Akeredolu’s Wife, Late Husband’s Niece In Serious Fight Wife of the late Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has described her late husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu Aruna, as shameless for supporting the sitting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the November governorship election in the state. Betty spoke through her Instagram account on Monday morning. The governor, who was formerly Akeredolu’s deputy, was sworn in on 27th December following the death of his former boss. Before the governor’s death, internal wrangling had severed his relationship with Aiyedatiwa, bordering on alleged disloyalty of the then deputy governor, which led to the disbandment of…
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Nikki Haley Defeats Donald Trump In Washington DC For First Primary Victory Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential candidate. According to BBC, she lost in South Carolina, her home state. But she is the first woman to win a Republican primary in US history. Mr Trump however has a huge lead over Ms Haley and is likely to face Joe Biden in the November election. The BBC’s US partner CBS reports that Ms Haley will…
Popular Nigerian Pastor Lands In Trouble For Abducting Member’s Teenage Daughter, Raping Her And Getting Her Pregnant Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a Cherubim and Seraphim pastor, Adeleye Dada Dollar, for r@ping the daughter of a member of his church, Adekunle Kabirat, for several years and getting her pregnant. The mother of the victim, Joke Adekunle, who spoke to newsmen, said Kabira went missing since January 8 this year after she scolded her for a wrongdoing. Joke said on the day she went missing, Kabira misbehaved and after scolding her, she told her to stay at…
Real Reason We Want Get Married, Deaf Women Women living with hearing impairment in Niger State have appealed to men who are looking for life partners, to seek their hands in marriage, as the condition will not prevent them from building a healthy family. The women spoke through their leader, Salamatu Hammed, during the celebration for this year’s World Hearing Day on Sunday in Minna. Ms Hammed urged men not to neglect deaf women, saying “We are marriage materials like any other woman.” She, therefore, called on all eligible men to feel free to approach any deaf woman for marriage,…
Nigerian Govt Reveals When New Minimum Wage Will Take Effect Trade Union Congress, TUC, had said that labour is pushing sufficiently to ensure that a new minimum wage takes effect from April 2024. President of the TUC, Festus Osifo disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. Osifo said that if the Tripartite Committee on the review of the Minimum Wage is unable to meet up with the assignment before the expiration of the lifespan of the current minimum wage of N30,000, labour will impress on government to backdate the implementation. Fielding questions on the level of negotiations amongst the relevant…
PHOTO: High Cost Of Cement: Nigerians Introduces New System To Build Houses As the economic downturn continues, all areas of Nigerian lives and plans are also striving to grapple with the situation, as areas like housing and rent are also being affected. Nigerians are used to building with cement, but now have to go for other alternatives, as the price of cement is now on the high side. Gone are the days when a quarter plot owner who earns N50,000 monthly can hurriedly place one or two blocks on his or her land. The high cost of cement has affected…
No Matter What, When The Time Comes, It Has Come’ – Video Of Mr Ibu’s Last Moment Surfaces A video capturing one of the last moments of veteran Nollywood actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, before his death on Saturday, has emerged. In the video making the rounds on social media, the late actor could be seen on his hospital bed showing gratitude to singer Rudeboy of P-Square a few hours before he passed on. He noted that everything happens on God’s time, adding that “when the time comes, it has come.” He said, “Rudeboy, I don’t know where to…
Teenage Boy Abducted, Used As ‘Collateral’ For 2 Bags Of Rice A 12-year old Junior Secondary School (JSS-2) student, (name withheld), who was allegedly used to buy two bags of rice by suspected kidnappers has been found. His father, Pastor Joshua Ogbonna told journalists on Sunday in Lagos that suspected kidnappers allegedly took his son and used him to buy two bags of rice valued at N180,000 from a food stuff seller. He said that on Friday, March 1, at about 9.00 a.m., his son was asked to buy moi-moi (bean pudding) for family breakfast and did not return home.…
Hardship: Hoodlums ‘Looted’ Wearhouse In Abuja Arrested, Recover Items No fewer than 15 suspects have been arrested in connection with the looting of a warehouse in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. Ibom Focus earlier reported how hoodlums invaded the Agric Department Strategic food store located at Tasha, Abuja on Sunday and carted away food items and other valuables. A statement issued by Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh said operatives of the command arrested some of the hoodlums and recovered stolen items. According to her, items such as twenty-six bags of Maiz, five Motorcycles…
BREAKING: Policemen Beaten To Death, Two Injured Two riot policemen have been beaten to death, and two others injured by a mob at Ikpeshi in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state. The Nation reports that the mob action following an incident involving a Toyota Hilux vehicle belonging to escort-duty policemen in the convoy of former Edo House of Assembly member Emmanuel Agbaje, which hit a motorcycle, resulting in the tragic deaths of the rider, a woman, and her child. Ikpeshi youths, according to sources, besieged the office of Edo State Security Vigilance Network, where the two policemen were taken,…