Man In Tears, Regrets Voting Tinubu For President, Says ‘I Have A Car But Can’t Drive It Due To High Fuel Cost’ A man simply identified as Lasisi Dauda Abiodun has expressed regret voting Bola Tinubu for President in the 2023 election. In a trending video, Abiodun, who described himself as a supplier, shared three main reasons behind his support for Tinubu in the 2023 general election. “First of all, I look at this man and say, this man is an old man and I feel that he has everything and there is nothing he will need money for again…
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Five Kills ‘Over Failed Marriage Proposal’ Suspected members of the Lakurawa terror group have killed five people in a series of attacks on Gueza, a village in the Dosso region of Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the attacks occurred in two phases, with five villagers “strangled to death” in the first incident. The publication noted that the attacks were linked to a personal dispute involving a Lakurawa leader. The militants reportedly retaliated after the village chief’s representative intervened to protect a woman whose family sent away to evade the group…
VIDEO: Presidency Mum As Heavily Drunk Wike Embarrasses Indian Prime Minister The Nigerian presidency has maintained silence after a viral video showed FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, seemingly under the influence of alcohol, almost shoving the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Abuja this week. In the video making rounds on social media, Mr Wike walked at a fast pace ahead of the Indian leader, who was surrounded by his aides. Stopping a few feet from Mr Modi, Mr Wike stiffened himself as if to salute the Indian PM, who took some seconds to catch up to him, and they both…
Trouble Looms As Nigerian Govt Moves To Arrest Pastors Performing Fake Miracles The Senior Pastor of The Second Coming of Christ’s Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to arrest any pastor involved in propagating fake miracles. Pastor Giwa said the church is not a business centre, hence the government should arrest any pastor selling miracle soap and anointing oil to members. Addressing a press conference in Akure, Ondo State, the clergyman also maintained that the government has no reason to tax the church. According to Pastor Giwa: “In any church they see pastors performing fake miracles…
EXPOSED: How Popular Nigerian Senator, Daughter, Friends Duped Lawmaker Of N400m, Promising To Make Her NDDC MD Through Aisha Buhari A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Andy Uba, along with his daughter and others defrauded Doris Uboh, a former member of the House of Representatives representing the Ika Federal Constituency of Delta State, of N400 million, sources said. Earlier on Wednesday, a News Agency of Nigeria report published by SaharaReporters announced that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, had sued the former Senator representing Anambra South, Uba, and two others, for alleged fraud. The IGP in a…
BREAKING: FG Moves To Sell Military Assets, Helicopters, Drones, Others British government will sell military assets, including HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, by March 2025, as part of a plan to save £500 million over five years. Defence Minister John Healey announced the move on Wednesday, explaining the decision to scrap several Royal Navy ships, drones, and helicopters, Reuters reports. “These will not be the last difficult decisions I will have to make,” Healey told Parliament. HMS Northumberland, the Army’s Watchkeeper Mk 1 drones, 14 older Chinook helicopters, and several Puma helicopters are also set to be retired. He said…
BREAKING: Tinubu Sacks Ohieku Salami President Bola Tinubu has approved the removal of Engr. Ohieku Muhammed Salami as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State. This is contained in a statement released on Wednesday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement reads, “The decision followed Salami’s illegal actions, including suspending the Vice-Chancellor without following the prescribed procedures.” He explained that despite the Federal Ministry of Education’s call for the unlawful suspension to be revoked, Salami refused to comply. “Instead, he resorted…
Showdown Looms Over Tinubu’s Tax Bills After a two-week break, the National Assembly members are back to Abuja, and the tax bills by President Bola Tinubu appear to be their priority. The four tax reform bills are before the National Assembly. However, the discourse over them appears to be divided between the North and the South. The four bills, the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill, are currently before both chambers of the National Assembly for passage. Over the weekend, Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate…
Wike Speaks On Blocking Him From Aso Rock Villa Over Drunkenness Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has denied a report purporting that he was barred from the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. Ibom Focus reports that an independent journalist, Jackson Ude, in a post on his verified X handle, alleged that the minister was barred from Aso Rock when the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visited President Bola Tinubu. Jackson claimed that Wike was drunk when he received the Indian Prime Minister at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday. According to him, an anonymous…
JUST IN: Ifeanyi Ubah’s Widow To Replace Her Late Husband Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has appealed to the upper chamber to support Ifeanyi Ubah’s widow to replace her late husband as the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District. Mr Ndume made the appeal on Tuesday, Nov. 19, during the valedictory session organised by the Senate in honour of the late senator. Mr Ubah, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died at the age of 52 in a London hospital after a brief illness in July. Until his death, Mr Ubah was the chairperson of the Senate Committee…