Author: Joseph Emeribe
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Presidential candidate of Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi has replied Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo over his performance as a former Governor. Obi, in a reply on Tuesday, said he prays Soludo corrects his short comings when he was Governor and also make his own impact. It is recalled that Soludo had argued that the investments Obi’s […]
Residents and road users in Ilorin were on Tuesday frustrated and their reasons were not far-fetched.They fingered Youths in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state who were said to have staged what they called a peaceful rally and in the process caused heavy gridlock within the metropolis. Some of the residents including Adebayo […]
The Defence Headquarters has published details of 19 wanted terrorists with a reward of five million naira for anyone who brings information leading to the arrest of any of the insurgents. According to a statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Jimmy Akpor, any individual or group with clue on how to capture the wanted terrorist […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented proposed budgets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Niger Delta Development Commission to the House of Representatives for consideration and approval. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the communications from the President to members at the plenary on Monday. Gbajabiamila also read out to members, Buhari’s […]
A woman said to be in her thirties reportedly jumped into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. According to reports gathered, the woman had disembarked from a cab and headed towards the railing of the bridge, after which she consequently plunged into the water. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr […]
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Interim Management Committee (IMC) is scheduled to hold its maiden meeting with 20 participating clubs on Monday, November 14 in Abuja. In a notice sent to the clubs and signed by Davidson Owumi, the Head of Operations (HoO), the clubs were informed that the meeting will hold from 6pm […]
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has confirmed communication channels between Washington and Moscow remain open despite the war in Ukraine. Speaking in New York, Mr Sullivan said it was “in the interests” of the US to maintain contact with the Kremlin. But he insisted officials were “clear-eyed about who we are dealing with”. It […]
Two standup comedians in Kano State, Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala yesterday got unusual punishments for defaming Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on their Tiktok accounts. A Magistrate Court presided over by Aminu Muhammad Gabari yesterday ordered that they be thrashed 20 lashes of the cane. Gabari also ruled that the two comedians sweep […]
No respite yet for the embattled former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, over his trial on alleged organ harvesting case as the Central Criminal Court in London, the United Kingdom, yesterday moved the trial date from May, 2023 to January 31, 2023. Leadership reports that the Old Bailey agreed that arguments would […]
After months of postponement, a United States court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, sentenced international fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi to over 135 months – over 11 years — in federal prison. The US District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered the 40-year-old convict to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two […]
