I’m A Virgiπ – Lady Submits Herself, CV After Speed Darlington Announced He’s Looking For Wife A Nigerian lady has auditioned for a chance to become the wife of US-based singer and internet personality, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington. She presented herself in a trending video as a candidate who fulfills the musician’s criteria and specifications in a wife material It may be recalled that a few weeks ago, Speed Darlington launched a search for a wife and listed out the various criteria he is looking out for. He said; “Looking for a wife with: Dark skin, under…
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INEC To Conduct Local Government Elections Information reaching Ibom Focus says that INEC To Conduct Local Government Elections Sam Onuigbo, former member of House of Representatives, has called for the transfer of conduct of local government elections from State Electoral Commissions to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said this on Monday in Abuja during an interview as the National Assembly embarks on the Review of 1999 Constitution. Mr Onuigbo represented Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South federal constituency at the Ninth National Assembly. Leading politicians and rights activists have been vocal about the need for the review to make local governments…
EXCLUSIVE: 40 National Assembly Lawmakers To Lose Seats, Full List No fewer than 40 National Assembly members may be forced to vacate their seats for concurrently holding memberships of the National Assembly, ECOWAS Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament and collecting emoluments from all. Some of the legislators include the deputy senate president, Jibrin Barau, who is also the Acting Speaker of ECOWAS sixth legislature, Ali Ndume, Natasha Uduaghan, Mustapha Saliu; deputy spokesperson, House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, and Mshelia Haruna, among others. The development follows a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the legislators by the Association…
BREAKING: NLC Shuts Down DisCo Headquarters Over Tariff Hike The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has shut down the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) in Plateau State over electricity tariff hike. Our correspondent reports that the labour union has blocked the main gate of the company, leaving the staff of the DisCo stranded outside the main building. Security operatives including the police, Department of State services (DSS) and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were seen around the entrance of the company. It was had reported how NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced that they would shut…
Nigerian Senator Under Serious Attack After Revealing The Real Reason He Donated Clay Pots, Burial Materials To His Constituents A Nigerian senator representing Kano Central Senatorial District, Rufai Hanga has explained that seeking God’s mercy was what pushed him to donate 2,000 clay pots and 10,500 yards of white cloth (called ‘Likkadani’ in Hausa) to the Muslim graveyards in his constituency. Hanga, who is the Deputy Minority Chief Whip of the 10th Senate and a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, received a backlash from the public a few days ago following reports of his donation of burial materials…
Do Whatever You Have To Do To Survive, U.S. Senator Tells Israel Over Bomb Gaza Like Hiroshima A United States lawmaker, Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Israel to do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Graham a Republican Senator representing South Carolina stated this in an interview with NBC News on Sunday. The Israeli military is facing increasing international scrutiny as its military operation in Gaza enters its eighth month, claiming the…
NNPC Ltd, NOSL Hit First Oil In OML 13 In Akwa Ibom The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd.) and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd. (NOSL) have announced the successful commencement of oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in Akwa Ibom. The NNPC E&P Ltd. is NNPC Ltd’s flagship upstream subsidiary, while NOSL is a Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Ltd (SEEPCO) subsidiary. Olufemi Soneye, NNPC Ltd’s spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Mr Soneye said the production, which commenced on May 6 with 6,000 barrels of oil, would ramp…
Rivers Lawmakers Who Defected To APC Finally Lost Their Seats Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has insisted that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress have forfeited their positions in the legislative body. Twenty five lawmakers loyal to the former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had switched to the APC amid the political deadlock between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Falana asserted that the lawmakers would be ousted from their seats for…
Customs Officer Found Dead In Abuja An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdulwahab Magaji, serving in the Federal Capital Territory, reportedly shot himself dead in his residence on Binta Street, Farm Estate area, Abuja. It was gathered from a senior law enforcement officer that the incident happened last Monday. According to the source, the family of the deceased had raised the alarm that Magaji had shot himself with a rifle, prompting police officers to visit the scene of the incident. The source added that when the police arrived at the scene, the victim was reportedly rushed to Aminu Kano…
Landlady, Husband Throws Tenant’s Corpse Into Canal A landlord, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, have flown their Temidire community home in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State after allegedly disposing of their tenant’s body in a canal. Our correspondent learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024, led the state police command to launch a manhunt for the couple after their disappearance following the alleged crime. According to a police source in the command, who was privy to the report but did not want to be named because…