2023 Guber Poll: Nigerian Governor Shares Expired COVID-19 Palliatives To Civil Servants 2023 Guber Poll: Nigerian Governor Shares Expired COVID-19 Palliatives To Civil Servants Governor Dapo Abiodun on Saturday began sharing expired foodstuff to civil servants in Ogun State as part of his moves to solicit their support for his second term bid. The foodstuffs, Peoples Gazette gathered, is part of the COVID-19 palliatives earlier withheld from the citizenry by the state government. The governor also authorised the disbursement of N5,000 to the state workers on Wednesday, funds which were a part of the federal government’s relief package. Mr Abiodun’s…
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Woman Slumps After Court Refuses To Reconcile Her With Husband Woman Slumps After Court Refuses To Reconcile Her With Husband A distressed woman of Marapodi compound in Lusaka, Zambia collapsed at the Matero Local Court after her polygamous husband refused to go on with their marriage, saying his faith does not allow him to have two wives. According to Zambia Observer, it took several female passers-by to resuscitate Jane Zulu, 33, who fainted after walking a few steps out of the court room presided over by a magistrate, Gaston Kalala. Jane dragged Gilbert Zulu, 42, to court hoping to get…
EXCLUSIVE: Real Reason Why CBN Is Silent On The Supreme Court Ruling Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that the old notes are to remain legal tender till December 31st 2023. Despite this, the old Naira notes are still not accepted as legal tender. In this episode, we look at the real reason why everyone is unsure of the status of the Old Naira Note.
Nigeria’s Dangerously Rising Post-election Ethnic Tension, Farooq Kperogi Nigeria’s Dangerously Rising Post-election Ethnic Tension, Farooq Kperogi I wasn’t born in the First Republic (i.e., 1960 to 1966) and hadn’t come of age in the Second Republic (i.e., 1979 to 1983), so when I say this year’s presidential election represents the most toxic brew of ethnic and religious chauvinism Nigeria’s democracy has ever had, I’m talking within the limits of my experiential reality. The three major candidates in the election exploited, to varying degrees, Nigeria’s primordial fault lines to enhance their chances of winning. We’re now contending with the aftershocks of…
Man Killed Wife, Daughter Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Killed Wife, Daughter Barry Chayi, a 29-year-old bricklayer who allegedly killed his estranged wife and severed one of the hands of his eight-year-old daughter with an axe in the Kampala community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, tells JAMES ABRAHAM why he took the action Where are you from and what do you do for a living? I live in the Kampala community in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. I’m a mason. How long were you married to your wife? I married her…
JUST IN: Presidential Election Results To Affect Governorship Polls In 10 States Presidential Election Results To Affect Governorship Polls In 10 States The forthcoming governorship elections in no fewer than 10 states have been upended by the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election which exposed the limits to the strength of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in states like Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa and Gombe. In opposition controlled states like Delta, Enugu and Benue, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) also performed abysmally, raising the prospects of a third force emerging victorious in the governing and state assembly…
Terrorist’s Commander, Wife, Suppliers Arrested Terrorist’s Commander, Wife, Suppliers Arrested The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has arrested a terrorist commander, his wife, four children and arms runners in the Northeast. It also foiled plans by terrorists to disrupt the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Director Defence Media Operations Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami briefed reporters on troops’ activities and operations. He said: “Notably, on 24 February 2023, an intelligence report revealed terrorist convergence with plans to attack some locations in Kauwa, Gamboru and Monguno in Borno State in a bid to disrupt the 2023 general elections. “Consequently, a series of air…
JUST IN: After Rejecting House Of Reps Certificate Of Return, Gbajabiamila Get New Appointment After Rejecting House Of Reps Certificate Of Return, Gbajabiamila Get New Appointment Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila is a leading candidate for the post of chief of staff to president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the next administration. Gbajabiamila was conspicuously missing at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, on Wednesday when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented certificates of return to elected members of the 10th House of Representatives. Gbajabiamila was re-elected to represent Surulere 1 federal constituency, Lagos, for the…
I Will Never Accept Senatorial Seat – Another New Elected Lawmaker Rejects Certificate Of Return I Will Never Accept Senatorial Seat – Another New Elected Lawmaker Rejects Certificate Of Return Ibrahim Shekarau, the lawmaker representing Kano Central Senatorial district, has insisted that he will not accept the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Senatorial seat. The former governor was reacting to his declaration as winner of Kano Central Senatorial district on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party by the Independent National Electoral Commission after the February 25 presidential and parliamentary elections The former governor of Kano State who didn’t…
BREAKING: Abuja Monarch Slumps, Dies In Palace, Photo Abuja Monarch Slumps, Dies In Palace, Photo Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead. A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the monarch’s death to our reporter on Thursday night. He said the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers, within his palace. According to Abdullahi, the monarch slumped suddenly and his aides rushed him to Abaji General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “Immediately he slumped, they moved him…