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41-Year Old Professor Of Law, Aisha Maikudi, Emerges UniAbuja’s Acting VC
Following the end of the tenure of Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the 6th Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on June 30, 2024, the Senate of the University has elected Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution pending the inauguration of t...
Ex—Konga CEO, Nick Imudia, Kills Self In Lagos Home
Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by su***de. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his dea...
Tinubu Approves Upgrade Of Ibadan Airport To International Status
President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan airport, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday. The governor said his administration’s efforts to have the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, upgraded to an international airport have yielded positive results, stressing that the upgrade w...
Rivers Crisis: We’ll Seek The Intervention Of President Tinubu — Orji Kalu Tells Gov Fubara
The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, says he will work with his colleagues in the red chamber to seek President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis in Rivers state. Kalu spoke on Wednesday when he led a delegation...
How Anambra State Security Votes Were Diverted Into Private Accounts Under Obiano — Witnesses
Tochukwu Aloysius Nnadi and Chinwe Patricia Ebunam, prosecution witnesses in the trial of Willie Obiano, an ex-Anambra State governor, have told the Federal High Court in Abuja that millions from the state’s security vote account were channeled to multiple private entities under the former governo...
How My Opponents Plotted To Use Explosion To Force Emergency Rule In Rivers — Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said his opponents tried to use a dynamite attack to give the impression that the state is unsafe, and by extension make another case for State of Emergency. Recall that amid the ongoing Local Government Area crisis rocking the state, the All Progressiv...
PHOTOS: Senator Orji Kalu Visits Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara
The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Sim Fubara at Government House, Port Harcourt. Kalu, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization disclosed this through....
Bandits Attack Mosque In Zamfara, Shoot Imam, Kill Two, Abduct Worshipers
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Tuesday, attacked a Mosque in Tazame village, Bungudu local government Area of Zamfara state. Two worshipers observing morning prayers were killed, while 17 were reportedly abducted. A resident in the area, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen on Wednesday that the....
BREAKING: Fire Outbreak Reported At Dangote Refinery In Lagos
There was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in the Lekki Free Zone, Lagos. Reacting to the incident, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, disclosed in a statement sent to Vanguard that the fire has been contained and there is no....
Bandits Tell Benue Community To Pay N20m Levy Or Face Attack
Residents of Torough community in Ukum Local Goverment Area of Benue State are now selling their farm produce to raise the N20 million tax slammed on them by bandits or face serious attack. According to The Punch, some members of the community told journalists that the local militias have threatened...
El-Rufai Sues Kaduna Assembly Over N432bn Probe
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sued the Kaduna State House of Assembly over the latter’s claim that N432 billion was siphoned during his eight-year administration, leaving the state with huge debt liabilities. According to Daily Trust, El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal Hi...
PHOTOS: Gov Otti Attends Davido, Chioma’s Wedding
On Tuesday, 25th June, 2024, Governor Alex Otti attended the wedding ceremony of the multiple Award-Winning Nigerian Afrobeat Sensation and Pop Super Star, David Adeleke A.k.A. Davido dubbed in Lagos. The Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Chioma attended and gra...
Rivers Crisis: Southern Governors Back Governor Sim Fubara
Governors of the southern region of the country have declared support for the position of Governor Siminalayi Fubara on the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State. Speaking on the political upheaval in Rivers State based on the tenure of local government chairmen, the chairman of the So...
PHOTOS: Davido Sheds Tears As Chioma’s Father Blesses Union
It was an emotional rollercoaster for Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, AKA Davido, as he walked down the aisle with his bride, Chioma Rowland, in Lagos on Tuesday. A video that emerged online captured the moment the ‘Assurance’ hitmaker broke into tears amidst cheers from his groomsmen. His wife, ...
‘Don’t Spray Naira, Do It In Dollars’, Cubana Chief Priest Warns Those Attending Chioma, Davido’s Wedding
Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has advised guests at singer Davido’s and Chioma Rowland’s traditional wedding to refrain from spraying Naira notes. The Afrobeats star and Chioma’s star-studded wedding is ongoing at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. Cubana Chief Priest’s ad...
Court Strikes Out Charge Against Cubana Chief Priest, Orders Him to Pay N10m, Campaign Against Naira Abuse
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, struck out a charge against celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest), over alleged abuse of the Naira. The judge struck out the charge following the adoption of terms of settlement between Cubana and the Econo...
Check Your Facts Before Commenting, Sokoto Govt Tells Vice President, Kashim Shettima Over Statement On Sultan
The Sokoto state government has asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to always cross check facts before commenting on sensitive national matters. Responding to the warning publicly made by the Vice President at the Northwest Security summit in Katsina on Monday, the state government said the Vice Pr...
Suspected Thief Electrocuted Inside FAAN Powerhouse At Lagos Airport
A middle-aged man who attempted to steal electrical cables and other equipment inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was electrocuted. The man whose identity could not be ascertained had found his way into the power-generating building and had begun disconnecting....
BORNO: Boko Haram Abducts High Court Judge, Wife, Aides
A judge of the Borno State High Court, Justice Haruna Mshelia, was, on Monday, abducted at Jiba town, along Biu-Maiduguri road in Borno State. The judge, working at the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri, was abducted alongside his wife, driver and orderly. They were together in the same vehicle wh...
Shoprite To Close Abuja Branch By June 30, Blames Business Climate
The Retail Supermarket Nigeria Limited (RSNL), owner of Shoprite, has announced that it would cease operations at its Wuse store located in Novare Wuse Central Mall, Abuja from 30 June. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Folakemi Fadahunsi, said in a circular titled ‘Notification of Novare W...
Bandits Kill Usmanu Danfodiyo Varsity’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Yusuf Saidu
Bandits have killed Professor Yusuf Saidu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation, and Development at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS). The university disclosed this tragic incident in a statement on Monday. According to Leadership, Professor Saidu was attacked and killed while...
BREAKING: Gov Otti Fires Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, Appoints Ukoho Kalu As Replacement
Governor Alex Otti Fires Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, Appoints Ukoho Kalu As Replacement. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has fired his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, to journalists after the State Executive Council meetin....
Angry Rivers Youths Destroy Statue Of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike In Obio/Akpor Council Area (Photos, Video)
Supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State have destroyed the statue of former governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Obio/Akpor is the local government area of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. On Tuesday, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rive...
Board Appointments: Abia APC Write Tinubu, Reject Nomination Of Ohuabunwa, Others, Say Only Two Are Party Members
Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abia State Chapter under the aegis of Abia APC Stakeholders Forum (AASF) have rejected all other nominees for appointments into the various governing boards/councils of Tertiary institutions in Nigeria except two nominations. The Forum stated th...
Wayne Rooney appointed Plymouth Argyle head coach
Championship side Plymouth Argyle have appointed former England captain Wayne Rooney as their new head coach. The 38-year-old succeeds Ian Foster, who was sacked on 1 April after a poor run of results. It is Rooney’s first role since he was sacked by Birmingham City on 2 January after a disappoint...
Labour Party Suspends National Chairman Julius Abure
The Edo state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure. According to Channels Television, this is following the party’s state executive ratifying Abure’s membership suspension from Arue, Ward 3, Esan North-East Local Government Area, as conveye...
Sanusi Lamido and Kano’s Royal Ding-Dong, By Farooq A. Kperogi
Sanusi Lamido and Kano’s Royal Ding-Dong, By Farooq A. Kperogi By Farooq A. Kperogi Kano’s Muhammad Sanusi II has been rethroned the exact way he was initially enthroned and dethroned: in the melting pot of the politics of vengeance and recrimination. And he just might be dethroned yet again by ...
Four Years After Dethronement, Ex–CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido, Reinstated As Emir Of Kano
Four years after Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Mallam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the Art Chamber of the Ka...
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N10bn Abia Airport: The Truth We Found Out [Documents]
Amidst the raging debate about the N10bn purportedly spent by the previous Abia State government on airport, we took a deep dive into what transpired and unearthed several documents to support our position. While it’s true that the past administration had proposed to spend the said sum in the cons...
E-Money Speaks On Alleged Romantic Affair With Junior Pope’s Wife
Businessman, Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as E-money, has broken his silence on the allegation of having a romantic affair with the wife of late Nollywood actor, Junior Pope. Recall that two social media users and some Instagram blogs had boldly accused E-money of being partly responsible for the....
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