Police Place Chioma Okoli On Watchlist Over Erisco Product Review, Write Immigration Service To Deny Her Exit From Nigeria The Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has written to the Controller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service to place Mrs. Okoli Chioma Egodi on the watchlist. Chioma Okoli is being prosecuted by the Nigeria Police Force and Erisco Foods Limited over a review of one of the company’s products that she did on Facebook. It was reported on January that policemen on the alleged orders of Egbetokun invaded Okoli’s residence in Lagos State in an attempt to arrest her.…
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BREAKING: Obaseki Sworn In New Edo Deputy Governor Omobayo Godwins has been sworn in as Edo State’s deputy governor following the impeachment of Philip Shaibu. Shaibu was probed by a commission led by Justice S.A Omonuwa (retd.), which completed its work on Friday and submitted its findings to the State Assembly. The assembly evaluated the findings on Monday and moved ahead to impeach Shaibu, who shunned the panel, claiming that the case was in an Abuja court. The governor quickly nominated Godwins whose nomination was approved by the State Assembly leading to his swearing-in by Justice Daniel Iyobosa Okungbowa, the…
BREAKING: CBN Crashes US Dollar Rate The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has crashed the exchange rate for Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to N1,101 per dollar from N1,251/$1, following rising inflow of the greenback into the country. The apex bank also planned to sell $15.88 million to 1,588 eligible BDCs. At this rate, the BDCs would sell at not more than 1.5 per cent margin to the public, thus selling at N1,117.5/$1. In a letter addressed to the president of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, the CBN announced the sale of $10,000 to each BDC…
BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Ex-militant Leader, Kill Loyalists Gunmen dressed in army uniforms kidnapped a popular ex-militant leader, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, also known as Egberipapa, from his residence in Usokun, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State. According to sources close to the ex-militant leader, gunmen invaded his residence around 3 a.m. on Monday, killed two of his lieutenants, and abducted him to an unknown location. One of the sources, however, believed that the operation was carried out by the military adding that some army branded vehicles, including an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) were used for the operation. More details to…
JUST IN: Massive Defection Hits PDP As Over 60 Federal Lawmakers Set To Leave Party Not less than 60 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives have vowed to leave the party if Acting National Chairman Umar Ililya Damagum does not step down immediately. They urged he should immediately be replaced by someone from the North Central in accordance with the party’s constitution, among other requests. The lawmakers accused Damagum of handing over the structure of the leadership of the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon Ugochinyere Ikenga, who led five other lawmakers to address…
My Impeachment: What I’ll Do – Ex-Edo Deputy Gov, Shaibu Blows Hot The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has rejected his impeachment by the State House of Assembly, describing it as illegal and a witch-hunt. Shaibu said he was impeached because of his ambition to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the state. It was earlier reported that the State House of Assembly on Monday impeached Shaibu after it adopted the report of a seven-member probe panel set up to probe allegations of gross misconduct against him. The Assembly had accused Shaibu of leaking the state government’s…
Peter Obi Makes U-turn Over Tinubu Govt On Electricity Tariff Hike The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has toed the path of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government on a new electricity tariff hike. Obi, on Sunday, said increasing electricity tariff for the rich is best. Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission approved a tariff increase on Tuesday last week for Band A customers. Reacting to the development, Obi said that was the solution to Nigeria’s electricity challenges. He stressed that a tariff increase for urban areas that can afford it…
BREAKING: Massive Sacks Rock CBN Again The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued with the disengagement of staff in furtherance of its ongoing restructuring as it sacked a fresh batch of 40 staff mostly from the development finance department (DFD), Daily Trust authoritatively reports. Because the sack letters were released late Friday, details of those affected are sketchy but our reporter learnt that Musa Zgabawa Bulus, an Assistant Director of the CBN, heading the National Collateral Registry (NCR) was affected. NCR is an initiative of CBN aimed at improving access to finance particularly for Nano Micro Small and Medium…
Real Reason I Separated From Wife After 20 Years, Comedian AY Finally Blows Hot Ayo Makun, a well-known Nigerian comedian, and his wife, Mabel, have split up after 20 years of “friendship/marriage”. On Sunday, the comedian revealed the development via Instagram. He stated that he was no longer capable of entertaining the public with “deep personal family issues.” He wrote, “Many people believe that staying silent simply means that one is incapable of dealing with issues. Projecting a negative narrative against someone who is not struggling to defend himself doesn’t mean he is weak. Some of us are just logical…
Again, FG Announces 3 New National Identity Cards The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce three new national identity cards. It said it would make the cards available to approximately 104 million citizens throughout the country. The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, said that the cards consist of a bank-enabled National ID card, a social intervention card, and an optional ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card. This was contained in a statement shared by the Technical Adviser for Media and Communications to the Director-General of NIMC. Ayodele Babalola. “We expect the bank-enabled National ID to meet the needs of the…