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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, on Monday, granted  singer, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, known as Sam Larry bail in the sum of N20m with three responsible duties.   Naira Marley, Sam Larry and two others were on October 6 arraigned and remanded over their […]

Barely five days  to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Barde.   “I am aware that there have been allegations on social media against the Commissioner of […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has apologised to the people of the state for what he called ‘regrettable anxiety’, following the political crisis that rocked the state earlier this week. Governor Fubara also thanked President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Elders and his brother governors for their intervention. In a statement that he signed, titled “Peace Is […]

Two years after Abdullahi Ganduje, then governor of Kano State and current national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), brokered truce between the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdussamad Rabiu, the duo has renewed their rivalry.   Elder Statesman and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, reportedly played […]

  While elected Government official are busy padding their budgets, a total of 1700 teachers and education officers recruited into the Federal Unity Colleges in 2019, 2020 and 2021 have called on the federal government to pay their three-year salaries.   In an open letter to the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, and copied […]

Searchng.ng nigerian search engine can disclose that the  House of Representatives has removed the N5 billion presidential yacht from the 2023 supplementary budget.   Abubakar Bichi, chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriation,  announced this on Thursday, November 2, after the passage of the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget by the House.   Speaking to reporters, […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, till January 25 to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the $53m judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund.   Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on Wednesday, gave Emefiele another opportunity to […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the police authorities in Imo State of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised.   In a statement on Wednesday, the Head of Media at the NLC Headquarters, Benson Uper, said the union’s President has been released by the police. He, however, noted that Ajaero […]

“It is worthy of note that no external statements have been authorized or verified by me. I must state that there are no complications in my relationship with my beloved family, and my beloved dad (Bishop David Oyedepo), who have stood by and supported me over the years; nor are there any in my commitment […]

Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the current political crisis in Rivers State.   Clark’s appeal specifically targets the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, urging Tinubu to advise and caution him.   He made the call in response to the impeachment notice served the […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, expressed confidence in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.   The President, who before the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced inside the Council Chambers, State House, said all campaigns of calumny and insinuations against his Chief of Staff should stop.   The President spoke to […]

Protocol. Gentlemen of the Press. Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response, I said that as long as Nigeria wins, the struggle would have been worth the while. By that, I meant that the bigger loss would not be mine but Nigeria’s […]