Peter Obi Mocks Nigerian Government Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has mocked President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over Team Nigeria’s failure to win any medal in the just concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. He noted that some Nigerians won Gold medals for other countries they represented. Obi in a series of posts on his X account on Monday said that three Nigerians, Yemisi Ogunleye; Annette Echikunwoke; Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, and the 32-year-old Nigerian-American head coach of Nigeria’s female basketball team, the D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, named the best coach at the Olympics, all shone at the Olympics because…
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BREAKING: Tension In Taraba As Many Feared Killed, Including School Principal At least seven passengers, including a school principal and a driver, have been killed at Sai village along Takum-Wukari Road while three others were reportedly lynched by irate youths in Takum town, the headquarters of Takum local government area of Taraba State in response to the killing of the travellers. The principal, Mr. Samuel Mbapuun, who was transferred from GDSS Takum to Ibi local government area of the State, was travelling alongside other passengers when the gunmen suspected to be bandits came out of the bush with guns and…
FULL LIST: How N2.59trn FAAC Allocation Was Shared Among States In The First Half Of 2024 1. Delta: N260.75bn 2. Rivers: N197.23bn 3. Akwa Ibom: N179.10bn 4. Lagos: N161.07bn 5. Bayelsa: N157.73bn 6. Kano: N84.76bn 7. Oyo: N66.75bn 8. Edo: N65.88bn 9. Anambra: N65.45bn 10. Ondo: N65.43bn 11. Borno: N63.35bn 12. Katsina: N60.58bn 13. Jigawa: N60.07bn 14. Benue: N59.10bn 15. Imo: N58.06bn 16. Abia: N54.23bn 17. Niger: N53.59bn 18. Kebbi: N53.36bn 19. Enugu: N52.58bn 20. Sokoto: N52.03bn 21. Adamawa: N50.58bn 22. Taraba: N49.89bn 23. Zamfara: N48.08bn 24. Bauchi: N47.79bn 25. Yobe: N47.67bn 26. Nassarawa: N47.02bn 27. Kaduna: N45.77bn 28. Plateau:…
My Church Altar Not For Male Pastors With Braids, Women With Makeup — Adeboye The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has faulted men with braided hair and women sporting false eyelashes and heavy makeup. Expressing his discontent with the trend among church workers, Adeboye made it clear that such styles will no longer be tolerated on RCCG altars. In an address at the church’s 72nd annual convention, which ended Sunday, his comments highlighted his disbelief at the rising trend of these fashion choices among church members. This edition of the convention with the theme…
CAN Declares Three-day Fasting And Prayers Over Rainfall The youth wing of the Taraba State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has declared three days of prayers and fasting for the state. The move was necessitated by the persistent lack of rainfall in the state. The lack of rainfall has impacted negatively on farm crops and some have begun to wither. Worried by the development, the leadership of the youth CAN, in a press statement made available to journalists on Sunday, urged all Christian youths spread across the state to participate in the spiritual exercise slated to commence on…
APC Reveals Those Wanted To Stage Coup Against Tinubu A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has accused election losers of wanting to stage a coup against President Bola Tinubu. Igbokwe said Tinubu can’t be ousted through coup because the president used 30 years to prepare for his time to occupy the highest political seat in Nigeria. Posting on his Facebook page, Igbokwe wrote: “Election losers wanted to stage a Coup against a President that laboured for nearly 30 years to prepare himself for the exalted office. “Not when someone like PBAT is the President. Make we…
Tinubu Labels Nigeria’s Olympic Performance in Paris A ‘Disaster’ President Bola Tinubu’s administration has expressed disappointment and concern over Team Nigeria’s failure to secure a single medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, prompting calls for reforms to improve sports administration in the country. In a statement released on his official X page on Saturday, Sports Minister John Enoh described the team’s performance as disappointing and emphasised the need for reforms to enhance effective leadership in the sports sector. The minister said, “Team Nigeria’s disappointing performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics where the country did not secure any medals does not…
WATCH: Nigerian Woman Tears Her Husband’s Passport Into Pieces In a shocking twist of events, a woman tore her husband’s international passport to shreds on their arrival to Lagos, took two of their kids away and left him standing there with one. In what appeared to be an altercation that started before they landed, she was seen retorting angrily to the officials who chastised her for what she did, before moving away. The officials, and fellow passengers consoled the visibly upset but confused man, and helped him pick up the pieces of passport papers strewn all over the floor of…
We’re Coming Back If You Fails To Meet Demands, Protesters Tells Tinubu The #EndBadGovernance protesters, on Saturday, returned to the streets of the federal capital territory (FCT) for a final procession. The demonstrators converged at Lokogoma junction and processed to Galadimawa area of the nation’s capital with a banner bearing the inscription, “Nigerians are tired of bad leaders”. On August 1, Nigerians began a 10-day nationwide protest against pervasive hardship in the country. The protest, however, lost its steam in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country following a crackdown on marchers by security operatives. The protest was hijacked…
Jubilation As Bandit Sending Money To Followers Information reaching Ibom Focus says that there was Jubilation As Bandit Sending Money To Followers A viral video showing a bandit kingpin in military camouflage going live on TikTok to ‘send money’ to his followers has sparked strong reactions and widespread anger. Videos of the live session were shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. The session, which has since gone viral, showed several of the bandit kingpin’s followers sharing their account numbers in the comment section, prompting widespread anger and calls for the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies…