Following reports that he got into a physical altercation with his deputy, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said on Wednesday, that he has never slapped anyone in his life. El-Rufai said Barnabas Bala had been his friend since 1976 and they didn’t exchange slaps as reported by several media platforms last weekend. In...
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The failure of the Kogi state House of Assembly to resolve its leadership crisis which has plagued it for 3 months now has led to the closure of the Assembly complex by security agents. 5 out of the 20 members of the Kogi state House of Assembly had earlier gone ahead to impeach the speaker...
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In a show of good faith, Senate President Bukola Saraki has given N5 million to the victims of the fire which recently raged at Sabon Gari market in Kano state. The donation was announced by Senator Kabiru Gaya, Chairman, Senate committee on Works when he paid a sympathy visit to Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi...
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The highly anticipated 3rd edition of the #HeinekenGidiFest went down on Saturday, 26 March 2016 with performances by several A-list artists and the first ever Heineken ‘Live Your Music’ – THE TAKEOVER session in West Africa. The event which held at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, had performances from D’banj, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Phyno,...
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Eleven members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who are loyalists of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, have cried out that they cannot sleep in their homes again due to threats and intimidation from police officials. The lawmakers, led by the Deputy Speaker, Segun Adewunmi, stated this while speaking with newsmen at the NUJ...
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Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio is already thinking of the 2019 general election. Barely a week after a faction of the All Progressives Congress declared that President Muhammadu Buhari must gear up for the general elections in 2019, Godswill Akpabio, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party has...
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Dear Comrade Timi Frank, First, I would like you to know I understand how hard it is for someone like you to hold your present position in the APC hierarchy. I would rather your party had made you deputy youth leader or youth leader than shrink you into an office that demands you speak more...
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Controversial entertainer, Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy has penned an open-letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the current fuel scarcity and the call for the sack of Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. Here are 10 key quotes from the letter. 1. “I trust you are not letting the...
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When Kanye West said his new album -The Life of Pablo- was a game-changer, many said he had lost his mind, however the new numbers released by Tidal might just prove Kanye West’s crazy was indeed genius. According to Tidal, TLOP garnered 250 million streams in its first 10 days of release. The album which...
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural gas Workers (NUPENG), on Wednesday, informed Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity and long queues at filling stations will soon be a thing of the past. This was disclosed by the South-West Chairman of the union, Tokunbo Korodo, during an interview with newsmen. He stated that normalcy will...
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Paul Adefarasin and his church, House on the Rock have been served with an N800 million lawsuit by a certain Gerald Chukwueke and four others through their lawyer, Moyo Onigbanjo (SAN). The suit, which will be heard on Thursday, April 7, will be presided over by Justice Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court...
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Y!TV, the television production arm of RED, is set to launch ‘eXploring’, a television series showing on ONTV. ’eXploring’ is a compelling 30-minute series built on interesting interview topics and investigation that provides an in-depth look into the sights, sounds and realities of living in Nigeria – with discussions on stories, issues and events targeted...
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It is quite easy to get intimidated by the rows and rows of deodorants and antiperspirants at the drug store. They ar…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, and a panel of experts will share their practical solutions to Nigeria’s current economic crisis in a special event organised by The Royal African Society, in partnership with Creation TV and The Frontline Club in central London on Wednesday March 30 as part...
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Three months after the 2016 Appropriation Bill was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, both the Senate and the House of Representatives individually passed the bill within the same day after they received the report on the budget from the respective committees on appropriations a day earlier. The...
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Here is your entertainment round for today. Emeka Ike claims presidency of Actors Guild of Nigeria Nolloywood actor, Emeka Ike says he’s the new president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) thanks to an alleged Federal court ruling last Thursday. Emeka Ike made this known when he led AGN members on a courtesy visit...
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Not everyone in the hierarchy of the People Democratic Party (PDP) is on the same page regarding the position of National Chairman. The South West chapter of the former ruling party is divided -one group is in support of the candidacy of the incumbent National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff while the other group is hellbent...
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The Nigerian Army, on Monday, announced that the Nigerian troop have cleared Boko Haram insurgents from Bolungu and Gare villages near Sambisa forest. According to a statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, the military recovered several weapons and ammunition during the operation. “Troops of 155 Task Force Battalion...
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, played a pivotal role in bringing disgruntled members of the Peoples Democratic Party into the APC. In a tribute to Tinubu who celebrated his 64th birthday on Tuesday, March 29, Amaechi said Tinubu convinced the members of the...
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given President Muhammadu Buhari yet another 72-hour ultimatum -this time around, for the release of the 76 boys arrested by soldiers at Umuneshi, Awgu in Enugu State. According to IPOB, the arrested boys were protesting against the abduction of two women by Fulani herdsmen in their community when...
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Alagarno, the spiritual headquarters of Boko Haram in Borno State, has been captured by the Nigerian Army. This development was made known on Tuesday, in Maiduguri, by the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the counter-insurgency operations in the North-East, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor. Maj. Gen Irabor said the offensive against insurgents in Alargano, which...
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During their annual oath-taking festival, known as Salala, which was held in Adamawa on Tuesday, about 10,000 local hunters from the North-East of Nigeria volunteered for the war against Boko Haram and to help rid the country of insurgency. Clad in their warfare garbs, the hunters urged the government to utilise them in the war...
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Some of the results of the March 19 Rivers State and National Assembly rerun elections have been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. From the results signed by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi Ikoiwak, the Peoples Democratic Party roundly defeated the All Progressives Congress. PDP candidate, Ken Chikere, got 18,904 votes in Port...
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The Ekiti state government on Tuesday, alleged that armed policemen from Abuja have arrived the state to begin the arrest of top government officials, 11 members of the State House of Assembly and 2 Peoples Democratic Party leaders from each of the 16 local governments of the state. According to Governor Fayose’s Special Assistant on...
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In a recent interview on Sunrise, a morning show on Channels Television, Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, declared that the ‘monorail project’ of his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, won’t be touched by his government. Wike had stated that the people of Rivers have advised him to ditch the project, hence his resolve to discontinue work on...
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The 2016 Appropriation Bill will not be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the time when the National Assembly would make the details of the document available to the president. After series of controversies and alterations, the Nigerian National Assembly had last week Wednesday, passed a budget of N6.06 trillion. The document was...
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Without Bola Ahmed Tinubu, there wouldn’t be an All Progressives Congress-led federal government, says President Muhammadu Buhari. In a recorded tribute which was presented at the 8th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Abuja on Tuesday, the President extolled Tinubu’s vision and intelligence -which contributed immensely to the merger of the political parties that became APC. At...
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The suspected suicide bomber that was arrested last Friday in Cameroon is not from Chibok, in Borno state, says the Chairman of the community, Tsambido Abana. The Chibok community Chairman premised his conclusion on the information made available to by the Federal Government. The government had released a statement on Monday, through the Senior Special...
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Sunmbo ‘Ajaba’ Adeoye has revealed how she felt when the father of her children and Afro-pop star, Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia proposed to Annie Macaulay, back in 2012, on Valentines day. While speaking at a single parents forum at her husband’s church -Royalty Christian Centre, Sunmbo said she wasn’t really bothered about the situation especially because...
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Do you want to know more about your city? How Nigerian do you think you are? Catch Zina Anumudu and Denola Grey on eXploring -the most interesting, innovative and entertaining show about your city. eXploring is a compelling 30 minutes show that promises interesting interview topics and investigations into the many entertaining sights, sounds and...
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