The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has knocked Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for describing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a “Nollywood actor.” SaharaReporters had reported that El-Rufai while featuring on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout on Thursday, had described Obi as a Nollywood actor who was incapable of winning the …
Gunmen have attacked some state security operatives on patrol on old Enugu-Onitsha road in Abagana community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State and killed two of the operatives. Narrating the incident, an eyewitness and resident of the community who did not disclose his identity said the gunmen suspected to be members of a …
Nigerian senior lawyer and social development activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has raised the alarm over an alleged threat to his life, even though he is not affiliated to any political party in the country. Adegboruwa said his life is being threatened just because he has maintained his advocacy for better Nigeria where justice and peace …
Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South in the Nigerian Senate, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Governor of Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele for disobeying the resolution of the federal legislature. Tofowomo on Saturday in a release noted that in his senatorial district for example, there were many unbanked residents …
Gunmen on Friday night invaded the residence of the Kaduna State Labour Party’s (LP) House of Representatives candidate for Lere Federal Constituency, Suleiman Tambaya, killing two persons. The incident occurred at about 10:00p.m at Tambaya’s residence at Gure village in Lere Local Government Area of the state when he was away at a political meeting …
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Nigerian Army, Senator Muhammadu Ndume, has said the naira redesign and cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is affecting the strategic operations of troops at the front line of insecurity in the country. Ndume while speaking to newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno State, …
Environmental groups have condemned the Brazilian Navy for the sinking of its former flagship aircraft carrier in the Atlantic on Friday. The decommissioned ship was initially slated to be dismantled for scrap metal in Turkey, but was refused entry, RT reports. The “planned and controlled sinking” of the 32,800-ton ‘Sao Paulo’ took place late in …
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Chief Okey Ahaiwe on Saturday emerged winner of the rerun Governorship Primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State for the March 11 election. Ahaiwe scored 496 votes to win the re run PDP primary following the death of the former candidate, Prof Uche Ikonne. Edo State Governor, Goodwin Obaseki, who chaired …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has adjourned till March 16, 2023 for the continuation of hearing in the suit challenging the appointment of Mrs Stella Okotete as the Executive Director, Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM).
Gunmen terrorising Imo State and other parts of the South-East region of Nigeria, in the early hours of Saturday attacked the country home of the Labour Party’s Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State House of Assembly, Nnaemeka Obiaraeri, setting his house, cars, and those of his father and uncles ablaze. Confirming the incident in …
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