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I have no doubt in my mind that Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is a tragic hero. Taking full control of primitive power after a recently dubious and highly contestable supreme Court judgement, Rivers, in the words of Karl Maier, is a house that’s fallen. Just like what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews,... Read More
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An Abuja Federal High Court has quashed a fundamental rights suit filed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh. Metuh in a bid to stop his ongoing criminal prosecution had filed the suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, alleging that he was unlawfully detained. He is facing... Read More
Artiste manager, Ubi Franklin on Wednesday, sent a soul-stirring birthday message to his sweetheart Lilian Esoro. The MMG executive took to Instagram today to shower praises on the Tinsel actress who turns a year older today. https://instagram.com/p/BCuf-cdAslv/ The couple got married in a lavish affair late last year.
Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria suffer disproportionately from different problems such as malnutrition, sickness, insecurity in the camps, lack of access to education, idles among others. The vulnerability of displaced persons is a major reason why sustainable strategies for rehabilitation must be considered and implemented at the shortest delay possible. These strategies will provide broad... Read More
Fellow Africans, Allow me first to convey the fraternal greetings and felicitations of the South African Parliament to this august House of the elected people’s representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I also take this opportunity, to once more express my singular appreciation for the kind invitation extended to me by My Dear Brother... Read More
Here is the Entertainment Roundup for today. How Zuma’s visit made N2m for Ali Baba No! He didn’t exactly perform at the banquet held in honour of the South African President. The comedian revealed that he won N2 million from a bet placed with a renowned lawyer- after predicting the South African president would visit... Read More
Following the prospective ‘unbundling‘ of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, oil workers have embarked on a total strike and have also shut down the nationwide operations of the national oil company. The Minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu had on Tuesday, announced the unbundling of the NNPC through the creation of seven independent... Read More
Troops fight off Boko Haram attacks, kill 18. Vanguard Aregbesola creates 31 new LCDAs in Osun. Leadership Oronsaye rearrested by EFCC over N240m fraud. Punch Reps condemn Kachikwu plan to break NNPC into 30 companies. Vanguard Zuma says South Africa has 120 companies in Nigeria. Leadership FRSC interrogates Ocholi’s driver on hospital bed. Punch Imo... Read More
Economists have long found Nigeria to be something of a conundrum. The macro picture has always appeared compelling – large population, oil reserves, mineral reserves, endless tracts of arable land, land and sea borders for regional domination. Indeed the absurdity of our under-performance is only surpassed by our ability to accurately quantify our losses and... Read More
The issue of child abuse in Nigeria is obviously getting to be a normal thing. Fundamental rights of children are been encroached on without any apology and appropriate sanction. And this is so, not because we have bad laws, but strictly because those in ‘High Places’ are involve in this shameful and harmful act. As... Read More
On October 2nd 2014, Alhaji Aliyu Gwarzo, a prominent Fulani leader from Kano, said the following words to Pointblanknews Magazine. He said: “When I say that the Presidency must come to the north next year I am referring to the Hausa-Fulani core north and not any northern Christian or Muslim minority tribe.” Read Part 1... Read More
Oil prices appeared to have continued the positive momentum of Monday, as it rose again in the morning of Tuesday, but eventually ended the day at $39.84. After a surge of $39 per barrel between Sunday and Monday, the global price of crude oil on Tuesday, was shaky and unstable. Following a six-day gain period... Read More
Senator Shehu Sani, the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to include Nigeria in the Saudi Arabia-led Islamic Coalition against terrorism. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Senator said terrorism is a global problem and as such, Nigerians should not attach any religious meaning to Buhari’s intentions.... Read More
A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has described the allegation that they intend to invade the courtroom and free Nnamdi Kanu, as the ‘ranting of a confused and drowning people’. The Uchenna Madu-led faction of MASSOB said on Tuesday, that the group has no intention to... Read More
The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has deleted the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the list of its Board of Trustees members. Shortly before the 2015 general elections, Obasanjo had resigned his membership of the former ruling party in dramatic fashion. Obasanjo tore to shreds, his membership card after sending... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, hosted South African President Jacob Zuma, to a banquet at the State House, Abuja. In attendance at the banquet were Vice president; Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Senate president; Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. Also present at the banquet were All Progressives Congress leaders, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed... Read More
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, has been detained by the Department of State Services since Monday, March 7. The commissioner for finance is being quizzed on how the state spent the N5.2bn that was paid by the federal government as reimbursement for the money spent on federal roads during the regime of... Read More
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has finally been unbundled by the Federal Government into seven divisions- which comprises of 20 subsidiaries. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Kachikwu also made it known that... Read More
While the world was celebrating International Women’s Day -a day set aside to celebrate women and their achievement- a woman was being booted out of office. Speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele and her deputy, Hon. Fatai Olotu, were on Tuesday impeached by 18 out of 26 lawmakers, for... Read More
Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, was on Tuesday, re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Orosanye, who was arrested for alleged corruption and obtaining money by false pretense, was picked up from his Abuja residence at about 4.30 pm. The former Civil Service boss is already being prosecuted... Read More
Visiting South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday, said Nigeria had set an example through her peaceful transfer of power after the 2015 election, saying that the country is ‘charting the way the entire continent of Africa needs to follow’. Zuma stated this while addressing a joint session of Nigeria’s National Assembly. The South African... Read More
The Nigerian Government has offered education scholarships and employment to the children of the late James Ocholi, the Minister of State for labour, who died in a car crash alongside his wife and son on Sunday. This was revealed by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general and minister of justice, during a visit to the Abuja residence of... Read More
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has revealed how Nuhu Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was pressured in 2011 not to abandon his presidential aspiration to support the race of Muhammadu Buhari. Ribadu ran under the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria while President Buhari was... Read More
The Chief of Training and Operations of the Nigerian Army, Major General Yushau Mahmood Abubakar is dead. The Nigerian Army revealed that Abubakar was involved in a road accident along Maiduguri-Damaturu road on Tuesday, which claimed his life. Major General Yushau Abubakar was the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole before his recent deployment to Army... Read More
Former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has debunked claims that he is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. There were reports in the media claiming that Okupe is being probed by the anti-graft agency for his involvement in the $2.1 billion arms scandal and... Read More
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have exposed ‘a plot to bribe legislators with as much as $1 million each’ to be part of the efforts to impeach state governor, Ayodele Fayose. The lawmakers stated that they were ready to spend the rest of their tenure in the Department of State Services cell... Read More
In this interesting episode of Akah Bants, Akah Nnani teams up with his friend Gbubemi Fegene, AKA Chef Fregz, to talk about the looks on the red carpet of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA). Enjoy.