Archive for month: December, 2023

Nigerian singer, Afeez Fashola, widely known as Naira Marley, is seeking a public apology from Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, for alleged defamation and libel. The singer has also threatened to sue for N500 million if Ojo does not apologise. Naira Marley, represented by his legal counsel, Olalekan Ojo, issued...

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The Senate has kn%cked the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Doris Nkiruka-Anite Uzoka, over the allocation of N1billion for a foreign trip to Geneva, Switzerland, in the 2024 budget. Uzoka appeared before the Senate Committee on Trade on Tuesday, December 12, to defend her budget. The minister told...

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The Federal Government has disclosed that it has mortgage plans for Nigerians in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arch. Ahmed Dangiwa disclosed this when he received the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and some Management Staff...

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A final year student of Delta State Polytechnic Otefe-Oghara (DESPO), identified as Ishie Abraham, has allegedly been sh%t d£ad by his landlord, one Ajiri Felix Ajaska. The deceased, a student from the Department of Computer Science, was sh%t and k+lled on Tuesday, December 12, during an altercation with the...

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A 22-year-old female health worker, identified as Florence Vandi, has ended it all in the Viniklang community in the Girei LGA of Adamawa State. Florence, who was attached to Girei Primary Health Care Centre, ended it all by con§¥ming a poi§%nous substance on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. The PPRO...

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Unknown g¥nmen have abd¥cted a popular Lagos businessman, Ejike Autos, at his plaza in Ladipo spare part market. It was gathered that the g¥nmen stuck at about 1 AM on Saturday, December 9, 2023. According to a source, “He and his boys were offloading some goods on Saturday night...

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged $6 billion fr@ud. The minister, who served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2003, was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency over an alleged case of...

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President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian doctors in diaspora to come back home and serve their people. He said that his administration is prioritising and improving Nigeria’s health sector through massive investments and an increased allocation of funds to the sector in the proposed 2024 budget. The president made...

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation, Beta Edu, has said the N532.5 billion allocated to her ministry in the 2024 budget will not be enough to fi¥ht poverty in the country. Edu said this on Tuesday, December 12, when she appeared before the Joint National Assembly Committee...

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Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that powerful Nigerians behind illegal mining are those sponsoring banditry and kidn@ppings in the country. Alake said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals for the 2024 budget defence in Abuja on Tuesday, December...

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