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August, 2023

  • 19 August

    Lawyer jailed 6 Mths for Libeling Dangote Cement

    A lawyer, mr Augustine Addeh of Mokidi and Co. law firm has been jailed for six months’. The imprisonment over a defamatory publication against Dangote Cement Plc Dangote Group, in a statement, noted the convict, Augustine Addeh of Mokidi and Co law firm, had caused the publication of an advert in The Nation Newspaper of Friday, November 6, 2015, where ...

  • 16 August

    Tinubu assigns Portfolios to all ministers..see list

    Nyesom Wike – FCT Minister Festus Keyamo – Minister of Aviation Adebayo Adelabu- Minister Of Power Adegboyega Oyetola – Minister of Transportation Dele Alake- Minister of Solid Minerals Muhammed Idris – Minister of Information Mohammed Badaru- Minister of Defence Minister of State, Defense – Bello Mattawale Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun Minister of ...

  • 15 August

    20 Fresh Charges Against Emefiele, Arm charges withdrawn, Tinubu comments

    The Federal Government has filed 20 fresh charges against the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The FG on Tuesday also sought to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms filed against Emefiele at a Federal High Court in Lagos. On July 25, Emefiele was arraigned on a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms ...

  • 15 August

    NLC vows to Shut Down The Country If Petrol Price Rises Again!

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down the country over the speculations that the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol. This was made known at a meeting in Abuja, where the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, described the move as “illegal.” Earlier in the day , This medium reported ” Depreciation of the naira is ...

  • 15 August

    Nigerian Airforce (NAF) Aircraft crashes on its way to Niger

    An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed. Sources on Monday disclosed that the aircraft took off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the Niger State capital, when the incident occurred. A statement signed by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the tragedy on Monday. “A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on ...

  • 15 August

    Zazuh, Portable confirms dating Alafin wife… boast “After king na king”

    If the King wasn’t dead, you wouldn’t see me with her” Portable opens up on his affair with Late Alaafin of Oyo’s wife, Queen DamiNigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola better known as Portable has finally opened up on his alleged affair with the Late Alaafin of Oyo’s, wife, Queen Dami. There had been news that the former Alaafin’s wife is ...

  • 15 August

    Tinubu, CBN make u-turn, intervene in forex

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is facing reality, as naira exchange rate keep against Dolla keep rising dangerously. He agree that there is an urgent need to tame rapid price rises. The local currency has already been plunging since the CBN allowed it to trade more freely in June Regarding the CBN’s responsibility in the market, Shonubi said, “The role of ...

  • 15 August

    Army worries over constant soldiers, LASTMA officials clash

    The Nigerian Army said it would begin a campaign for traffic compliance amongst its officers as no fewer than five yet-to-be-identified soldiers attacked an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency on Monday. A 31-second viral video showed the soldiers with scarves to conceal their identities, and at least two civilians, one of whom also masked his face, attacking ...

  • 15 August

    Plot to return deposed Sanusi thickens, Kano Emir Bayero booed

    In what analysts have describe as part of the grand plot, to bring back the deposed Kano Emir, Sanusi. Young set of people, crowd suspected to be miscreants booed the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero at a public event on Sunday. The incident happened at the re-commissioning of the Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital by the state governor, Abba Kabir ...

  • 14 August

    Critic pinpoints several errors in JagunJagun

    On Jagunjagun: No Comment Yesterday, a friend asked for my views on the new movie in Yoruba language, Jagunjagun, and I did not hesitate to state that it was loud on costume and artistic expressions, most especially alliteration, and low in historical value. I am a historian and movies purpotedly Yoruba movies, are of interest to me. I look for ...