Month: August 2023

Tinubu may sacrifice you – Atiku’s aide warns Wike

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Daniel Bwala, an aide to the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Bola Tinubu may be forced to sacrifice the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  Nyesom Wike if he goes ahead with his planned demolition of structures in the FCT. Nigeria News Mark reports that Wike, upon assuming office on Monday, vowed to demolish houses constructed illegally within the FCT. He said, “All those people who are distorting the Masterplan of Abuja, too bad. If you know you have built where you are not supposed to…

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Super Falcons’ Uchenna Kanu, Esther Okoronkwo, others visit Alex Otti

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Abia State Governor Alex Otti on Tuesday hosted four Abia-born Super Falcons players in his country home at Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. Otti made this known in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday and also shared photos. He said, “Yesterday, I received our Super Falcons players from Abia State (Uchenna Kanu, Esther Okoronkwo, Christy Ucheibe, and Glory Ogbonna), who made their mark at the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. “Although luck may not have been…

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Emefiele’s brothers withdraw case against AGF, DSS

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George and Okanta Emefiele, brothers of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, have withdrawn a case they filed against the government. The defendants in the case were specifically the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out the case following its withdrawal. The Emefiele brothers took the AGF and the DSS to court over the alleged infringement on their fundamental human rights on account of…

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Afrobeats lacks substance – Burna Boy

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Singer Burna Boy has claimed that the Afrobeats genre has no substance. The Grammy Award winner stated this during an Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe which was released on Tuesday, stating that the genre has no substance and is just about a “great time”. “Afrobeats as people call it is mostly about nothing, literally nothing. There’s no substance to it. Nobody is talking about anything. It’s just a great time, it’s an amazing time,” he said.

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Ministerial Appointment: Hon Blessing Nwagba Congratulates Hon Onyejeocha…urges her to make the womenfolk proud… thanks president Tinubu for more women inclusion in cabinet

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Mandy Park Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba, the All Progressives Congress, APC senatorial candidate for Abia South in the February 25 senatorial election, has congratulated her friend and sister, Hon Nkeiruka Onyejeocha OON, on her recent appointment and successful Inauguration as the Honourable Minister of State for Labour and Employment. She also commended president Bola Tinubu for the opportunity given to more women to serve in his cabinet. In her message of goodwill made available to the press, Dr Nwagba, a former member of Abia State House of Assembly and chieftain…

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Super Falcons star Michelle Alozie shares picture with Davido

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Super Falcons defender Michelle Alozie has shared a picture of herself with Afrobeat star Davido. The 26-year-old, on Tuesday, shared a picture of herself and Davido holding up her Falcons’ jersey in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Alozie tagged the DMW star in the post with a handshake emoji. 🤝🏾 @davido pic.twitter.com/skksr1cpuR — michelle alozie (@alozieee) August 22, 2023

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UK charges Diezani with bribery

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Ex-minister of petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences in the United Kingdom relating to her former office in Nigeria. Mrs Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday that she will appear in court in the British on October 2. Soon after her arrest, her family’s lawyer told AFP she would strongly contest corruption allegations that have dogged her during and after her time in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. The…

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Yemi Alade survives car crash

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Singer Yemi Alade has survived a car crash in Spain. She revealed this through an Instagram post on Tuesday. The crash happened on August 17. She also revealed through the post that she had a medical emergency after a performance seven hours before the car crash. Yemi attributed her survival to God, adding that nothing is too complicated for him. “On the 17th of August, we were in a car crash, somewhere between barcelona and benicassim in Spain at 12:06(noon). i also experienced a minor medical emergency from exhaustion after performing on…

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Nigeria inter-faith leaders vow to advance collaboration for peace building…,say our humanity supersedes our differences

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Mandy Park Faith leaders across the different religious bodies in Nigeria, today, Tuesday, 22 August at a one day seminar in Lagos vowed to advance interfaith collaboration for peace building and peaceful coexistence amongst people of divergent creed. This is as they noted further that our humanity supersedes our differences The one day seminar and capacity building for the faith leaders, was organized by an Abuja-based Non Governmental Organization, Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria. The event, which held at the LEBC Conference Room of the Baptist Academy Compound in Obanikoro, Lagos,…

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What I will advise President Tinubu to do— Dame Blessing Nwagba, PhD.

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…says dwindling number of female parliamentarians at the National Assembly worrisome Dame (Dr) Blessing Nwagba, bold, courageous and unassuming grassroots politician, has represented Aba North Constituency twice in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).She later moved to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and was the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 elections.  In the 2023 elections, she ran a colourful campaign for the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), battling it out with the state…

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