Chimamanda Adichie Blows Hot, Calls Buhari Government, INEC Fascists Chimamanda Adichie Blows Hot, Calls Buhari Government, INEC Fascists Award-winning novelist Chimamanda Adichie has backed the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election over his controversial comments. In an interview with Channels TV, Baba-Ahmed if Bola Tinubu, ‘winner’ of the 2023 presidential election is sworn in, it will be an end to democracy. Baba-Ahmed also insisted during the interview that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter should be in favour of the Labour Party, which Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka described as fascist. Tinubu was the…
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Crisis Rocks South-South, South-East Over Senate President Seat Crisis Rocks South-South, South-East Over Senate President Seat A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), John Mayaki, has faulted Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba for recommending the South-East for Senate President seat. Harping on equity and justice, the former Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in a recent interview, had chronicled events during ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo administration that saw South-East producing several Senate Presidents within eight years. He alluded that under the Obasanjo government, an unwritten power-sharing formula was set, wherein the Senate presidency should go the South East once the South West…
What Buhari Told Me About Amaechi, Hadiza, NPA MD Exposes President What Buhari Told Me About Amaechi, Hadiza, NPA MD Reveals A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, in a book published on Tuesday, has said that President Mohammadu Buhari told her that the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had requested for her sack as MD of NPA twice before her final removal from office. This is even as the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, in an exclusive chat with the Nigerian Tribune, revealed that his own book detailing how things transpired…
Leave Her And Run If Your Girlfriend Cannot Bear N500,000 Bill – BBN’s Tochi Tells Men Leave Her And Run If Your Girlfriend Cannot Bear N500,000 Bill – BBN’s Tochi Tells Men A former BBNaija ‘Lock Down’ housemate Tochukwu Okechukwu aka Tochi has advised men to run from women who cannot support them financially. In an insta story post, Tochi assumed a girl who cannot cover a bill of N500,000 for her boyfriend does not deserve to be in a relationship. The brand influencer wrote: “If your babe cannot chest a bill of N500k when your card declines my guy!…
Peter Obi’s Petition Abusive, Nebulous; Dismiss It, INEC Tells Court Peter Obi’s Petition Abusive, Nebulous; Dismiss It, INEC Tells Court The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, in Abuja. The commission prayed the court to either “dismiss or strike out the petition for being grossly incompetent, abusive, vague, nebulous,…
You Are On Your Way To Prison, Dino Fires Back At Wike You Are On Your Way To Prison, Dino Fires Back At Wike A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant in the coming governorship primary in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has accused the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, of attacking him because of his refusal to support his presidential ambition. Reacting to comments by Governor Wike that he does not have what it takes to be the Governor of Kogi, Melaye accused Wike of mismanaging Rivers’ resources, saying his prison uniform is being sewn. According to Melaye, “the pain…
JUST IN: Tension As Man Slumps, Dies By Roadside Tension As Man Slumps, Dies By Roadside A yet to be identified man has slumped and died by the roadside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident happened, Tuesday, at Rumuigbo Junction area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The development has caused regrets and worries among residents who witnessed the pathetic development. It was gathered that the yet to be identified man in his early sixties was walking by the roadside and later fell on the walkway. A source, who gave her name simply as Grace narrated that…
Many Feared Killed As Varsity Shuttle Collides With Truck Many Feared Killed As Varsity Shuttle Collides With Truck No fewer than twelve persons, mostly women, died in an accident on Tuesday in Ebonyi. The incident, it was gathered, happened along the Ezillo axis of the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed the accident. According to its Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Uche Chukwurah, the accident involved a shuttle bus and truck. She said 12 of the 14 passengers in the bus died while two injured persons were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA) for…
JUST IN: Jubilation As Nigerian Troops Kill Top Bandit Leader, Others, Recover Cash, Guns, Others, Photos Jubilation As Nigerian Troops Kill Top Bandit Leader, Others, Recover Cash, Guns, Others Troops of Operation Forest Sanity under 1 Division Nigerian Army have killed a bandit leader identified as Isiya Danwasa and his men in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The troops reportedly recovered a motorcycle, weapons and cash from the bandits. Before he was killed, Danwasa was said to be responsible for several killings, kidnappings and cattle rustling operations across the state. Confirming the incident in a statement on…
BREAKING: Former Anambra Governor Is Dead Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Former Anambra Governor Is Dead The former Anambra State Governor, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju popularly known as Odera, has died. Mbadinuju who was Anambra State Governor from 1999 to 2003 died on Tuesday morning at the age of 78. His family announced his demise in a statement signed by his son, Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Cheta said the former governor died at the “National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness”. The statement is titled: “Notification of the Transition of DR Chinwoke Mbadinuju (ODERA).” It reads, “With heavy hearts but utmost…