The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered and closed down a methamphetamine laboratory, in Asaba Delta state. The laboratory was a joint operation between Nigerians and Mexicans, and from where a drug trafficking organization operates around the country. According to Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA’s Head of Public Affairs, the laboratory bears similarity to those...
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to hold an important meeting with ministers who served in his administration on Sunday. The ongoing investigations of the former aides of the ex-President and the recent clamour for Jonathan’s probe is believed to be among the topics of discussion. Many of the former Jonathan ministers are said to...
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In continuation of a never ending war of bitter words, accusations and counter actions -and maybe actions- between two former allies turned political enemies, former Rivers state governor, now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has slammed his successor, Nyesom Wike. Nyesom, who served as chief of staff to Amaechi from 2007 to 2011 before his...
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As Nigerians continue to struggle under the weight of fuel scarcity which has affected several economic and human activities in the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Saturday, announced that the fuel crisis will end in the next two days. Kachikwu, who stated this while making a tour of petrol...
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A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ibrahim Mantu has lamented the fact that former president Olusegun Obasanjo did not succeed in his quest for a third term bid after completing his constitutional 8 years as president of the nation. The Nigerian senate in 2006 rejected a proposal to extend...
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The Peoples Democratic Party has carried out the historic listing of nine women as the Founding Mothers of the opposition party. Acting Chairman of the BoT, Sen. Walid Jibrin, on behalf of the National Executive Committee, sent a memo to name them as the Founding Mothers to the party’s Board of Trustees. Included in the...
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Former Senate President, David Mark has taken an assessment tour of Agatu Local Goernment Area in the Benue South constituency where over 500 people were said to have been killed by Fulani herdsmen. In a statement released from his office, Mark decried the wanton destruction of lives and properties in the community describing it as...
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Former Delta State governor, Felix Olorogun Ibru has passed away at the age of 80. The business tycoon, who was once a Senator, was said to have died after a brief illness. Ibru was until his death, the President-General of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU). He was born on 7 December 1935 at Agbarha-Otor in...
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Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has once again warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services that he is a formidable opponent to deal with. Fayose, who has constantly accused President Buhari of being a dictator disguised in the robes of democracy, speaking on the judgement of the Federal High Court ordering...
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According to the tradition of Ile Ife, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Saturday, tied the knot to new wife, Wuraola Otiti Obanor. Sources from Ile Ife say the monarch, upon ascension to the throne, is expected to take a new wife. The wedding is a two-legged ceremony- with the first leg...
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Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly has declared that the manhood of Yinusa Dahiru, the alleged abductor/lover of Ese Oruru, should be cut off. While speaking during a recent sermon in his church, Bakare said the real Sharia law dictates that Yinusa’s manhood should be cut off for taking advantage of an underage...
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Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has revealed that 38 dead secondary school principals and 15 retired teachers were discovered to still be receiving salaries as regular members of staff in the state. The governor stated this while speaking on Friday at an interactive session with principals of government-owned schools in Delta. Okowa said the situation...
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In continuation of the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, anti-graft investigators have discovered that N16.5 billion was allegedly released to the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Army and Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) for “logistics requirement for 2015 elections.” The discovery was made in the course of investigations into the...
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Following Ben Carson’s surprising endorsement of Republican party presidential front-runner, Donald Trump, several of his supporters have reacted to the endorsement in diverse ways. Carson, who is a retired neurosurgeon and a globally acclaimed author, made an attempt for the Republican nomination before dropping out from the race. After the endorsement was made known, supporters...
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“On a serious note, we must all work together to help our local industries. A lot of people laugh about it, but it is a serious matter. I think that we should be very committed. This is how other countries started and and have been able to succeed. So let us join hands in supporting...
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DPR, IPMAN clash over fuel scarcity. Punch Saraki to wear #MadeinAba clothes at resumed plenary. Vanguard Gunmen burn houses, kill 3 in Benue. Leadership Arewa wants President, governors stripped of immunity. Nation DSS ordered to release Ekiti lawmaker. Leadership Ekweremadu says there’s no secret zoning of PDP NWC offices. Punch Rep describes APC government as...
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As a young boy growing up in 1980s Nigeria, I knew Black women as lovely women who exuded charm and breeding in their dressing, their demeanor and in their mannerisms. In fact, the epitome of loveliness was Nigeria’s then First Lady, Maryam Babangida. Mariam was dark skinned and proud of it. She did not bleach...
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“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven…” – Matthew 19:14 “Your wealth and your children are only a trial, whereas God, with Him is a great reward (Paradise).” – Quran 64: 15 Fellow Nigerians, the holy books are replete with anecdotes of...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating the withdrawal of another N10 billion from the Signature Bonus Account (oil block account) by the government of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. According to a report by The Nation, the fund was withdrawn barely seven weeks to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The N10 billion is...
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Responding to ‘reliable information’, Nigerian troops of 113 Battalion on Thursday, carried out a fighting patrol on Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. During the operation, the troops discovered and destroyed a camp of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, at Alajeri village in Guzamala LGA. Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, revealed...
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, says he can’t keep up with the records and details of charges of his false asset declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki was on September 22, 2015, arraigned on 13 counts of false asset declaration before the CCT. The Senate President is accused of making false asset declaration...
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Former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemukpolo, aka, Tompolo, has been urged to come out of hiding and face the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. Tompolo is being tried by the anti-graft agency for fraud, corruption and diversion of public funds. Arresting him has been a challenge for the Nigeria Police even after the EFCC...
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The High Court sentencing of Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, to five years imprisonment for manslaughter, has been upheld by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command had in 2005 charged the ex-beauty queen to the magistrate court on a two-count charge of dangerous and reckless driving along...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been given the green light by the Presidency, to investigate former President Goodluck Jonathan over his involvement in the ongoing arms deal probe. The calls for Jonathan’s investigation is nearing fever pitch, as several Nigerians keep urging the EFCC to look into, among other things, his role in...
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A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough “Maybe they were saying chains when we thought it was change”, blurted a certain social media senator, who has made the cyberspace his default “chamber”. And before you could say Jack Robinson, a hashtag, #ChangeToChains, metamorphosed on...
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As the endless snake-like queue for petrol continues to increase, reality is dawning on Nigerians that their country might just be one of the hardest places to live in the world. A quick tour of the different neighborhoods in different states across the country would reveal the stark reality of the hardship being experienced by...
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I am compelled to react to Mr Oraye St. Franklyn’s latest piece on the violent political/cult killings in Rivers State captioned “APC’s politicisation of insecurity in Rivers State: Unpatriotic and bad for development” in which he tried frantically albeit unsuccessfully to absolve Governor Nyesom Wike of blame on the numerous violent killings in Rivers State....
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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better, and your better best… The origin of this well-known rhyme is a matter of dispute, but the message is not – there is always room for improvement, no matter how good a thing seems or how well a person is doing. It is...
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Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to the threat made by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress- to suspend him for orchestrating a violent rally at the burial of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s mother. Kano APC had said the condolence visit of Kwankwaso was deliberately turned to a violent rally to...
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After coaching Valencia, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli and Real Madrid, Rafael Benitez Maudes has now been announced as Newcastle’s new manager. This comes after Steve McClaren was sacked as the gaffer of the English Premier League club hours ago. Benitez, who signed a three-year contract to take over in the north-east, will be joined by...
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