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DSS invasion Of Ekiti Assembly to be investigated – Senate. Leadership Why protesting women were flogged in Delta. Vanguard APC says Wike is responsible for Rivers killings. Punch Court tells Metuh he has a case to answer. Leadership Buhari scrapped NSC’s DG. Punch No salary for workers without BVN in Kwara. Leadership Rickey Tarfa, Nwobike... Read More
Here is the Entertainment Roundup for today. Dencia in N40m tango with luxury shopper Singer turned beauty entrepreneur of the Whitenicious fame- Dencia has accused Pearl- a luxury shopper and her boyfriend Akinlonu Abiola Mobolaji, of stealing N40 million from her. According to a press statement sent to LIB, she is also accusing them of... Read More
28-year-old phone thief expert, Babatunde Ibrahim, told the police after his arrest that he enjoys what he does, illegal or not. The suspect, in a confessional statement, said he had been partaking in the act right from childhood and had stolen over 100 phones. Ibrahim was arrested on Sunday just after robbing a house in... Read More
Telecommunications giant, MTN must pay the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigeria Communications Commission for defaulting in deactivation of unregistered SIMs- says the Federal House of Representatives. Chairman, House Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Saheed Akinade-Fijabi, said this on Wednesday, at a meeting with the Executive vice chairman of the NCC, Prof Umar... Read More
Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha was confronted by a pro-Biafra supporter on Wednesday, while speaking at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, United Kingdom. While delivering a speech on the topic; “Nigerians’ Human Capital and State Education Initiative: The View From IMO State”, a supporter of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),... Read More
NNPC workers shut out of their offices | Photo: The Cable
The Nigerian Senate will probe the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to unbundle/reorganise the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu had on Tuesday, announced the unbundling of the NNPC through the creation of seven independent divisions and 20 subsidiaries. To this effect, Senate Chief Whip, Senator Olusola... Read More
41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, has been arrested and is in prison custody without bail, for allegedly raping his seven-year-old daughter. According to reports, the pastor took carnal advantage of his own child on January 26, 2016 but pleaded not guilty to the charge of one count of defilement preferred against him. In a confessional statement... Read More
Emeka Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has expressed his unwillingness to negotiate on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. On Wednesday, the pro-Biafra group had listed Anyaoku among the credible Igbo elders that would represent IPOB in negotiations and discussions. The group had released a statement titled, ‘Beware of impostors’, where it... Read More
‘Unscrupulous elements hiding under the cloak of market forces’ are behind the problems bedeviling the Nigerian currency- Naira- says the federal government. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice made the allegation while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Malami said the government’s initial suspicion that the currency was being... Read More
Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Wednesday, admitted that he fathered a love-child with the late public relations expert, Princess Edith Ike Okongwu. Gowon, in a statement, said based on the result of a ‘conclusive’ paternity test, 48-year-old Musa Gowon was discovered to be his biological son. Musa returned to Nigeria towards... Read More
The nominations for the this year’s MTV movie awards have been announced. Unlike the 2016 Oscars, diversity was well written all over this one as established black actors such as- Will Smith (Concussion), Samuel L. Jackson (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Kevin Hart (Ride Along 2), Lupita Nyong’o, (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)– were given a... Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the Rivers State under the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike, as a killing field. This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) Segun Oni, the acting national chairman of APC, on Wednesday. The party urged security agencies and other relevant bodies to take into cognizance... Read More
The Lagos State Government has directed the suspension of work at Lekki Gardens as a result of the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, on Tuesday. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, stated that upon preliminary reports and investigation, “it was discovered that the collapsed building was served contravention notice... Read More
Yahya Jammeh is seeking a fifth presidential term in the December polls. The 50-year-old President of Gambia took over the reins of power in a bloodless coup in 1994 at the age of 29. He has since held on to power in the small African country, winning successive elections reportedly marred by massive irregularities. But... Read More
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