The police in Lagos have arrested one Kennedy Michael, 34, for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old daughter. The suspect was accused of repeatedly sleeping with his daughter since she was in primary 5, and reportedly connived with his lover, Ijeoma Ndukwu, to terminate the pregnancy. A neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “Michael and...
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Joachim MacEbong asks the question, Is Nuhu Ribadu on his way back? Take a listen.
Here are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Melaye, Tinubu reconcile The President Of the Senate, Bukola Saraki brokered peace between Senators, Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye. 2. Crime suspects handed over to the police are being released – Naval chief Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has accused the police of setting...
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Ailing Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Wednesday, came to the federal executive council in crutches. Alhassan was said to have had a knee surgery in the United States and is now recuperating. She was helped into the meeting venue at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by her security aide. Her crutches were taken away by...
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Following claims by the Nigerian Navy that it has arrested the logistics supplier of the Niger Delta Avengers, the group has denied it, adding that they are winning the war. The militant group said this in a statement by its spokesperson, Brig. General Mudoch. He said, “The news that the Nigerian Navy has arrested Niger...
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The President Of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, made efforts to reconcile warring Senators, Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye. According to Vanguard, Saraki, in an effort to quell the over-flogged issue, met with both Senators separately for two hours each in his West wing office in the National Assembly. Melaye, who represents Kogi west...
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Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral, Ibok-Ete Ibas, on Wednesday accused the police of setting free, crime suspects who are handed over to them for further investigations. He lamented that these suspects keep repeating the crimes for which they were initially arrested, after their release. Ibas, said this when the acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim...
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The Speaker of the Zamfara state House of Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji, was on Tuesday arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly planning to impeach the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, the Punch reports. According to the report, Rikiji was arrested in Gusau, the state capital, alongside other principal officers of the House. They...
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Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has been summoned to appear before the Senate on Thursday, July 21. The Minister could not honour the invitation on Wednesday, a development the upper chamber was not happy with. Adeosun was billed to address the Senate on the state of the nation’s economy and the implementation of the 2016...
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Following the unsuccessful negotiations with Le Guen, the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, on Wednesday, asked the Technical and Development Sub-Committee to recommend another Super Eagles coach within seven days. The NFF officials also said they have rejected Le Guen’s bid to negotiate again. Reports on Wednesday suggested that the Frenchman was having...
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All oil firms who recently sacked their workers have been asked by the Federal Government to recall them. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Petroleum Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and representatives of some...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen an account belonging to Shalewa Obanikoro, the daughter of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. According to EFCC investigators, about N1.2bn whose source is unknown passed through the account which belongs to an oil firm. A source in the anti-graft agency on Tuesday...
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In order to curtail and stop the alleged killings of farmers by Fulani herdsmen and adequately protect farmlands for massive cultivation, the federal government may engage the services of officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the meeting of...
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Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mallam Nuhu Rubadu Wednesday said he was still “paying dearly” for his efforts to rid the country of corruption. He spoke in Abuja at a National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Recovery and Management of Recovered Assets, organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), in collaboration with...
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Today, July 20th marks the second year the highly dreaded Ebola Virus was brought into Nigeria by late Patrick Sawyerr, a situation which put citizens of the country in a state of panic at the time. Following the encounter with late Patrick Sawyerr, medical practitioners at First Consultants Hospital in Lagos together with the late...
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By Malik Opeyemi Charity they say begins at home but it seems this saying does not apply to the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, a man who won the election using the Mantra “Change”, one begins to wonder the meaning of change and if this is what the APC meant when they convinced the non suspecting voters...
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Senator Oluremi Tinubu says she has forgiven Senator Dino Melaye for issuing threats and abusing her. The senator representing Lagos-Central Senatorial District in the Senate, says as a Christian she has already forgiven him. She made the remark on Wednesday when she received some of the lawmakers representing her state (Lagos) both at the state...
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These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today Hillary Clinton blamed for kidnap of Chibok girls Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, on Tuesday, said that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, is to blame for the 2014 kidnapping. 2. Nigeria loses N127bn to cybercrime annually – FG The Minister of...
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Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has sued Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for ‘falsely’ accusing her of being involved in the Halliburton corruption scandal. A court summon dated July 20, 2016 was reportedly made available to online news platform, PREMIUM TIMES. Fayose had in June said the president’s wife was the “Aisha Buhari”...
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Former chairman of the House committee on appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin has denied media reports that he was sacked. Earlier today it was reported that the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara had sacked Jibrin as the committee’s chairman. Honourable Jibrin made the clarification via his Twitter account (@AbdulAmbJ), saying he stepped down in the interest...
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In May 2016, Davido was spotted in the studio with American singer, Tinashe. Well, that studio session resulted in a big record as the Sony Music Global artiste is currently shooting the music video for a song titled How Long featuring Tinashe. The HKN star is certainly going big on this one as he has employed the services...
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Speechwriter for Melania Trump, has apologised for ‘plagiarising’ Michelle Obama‘s speech. Meredith Mclver also tendered her resignation but it was rejected by the Trump Organization after she admitted a “mistake” in lifting passages from a Michele Obama oratory for Melania to use at the Republican National Convention. The media has heavily criticised Melania Trump for plagiarising a...
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By Dele Awogbeoba Background The PDP as a party had been instrumental to the economic renaissance of the Nigerian economy over the last 17 years. Nigeria’s GDP grew from around 40 billion dollars in 1999 to a staggering 520 billion dollars by 2015. All Nigerian heads of state under the PDP grew the Nigerian economy...
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By Olumide Awoyemi Following the directive of the Visitor that the university senate convenes a meeting to nominate an acting vice chancellor, I have found myself in a deep moral quandary as I reflect on the probable evolution of scenarios and their implications for the sanity of an environment otherwise consecrated for learning. It is...
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by Usman Alabi There is no denying the fact that the city of Lagos has for so long been menaced by the phenomenon of hawking in various shades and manifestations. Virtually every nook and cranny of the city has been desecrated by hawkers who parade and showcase their goods in various forms and styles, and...
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By Ayodele Adio I felt a bit miffed at the president’s Eid-el-fitr message not because it lacked compassion or empathy but because it lacked a departure from his strongly held minimalist view of our daily reality. In all sincerity, I have made a solemn promise not to throw empty criticism at Mr. President and only...
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday said the media should stop accusing Fulani herdsmen of being responsible for the death of a monarch in Plateau State. Lazarus Agai, the Saf Ron Kurele, was killed on Monday while visiting his farm. His wife and security aide were also shot dead by unknown gunmen. The...
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The UBA guard who found $10,000 (about 3.45 million naira) at the bank premises and returned it earlier this month, has disclosed why he returned the money. Mohammed Ogbanago in an interview with Sahara TV, said he returned the money to prove David Cameron’s comment about Nigeria wrong. David Cameron had said Nigeria is a “Fantastically...
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It appears MI and 2Baba are about to ‘change the game’ one more time. The Chocolate City rapper and the African Queen singer told fans on Monday afternoon via their various Instagram to anticipate a project of some sort between them. https://www.instagram.com/p/BIFYqgYhtix/?taken-by=mi_abaga https://www.instagram.com/p/BIFZaHljtXU/?taken-by=official2baba These two have always taken us beyond the surface anytime they collaborate....
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Soldiers have arrested Simon Bebenimibo and Bomboy Oluwa, two suspected associates of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in Warri, Delta State. A dependable source said that two of them, including a member of Delta Waterways and Land Security Committee, DWLSC and ex-councilor were seized by soldiers on Monday night. The source, who confirmed the...
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Why I returned customer’s lost $10,000 – UBA security guard