Man Dies Few Hours After Announcing His Travel To UK Pains, anxiety and sadness have enveloped the people of Afikpo town in Ebonyi state as one of their indigenes has died, a day to his travel to United Kingdom. Ugochukwu Okpani, source revealed who was supposed to travel to United Kingdom for his Master’s Degree program died mysteriously early hours of Friday after announcing his travel to United Kingdom on his timeline on Thursday night. However, confirming his death, one of his friends, Oyimagada Ken said that “he was supposed to be on his way to the UK for his…
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Chief Magistrate Colludes With Police, Amends Order To Include Drug Test On Seun Kuti The Lagos State Chief Magistrate in Yaba Court, Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun, has amended her order and granted the Nigeria Police Force’s request to conduct a drug test on Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, all in a bid to find incriminating evidence on him. It was learnt that the Chief Magistrate inserted a drug test order in her ruling while writing the order. Family sources however revealed that doctors contacted by the police to obtain Seun Kuti’s blood refused to grant the request of the police authorities, saying…
Ahead Of Tinubu’s Swearing-in, Naria Falls Massively Against Dollar Ahead of the swearing-in of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on 29th May, the US dollar has risen to N760 as politicians, including contenders for the presiding officers of the National Assembly, scamper for the foreign currency. The inauguration of the next administration will be held on May 29, 2023. It is expected that the 10th Assembly will be inaugurated on June 13 after a proclamation letter by the new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A cross-section of Bureau de Change (BDC) operators told this paper that the dollar, which had in the last…
Housewife Stabs Neighbour’s Daughter For Advising Her Husband To Take Second Wife A seven-year-old girl, Sharifa Usman, has been stabbed on her stomach by her neighbour, who accused her father of advising her husband to take a second wife. The suspect (name withheld) allegedly dumped the girl after stabbing her in an uncompleted building in Mariri, Hotoro area of Kumbotso in Kano metropolis. Witnesses said that the woman, who is presently on the run, decided to take revenge on the man’s daughter who is presently receiving treatment at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH). A neighbour to the victim and…
Spain Launches App That Enables Wives Monitor Husbands’ Movement Spain has announced plans to create an app that will tell wives if their men are doing enough housework. The new app intends to address the gender imbalance of housework and will log the hours a family member spends doing chores. Spain’s minister for gender equality and domestic violence, Ángela Rodríguez, her department was in the process of developing the free app. According to a foreign news outlet, The Times, on Thursday, the minister claimed that it would make it possible for both sexes to track the amount of time they…
Akwa Ibom Reps Member-elect On The Run Over Certificate Forgery House of Representatives Member-elect for Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency, Hon. Okpulupm Etteh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has failed to open his defence in the case of certificate forgery preferred against him by the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Hon Eseme Eyibo. Eyiboh had dragged the member-elect before the tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, challenging his declaration as the winner of the February 25 elections on the grounds that he was not qualified to have contested the said election, having presented forged certificates with inconsistency in his…
Fresh Crisis Rocks APC As Kwankwaso Returns Back To Party An ally of President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano, Abdulmajid Danbulki, has cautioned the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, against any move to form an alliance with the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. Danbulki, who is popularly known as Commander, made the call while addressing a news conference in Kano on Thursday. His call came against the backdrop of the reported meeting between Tinubu and Kwankwaso in Paris, France. He warned that any political alliance between Tinubu and Kwankwaso would not augur well for the President-elect and…
We Have Evidence Of Corrupt Practices Against EFCC Chairman, Bawa – Matawalle Exposes Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Malam Abdulrasheed Bawa, of being corrupt. The governor, in a press statement on Wednesday, personally signed by him and obtained by our newspaper, said Bawa should also surrender himself for investigation. According to him, he and some eminent Nigerians have evidence to substantiate Bawa’s corrupt practices and abuse of office. Referring to a statement credited to Bawa that the anti-graft agency had “sent invitations to all outgoing Governors and…
18 Buhari’s Ministers Lobby Tinubu To Retain Portfolio There is a growing disquiet among politicians over secret moves by some members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to be appointed as ministers by the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Investigations revealed that no less than 18 of them have reached a frenzied height with the pressure they are applying on Tinubu to include them in his cabinet list after May 29 inauguration. Specifically, a former Minister in Buhari’s first term confirmed that about 18 members of the present cabinet and older colleagues have indicated intentions to return under Tinubu. Indeed, some of…
Apostle Suleman Rain Curses On Buhari’s Minister, Keyamo Famous preacher and the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), Apostle Suleman Johnson, has resumed hostilities with Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment. In 2017, the General Overseer traded words with Mr Keyamo over the latter’s client, Stephanie Otobo, who accused the preacher of forceful abortion of pregnancy. Otobo, at a news briefing in Mr Keyamo’s chambers, among other things, accused the pastor of impregnating and dumping her via two letters written and signed by Mr Keyamo. Mr Suleman denied all the allegations and threatened legal action…