Archive for year: 2023

The National Dr¥g Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA said Amobi was arrested on Saturday, December 30, at the departure point of...

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said that a sizeable chunk of the major investments in many parts of Nigeria are Igbo-owned. Speaking at an event in Bende, Abia State, on Friday, December 29, the lawmaker said: “Between 1956 and 1965, the then Eastern region...

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A popular Canada-based Nigerian lawyer, Ayokunle Odekunle, has di£d after a prolonged b@ttle with gastric cancer. The legal practitioner, who had extensive milieu in social commentary, passed away on Friday, December 29, in Alberta. This comes three weeks after he took to X to lamented his inability to see...

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Many employers of labour, including individuals and corporate bodies, risk being jailed for delay or nonpayment of their employees’ salaries following a new proposed bill at the House of Representatives. The Bill, entitled: Employees Remuneration Protection Bill, 2023, is sponsored by a member representing Agege federal constituency of Lagos...

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A High Court sitting in Bauchi State sentenced a 50-year-old man, Yusuf Bako, to life imprisonment for r+ping a 4-year-old girl inside a mosque. Bako, who was earlier arrested in 2020, was accused of committing the hid£ous crime during the COVID-19 lockdown. It was learnt that he had previously...

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President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the nation is in good hands as his administration is working hard to give them the best economy and opportunities they can imagine Tinubu gave the assurance at the State House in Marina, Lagos State, on Wednesday, December 27, during a town...

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Reality TV Star Doyin has revealed that the way a man can prove his love to a woman without spending a dime is to leave her for a man who has the resources to spoil her. She made the statement after a fan queried her about how a man...

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The acting governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will on Wednesday, December 27, be sworn in as the governor of the state. The sworn-in ceremony is billed to hold in Akure, the state capital, just hours after governor Rotimi Akeredolu di£d of leukemia at the age of 67. According...

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The embattled former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been accused of using ill-gotten wealth to acquire banks for himself through proxies. According to CBN’s investigator, Jim Obazee, Emefiele used proxies to acquire Union Bank of Nigeria for Titan Trust Bank Limited, as well as Keystone...

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Comedian who claims to have been Actor Emeka Ike’s PA has said marriage isn’t easy , as he speaks about his former boss. He said during the period of working with him as his P.A 2006, he treated him so well and one thing  he knew about him is his...

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