This is despite incessant attacks by militants and operation of vandals across the country. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola said this today at the eighth stakeholders meeting which held in Maiduguri, Borno....
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by Joachim MacEbong Today, former House Committee Chair on Appropriation and Kano representative, Abdulmumin Jibrin on came on Twitter and made a very weird announcement – he would be continuing his assault on House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dokara in 207 tweets. 207 tweets! What rage, what bitterness would drive a serious minded 40-year-old public...
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Private transport company owners, under the aegis of Association of Private Transport Companies of Nigeria (APTCON), have called on stakeholders in the sector to tap into every potential the sector has to offer for its growth and development. Speaking on Sunday, the Convener of the association, Dr. Henrietta Onwuegbuzie expressed the readiness of its members...
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Nigerian troops on Sunday killed 16 Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa, Borno State. In a statement issued on Monday by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, the 16 terrorists were killed by the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole while repelling an attack by the insurgents at Kangarwa. The Army spokesperson added that an officer...
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Nigeria has crashed out of the basketball event of the Rio Olympics losing to hosts Brazil 86 – 69. D’Tigers’ undoing was the second quarter where the Brazilians outscored them by 12 points. D’Tigers started with the same lineup that beat Croatia: Chamberlain Oguchi, Michael Umeh, Ebi Ere, Ike Diogu, and Alade Aminu. D’Tigers won the first quarter 16-15...
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by Tolu Omoyeni Artiste, Jhene Aiko’s divorce from Nigerian-American record producer and mixing engineer, Dot Da Genius as been nothing but tumultous (because Nigerians on Twitter spent their weekend pointing fingers and trashing Jhene), but no matter how the story ends, Dot da Genius is just another demon representing the Yoruba tribe in faraway America. As his...
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A selected group of Nigerian music stars paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Lagos state, Akinwumi Ambode as Nigeria has been announced the host of the 3rd edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which is scheduled to hold between 4-6 November, 2016. 2Baba, Seyi Shay, Praiz, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Nikki Laoye and more were...
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by Hon. Chukwuemeka Ujam, Titi Akinsanmi, and ‘Gbenga Sesan Something exciting is brewing in Nigeria. Just coming from a period that saw national outcry against the Frivolous Petitions Bill, popularly known as the “Anti-Social Media Bill”, and the arrest of another blogger, it offers great hope for the future of the country that a new...
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Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Monday arrested 4 suspected vandals of critical national assets in Borno State. In a statement released by the Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, it said the troops were on patrol when they arrested the suspected vandals attempting to cart away heavy armoured cable belonging to Power Holding Company...
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The scandal that hit the House of Representatives when ousted Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin blew open a ring of alleged ‘budget padders’ involving the Speaker as well as 3 other principal officers of the House is certainly far from over. The whistle-blower, Jibrin wrote a letter to the Chairman of the All...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday stopped a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party from conducting the party’s national convention billed to hold on Thursday. Justice Okon Abang ruled on Monday following an interlocutory injunction against the convention filed by the Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction, which he said must be heard and...
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The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC on Monday advised commercial vehicle owners to comply with the October 1 deadline for the installation of speed limiting devices in their vehicles. The advice was given by the Auchi Unit Commander of FRSC, Moses Bature, at a stakeholders meeting in Auchi, Headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area...
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Former chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives and unofficial ‘whistle-blower’, Abdulmumin Jibrin has more allegations to throw at several members of the hallowed chambers. Jibrin began opening the first chapter of his many revelations when he first blew open an alleged budget padding scam involving the four principal officers of the...
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Elections are about choices. A choice about whether to continue with a particular politician or political party. Before casting a ballot, every citizen has to confront the question of whether his or her interests are best served by the same party or politician, or a different party or politician. At the next election cycle, the...
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A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has asked the police and the Department of State Services to be on standby during the Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party billed to hold in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday. Justice Ibrahim Watila who gave the judgement mandated the Inspector General of Police and...
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With the Oyinbo man, nothing is new under the sun but what we cannot understand is how a mating ritual between sea creatures turned out to be a spectacle that caused a major traffic jam. This happened in Tampa Bay, Florida in the US where lots of people got out of their cars to watch a...
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Suspected armed herdsmen on Saturday killed six farmers in Godogodo village, Jema’a Local Government Area, LGA, in Southern part of Kaduna State, Vanguard reported. Recall that a group of suspected herdsmen had killed 11 persons, and burned down two villages in Godogodo penultimate week. According to Vanguard, the villagers, claimed that the armed herdsmen asked them to...
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The Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed says there would be no closure to the Boko Haram insurgency until the Chibok girls are safely back home. Alhaji Mohammed told statehouse correspondents on Monday, after the meeting of security chiefs, that the federal government has been working round the clock to ensure the girls were set...
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The Presidency has announced the death of the Director of Information, State House, Justin Onuorah Abuah. Fondly called O.J, he was born on January 29, 1959 and died in Abuja on Sunday after a brief illness on Sunday. In a statement released by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the late Abuah was described as a man with...
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by Chris Ngwodo Ranka dede, are you the saviour, or are we to expect another one? – Ndaeyo Uko, The Rock n’ Rule Years A year is a long time in politics. This time last year, President Muhammadu Buhari was basking in an approval rating of 77 percent according to NOI polls and could do...
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The Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, on Monday said the demand by Boko Haram terrorists that their members in captivity be swapped with the abducted Chibok girls was a political one, and would have no effect on military operations to flush them out. Olonishakin made the remark while addressing Statehouse correspondents after a...
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Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a retired Permanent Secretary in Kogi State Civil Service. The victim, Moses Onivehu was reportedly kidnapped around Osara village along Okene/Lokoja road. According to Punch, the victim’s wife said her husband was kidnapped on Sunday evening at Kaba junction on his way back to Lokoja after spending the weekend with his...
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