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Court sends IGP to 3 months prison sentence for contempt
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has been sentenced to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sentenced the IGP to prison on Tuesday. Justice Olajuwon issued the order following a suit filed by a former police officer, Patrick Okoli who claimed he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the…
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Atiku campaign demands resignation of CJN over comment on PDP G5 Governors
Presidential Campaign Management Committee (PCMC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked for the resignation of Chief Justice of the Federation, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. In a statement by its spokesperson, Senator Dino Melaye on Tuesday, the PDP campaign body accused the CJN of breaking the provisions of the Code of Conduct for judicial officers. They accused him of…
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Yemi Alade rues loss of money, personal effects in Abidjan as thieves raid her hotel
Singer Yemi Alade, was upbeat about her visit to Abidjan over the weekend where she had gone to perform as one of the musical artistes of the Creative Africa Nexus show. The show had in attendance top artistes and other creatives across Africa and was sponsored by Orange Telecom, the largest network in Ivory Coast. Yemi Alade lamented that some…
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We should not wash dirty linen in public, Jada Pollock tells Wizkid
Jada Pollock, manager and baby mama of afro hip-hop sensation, Wizkid, has warned him not to bring their personal matter to the social media The warning came after Wizkid tweeted on his single status Monday night. Jada reminded Wizkid that it will not end well for both of them if the social media became arena for their personal matters. Wizkid…
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Remembering Michael Anyiam-Osigwe, a remarkable man 8years after, By George Anyiam-Osigwe
MCAO dedicated his life from 1998 to the time of his transition to eternal glory in 2014 in search of a holistic approach to human existence and development. In 1998, the family and friends of Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe resolved to evolve a process by which his postulations on knowledge and existence could be subjected to wider intellectual evaluation. Since…
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Buhari writes Senate, seeks legal framework for social investment programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the legalisation and institutionalisation of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). In the letter to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Mr Buhari requested the Senate to consider and approve an executive bill forwarded to it to that effect. “Pursuant to Section 8(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
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Tinubu denies plans to relocate FCT to Lagos as President
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied having any plans to relocate the Federal Capital Territory from its present location in Abuja back to Lagos. Tinubu in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Bayo Onanuga, said such rumours were from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and…
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Benin Bronzes: Nigeria hails ‘great day’ as London museum signs over looted objects
A UK museum’s signing over of its collection of objects looted from the Kingdom of Benin is “a really great day”, the head of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments has told the BBC. The Horniman Museum in south-east London is returning 72 items, including so-called Benin Bronzes, to Nigerian ownership – making it the first in the UK…
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Shrinking of Lake Chad: The world according to the Obidients, By Ayo Akanji
Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. — Paul Brunton Nigeria’s political space has suffered an avalanche of mob action by the novel, neophyte, and somewhat organized Obidient movement — the ardent supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential…
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APC PCC denies apologising to Donald Duke, refutes fake news
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted news making the rounds that it apologised to former Cross Rivers State Governor, Donald Duke The APC PCC in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicit,y Bayo Onanuga said he did not authorise any apology statement to Duke as against what’s in circulation. “Our attention has…
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