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Former SGF Lawal Slams Tinubu Over Attempt To Gag Press, Detention Of Emefiele, Bawa

1 year ago1895 min

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has slammed President Bola Tinubu for his attempt to gag the press, as well as the continued detention of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Lawal said in a statement on Wednesday, in response to the APC Spokesman, Felix Morka, who challenged him on his earlier...

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Politics

‘He Has Lost Touch With Reality’ – PDP Rejects Ex-Senate President Over Support For Alex Otti

1 year ago1824 min

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has distanced itself from a statement purportedly made by former Senate President Senator Adolphus Wabara, in which he purportedly supported State Governor Alex Otti in his bid for a second term. According to reports, the Party said that Wabara, the acting chairman of the PDP Board of Trustee, had endorsed Otti in the wake of the recent flag-off of the reconstruction of the Aba-Port-Harcourt road. The statement...

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Tinubu Meets with Wike, Makinde, Other G5 Members

1 year ago1743 min

The G5 group includes former Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) as well as Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state. At the Aso Villa in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu met with members of the G5, or the Integrity Group. Although details of the meeting were sketchy at the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the president and the former governors discussed a working relationship....

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Bandits kill nine vigilantes in Bauchi ambush

1 year ago1452 min

Nine members of the “Yan Ba Beli” local vigilante group in Bauchi were killed by gunmen who attacked them. According to information obtained, the attack took place in Gamji village while the vigilantes were pursuing bandits who had been frightening locals in the state’s Ningi Loval Government Area. It was reported that the gunmen set up an ambush for the vigilantes, killing nine of them and injuring a few more. Our correspondent was informed by...

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Poly Students: Why we killed club owner during threesome

1 year ago1772 min

The Kwara State Polytechnic’s two female students who were detained in relation to the purported murder of Adeniyi Ojo have explained their motivations. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday during their procession led by Force Public Relations officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in Abuja, one of the suspects, Adanma Joseph, described their interactions with the deceased. She claimed that they tried to rob the deceased, who had stated that she and her friend Favour Vandora Davies intended...

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Police arrest boy for burying brother alive in Kogi

1 year ago1822 min

A boy who has yet to be identified is being held by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly burying his younger brother alive. The suspect claimed he was only following his mother’s instructions, who allegedly asked him to punish his brother for stealing. SP William Aya, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed to our correspondent that the boy had been arrested. “We are aware of the incident, and the young man has been...

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Group faults BBC’s report on Tinubu’s CSU certificates

1 year ago1628 min

The National Democratic Coalition, a pro-democracy organisation, slammed Wednesday’s British Broadcasting Corporation report on President Bola Tinubu’s academic records at Chicago State University, calling it an attempt to perpetuate colonialism in Nigeria. This was as it observed the BBC was rapidly losing its ethical and journalistic credentials in its apparent “attempt to launder the image of President Tinubu,” saying it was shocking that the British media outfit had chosen to engage in “this image-laundering project,...

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Metro

Two brothers remanded in Kwara for allegedly killing uncle

1 year ago1631 min

Regarding their uncle’s purported murder, a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, remanded two accused to prison. They belong to the Kaiama Local Government of the State and are identified as Musa and Idris Aliyu. According to a police report, the suspects are accused of killing their uncle Muhammad Abubakar, 54. The younger brother’s lifeless body was discovered by the two suspects’ father when he arrived home, according to reports. In front of the state...

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News

Mohammed Idris, Information Minister, urges broadcast organizations to speak truth about real state of affairs in Nation.

1 year ago1624 min

Broadcast companies are under a mandate from Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, to use their extensive national reach to communicate the truth about the real state of affairs in the nation. Broadcast organizations, he claimed, ought to reorient their audience toward harmony, peace, and progress. During his familiarization tour of ministries, the Minister delivered these remarks on Wednesday, the second day of the tour. Regarding Radio Nigeria, the minister said at the...

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Metro

Nigerien sentenced to death by Kano court

1 year ago1732 min

Sulaiman Abdullahi, a 27-year-old Nigerien, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano High Court for the 2017 murder of 30-year-old Yahya Badamasi. Judge Nasiru Saminu presided over the court, which found Suleiman guilty of culpable homicide, in violation of Kano State 1991’s Penal Code Laws Section 221 (b). Suleiman was then given a hanging death sentence. Read Also: Time for Tinubu to do things right – Full text of Peter Obi’s press conference...

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