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14 Feb
Nigerian music legend, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has found himself at the centre of fresh controversy as his mother, Rose Idibia, has publicly pleaded with Nigerians to help her beg Edo lawmaker, Natasha Osawuru, to leave her son alone. A viral video of Mrs. Idibia surfaced online on Thursday evening, where she passionately…
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The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) has written to the United Nations through the Office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria over the lingering crisis in the Nigerian Senate, resulting from allegations of sexual assault levelled against the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a letter dated…
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The Bank of Industry (BOI) has launched a special intervention programme, Project Guaranteed Loans for Women (GLOW), valued at ₦10 billion to support female entrepreneurs across the country. The bank’s Managing Director, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, announced the initiative on Thursday in Lagos, stating that the funding “aims to bridge the financial inclusion gap for women…
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Following the temporary suspension of petroleum product sales in naira by Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the Arewa Youth Assembly has called on Dangote Petroleum Refinery to disclose the actual cost of producing a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The group stated that the move by Dangote to halt the supply of petroleum products in naira…
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The lawmaker representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency, Rep. Chinedu Obika, has urged the federal government to experiment with state police in the FCT. Obika made the call in Abuja on Thursday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the FCT was an ideal place to experiment the age-long agitation of…
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Former presidential candidate and Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on members of his party in the National Assembly to uphold the integrity of Nigeria’s democracy amid the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi, in a statement on Thursday, referred to Tinubu's action as an "unconstitutional…
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The Nigerian Senate has gone into a closed-door session to deliberate on President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State and the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officials. The closed session was announced on Thursday after Senate President Godswill Akpabio read a letter from President Tinubu during plenary. The letter…
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A university don, Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor, has called for the establishment of more molecular diagnostic laboratories across the nation to ensure the quick detection of emerging tropical diseases of epidemic and pandemic proportions. Agbonlahor made the call at the Maiden Lecture Series titled *Emerging and Resurging Epidemic/Pandemic-Prone Diseases Caused by Pathogenic Microbes and Superbugs* of…
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The Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says all its 18 democratically elected chairmen are with the PDP contrary to reports that they have defected to the APC.Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary of Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, said on Thursday in Benin City that those claimed to have defected were not local government chairmen…
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Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers was done in good faith. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, stated this in an interview chat with journalists on Thursday in Osogbo. The APC chieftain, while defending Tinubu’s decision,…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside other key political figures, has announced the formation of a new opposition coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Thursday, where Atiku, flanked by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir…