Fresh Crisis Looms As Wife Demands Sons’ DNA Tests From Nigerian Footballer Olanrewaju The marital battle between Nigerian striker Olarenwaju Kayode and his estranged wife, Ezinne Kayode, has taken an ugly turn, with the latter instituting a legal action against her husband for allegedly claiming to be in possession of the negative DNA results of their three sons, Jason, Jayden and Jamin. An enraged Dora, who is demanding the immediate issuance of a disclaimer, said she had to finally toe that path after Kayode’s claim about their children’s paternity went viral on various social media platforms on Saturday. She buttressed…
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Drama As Sanusi, Bayero Hold Court In 2 Palaces The last 48 hours have seen series of drama and intrigues playing out in Kano and Abuja over who finally takes the coveted throne as Emir of Kano between Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Since Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf signed the Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment Number 2) Bill 2024 on Thursday and reinstated Sanusi, there has been tension in Kano State. It was gathered that the state government had planned for Sanusi to move to the Gidan Rumfa Palace on Saturday, but upon getting wind of Bayero’s…
Hold Tinubu Responsible If War Breaks Out In Kano — Atiku Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government should be held responsible if any violence breaks out in Kano State over the ongoing tussle in the emirate. Atiku condemned the Tinubu government for siding the newly sacked Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero by deploying security forces to accompany him into his place during the early hours of Saturday. The former Vice-President in a statement he issued on X justified the dethronement of Ado Bayero by the Kano State government. He said the issue was within…
Emirship Tussle Tears Kano Apart The reinstatement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano on Thursday, and the consequent dethronement of Emir Ado Bayero, has come with dramatic twists, turns and intrigues, creating anxiety and tense a situation in the state. The development, likened to the plot depicted in Game of Thrones, a Hollywood series, is laced with political maneuverings and undertones, setting the once peaceful state divided and on the fringe of implosion. Ibom Focus reports that the two royal families: Bayero and the Sanusi families are now in a supremacy battle over the highly coveted…
Atiku Sends Strong Warning To Tinubu Over Kano Crisis A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the action of the Federal Government in deploying soldiers in Kano in the tussle over the throne of the ancient city is an upset to the peace and security of the state, and also in breach of the 1999 Constitution as Amended. In performing their constitutional duties of law making, Mr Abubakar said, the Kano State House of Assembly passed the amended Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 in consonance with the provision of Section 4 of the Constitution 1999 as…
Flood Sacks INEC Headquarters, Damages Voter Registration Machines, Vehicles The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that its state headquarters in Benin, Edo State, has been severely affected by flooding following heavy rainfall on Friday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, issued a statement on Saturday in Abuja detailing the extent of the damage. According to Olumekun, the deluge inundated the office, submerging various assets, including voter enrollment machines intended for the upcoming Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). “The statement reads: “Our Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo State, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, has…
Tinubu’s Wife Releases Dressing Code For Nigerian Ladies, Says Stop Dressing Provocatively; Nudity First lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja, celebrated the dedication and milestone achievements of women in the long history of Nigeria, exhorting Nigerian girls not to dress provocatively. Mrs Oluremi gave this commendation during her address at the celebration of Nigerian women with the theme ‘Looking Forward’. The event is in commemoration of the first anniversary of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. “I am delighted to celebrate you all, the mothers of our great nation. The achievements of our women in all sectors of the…
JUST IN: Fresh Crisis Rocks LP As Party Suspends National Chairman, Abure The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure, has been suspended by party executives in Ward 3 Arue-Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, for alleged high-handedness and anti-party activities. This decision was ratified by the State Executive Committee of the party after the ward wrote a formal letter to the SEC. Abure’s suspension was a sequel to a meeting of members of the ward where allegations of his “high-handedness and anti-party activities in the administration of the party and other acts…
BREAKING: Many Feared Killed, Kidnapped As Terrorists Storms Niger Community Heavily armed members of the Boko Haram terror group on Friday raided Kuchi and surrounding villages in the Munya local government area of Niger state. During the raid, it was learnt that not less than 8 of the villagers were killed while nothing less than 120 of the villagers were kidnapped and taken to unknown destinations. The terrorists characteristically rode on motorcycles with three on each of the vehicle and all of them armed with AK-47 rifles. As they stormed the communities, they spread themselves and shot sporadically into the…
Women Beat Husbands To Coma The Lagos State Government has revealed that at least 70 husbands have reported being beaten by their wives in the past year. Additionally, 592 women reported being victims of domestic violence by their husbands during the same period. This information was shared on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Cecilia Dada. Speaking at a ministerial press briefing to mark Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s first year in office of his second term, Commissioner Dada explained that her ministry recorded a total of 662 domestic violence cases over the last year. Of these…