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The Lagos State Police Command has re-arrested afro singer, Ibrahim Owodunni, professionally known as Primeboy and the late Mohbad’s friend. Primeboy was arrested on Tuesday during his routine visit to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. He was at the SCID alongside Ayobami Fisayo, professionally known as Spending. It was gathered that Primeboy and Spending had been asked to ...
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March, 2024
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13 March
Jarigbe exposes N500m allocation per Senator
Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that ranking senators got N500m each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly.. According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate, is considered a ranking senator. On the list of senators in ...
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13 March
Akpabio laments Senate’s damaged integrity
The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, in his initial comment before the debate noted that Nigerians were bashing the Senate but Ningi insisted and refused to apologise to the Senate. Akpabio said, “Nigerians are bashing the Senate. Many Nigerians will never in future come back to respect this chamber. The integrity of this chamber has been totally damaged and we wanted ...
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12 March
Nigerian Breweries increases prices of beer again, 2nd time in 3 wks
Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced another increment in the price of its products after the previous increase in February. Earlier ,the company issued a new price review notification to all its customers in the West Zone. According to a letter dated Monday, February 12, 2024, the price review, effective from Monday, February 19, 2024, is deemed necessary to offset the ...
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12 March
Northern senators disown Ningi over N3.7tn budget padding
Senators under the Northern Senators Forum dismissed the claims made by Ningi. In a statement signed by a cross-section of lawmakers across different Northern zones, they said they were a part of the passing of the budget and would not discredit their collective effort. Senators Iyal Abbas from Adamawa, Ibrahim Bomoi from Yobe, Abdullahi Yar’ Adua, and four others, have ...
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12 March
Sen. Ningi insists 2024 budget, highest Padded in history
The Bauchi senator, has maintained his position on Monday that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget. Responding to reports that there were plans to suspend him, he noted that he was ready to bear the brunt of his statement even if the punishment that came with it was to get him suspended. “I am not afraid ...
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12 March
Jimoh Ibrahim calls for Ningi’s arrest !
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim has called for the arrest of Ningi, on the grounds that the lawmaker was attempting to breach the peace at the National Assembly, among other concerns. The Lawmaker representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim (APC), also said he will prosecute his colleague for misinforming the public and lying against the Senate. He said, “What Ningi said is very ...
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12 March
Ningi’s N3.7tn padded 2024 budget allegations: Demand for Probe increase
The All Progressive Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and some other political parties on Monday, called for a thorough probe into the allegation made by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population, Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), that N3.7tn was padded in the 2024 budget. The Senate through its spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) had however refuted the claim, ...
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12 March
Ambode’s chef absconds to remote Osun village with valuables, arrested !
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Victor Abayomi, a chef to the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, for allegedly stealing valuables worth millions of naira at the former governor’s Ikoyi residence. He absconded to Old Garage, Molorundo Local Government Area, Osun State, where he was arrested Chief Magistrate Mr Peter Nwaka, who ...
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12 March
Actor with houses in Lekki, VI, are into something else – Afolayan alleges
Amidst the trend of actors acquiring luxurious properties in upscale areas of Lagos, Aremu Afolayan remains skeptical about the source of their wealth. In an interview with Saturday Beats, the actor expressed doubts regarding the financial gains solely from their craft. He emphasized that Nigerians often readily accept information, especially when it circulates online. However, Afolayan pointed out that many ...
