‘I Will Be Glad When You Gone’ – Old Tweet By Man Who Tried To Assassinate Trump Resurfaces Old tweets made by Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect arrested for the latest assassination attempt on Donald Trump, has resurfaced. The suspect fired shots in Trump’s vicinity on his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. Despite the shots fired, Trump wasn’t hurt as the US Secret Service spotted the suspect immediately. In a tweet shared in June 2020, Routh wrote: “@realDonaldTrump While you were my choice in 2106, I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different…
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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 32.15% The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to 32.15 percent in August. This is the second consecutive decline recorded in 2024. The data is captured in the NBS consumer price index (CPI) report for August, released on Monday. The NBS said the CPI, which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, declined by 2.22 percent compared to the 33.4 percent recorded in July 2024. According to the bureau, food inflation also dropped to 37.52 percent in the month under review as prices of major food…
Portable Land In Big Trouble, Begs For Forgiveness After Slapping Pastor Controversial street-pop star, Portable, has begged for forgiveness after he slapped a pastor who came to preach at his bar. Naija News House reports that the singer had a few days ago caught on camera slapping a pastor. Following the attack, Portable faced backlash from netizens’ and other preachers who threatened to take action against him for assaulting a man of God. However, addressing the controversy in a video he shared in the midnight on Monday, the singer attributed his actions to past experience. While begging God for forgiveness,…
#FearlessInProtest Will Start From October 1 To….— Says Sowore The convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that the #FearlessInOctober protest will take place on October 1, with or without his participation. Sowore said this on Monday morning when he appeared on News Central TV which was monitored by SaharaReporters. According to him, the next massive protest will not end until the government fulfils all the requests made by the protesters. He said: “And I want to make it clear here whether I participate or not and I am addressing our security people, it is going to happen. Just…
Sowore Blasts Tinubu Over Abacha’s Government The convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that he will not stop coming to Nigeria even though his name is on the watchlist of the government. When addressing journalists shortly after he regained his freedom following his detention at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State upon his arrest on Sunday, Sowore said he will not run away from Nigeria, unlike President Bola Tinubu, who fled the country in 1994 after being falsely accused by the military dictator Sani Abacha regime. Sowore was detained by the Nigeria Immigration Service at…
Popular A’Ibom Lawmaker, Jimbo Begins Constituency’s Tour Rep. Clement Jimbo, MNIQS, The Honourable Member Representing Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency, wishes to notify the very good people of Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency and thr general public of a scheduled inspection visit to his recently facilitated projects across the Federal Constituency on Tuesday 17th September, 2024 by 12:00noon. The projects to be inspected include; ABAK LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 1. Solar Powered Borehole, Ikot Oku Ubara, Ediene, Abak Local Government Area. 2. A Block of Six Classrooms at Government Primary School, Ibanang, Ediene, Abak Local Government Area. ETIM EKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 1.…
BREAKING: NNPCL Bought Fuel From Dangote At N898 Per Litre The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has disclosed that it bought fuel from Dangote Refinery at N898 per litre. The oil firm had moved about 300 trucks to the 650,000 capacity refinery in Lagos, on Saturday, and loading commenced on Sunday. Speaking with Daily Trust over the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, Chief Spokesperson of the NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, said, “We successfully loaded PMS at the Dangote Refinery today. The claim that we purchased it at N760 per liter is incorrect. For this initial…
JUST IN: DSS Breaks Silence On Sowore’s Arrest The Department of State Service (DSS) says its operatives are not involved in the arrest of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore. The secret police stressed that the clarifications became imperative because of the “erroneous” reports in some sections of the media that had since gone viral that its operatives were involved. A highly-placed official of the service, who spoke on Sunday, explained that they would not hesitate to use all legal means in their operations if they have any axe to grind with…
Borno Flooding: 281 Inmates Escape, Full List Seven out of 281 inmates who escaped from the correctional center in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have been recaptured. Ibom Focus reports that the development followed the severe flooding that damaged both public and private facilities in Maiduguri and some other parts of the state. The Nigerian Correctional Service, while confirming the number of escaped inmates on Sunday, revealed that about seven of them have so far been recaptured and returned to custody. The statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Umar Abubakar, said the flooding which occurred on…
JUST IN: Police Return Millions Of Naira Extorted By Officers From Nigerian At Gunpoint The police have returned the N3 million which some officers allegedly extorted from a Nigerian man in Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria. Naija News House earlier reported how some police operatives allegedly extorted the money from the Nigeria man, Kelechi Isaac, at gunpoint on 26 August at Odi area of Bayelsa State. Mr Isaac, who is based in Ghana, hails from Nguru Nworie, a community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Nigeria’s south-east. The victim narrated that five police operatives flagged down his vehicle…