Former United States president, Barack Obama has stated that increased access to abortion is one of the signs that the American democracy was growing. He lamented on Tuesday that there is still work to do in areas of abortion rights, gun control and LGBTQ rights, among others. He wrote ...
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JUST IN: Fifty APC Leaders Withdraw Support From Governor Oyetola 11 Days To Osun Election
The Osun governor election slated for Saturday, July 16, may not be a walk in the park for Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The reason is that some APC members, even leaders, have diverted their support to Akin Ogunbiyi, the candidate of the Accord Party ...
Read More »JUST IN: Winner To Get N100m Prize As Big Brother Naija Season 7 Begins July 23
Multichoice Nigeria has announced that season 7 of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show will commence on July 23, 2022. The winner of this season will walk away with N100 million prize at the end of the show. The anchor, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, also confirmed the news in a ...
Read More »2023: Why the Obidient movement is a useless one – Asari Dokubo
Asari Dokubo, a former Niger Delta militant, on Tuesday said the Obidient movement of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a futile one ¡°because it is going nowhere¡±. Speaking in a Facebook Live monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, Dokubo said Obi does not have the pedigree ...
Read More »ICPC: Buratai Denies Links To N175,706,500, $220,965, G-Wagon, Other Properties
A former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai has denied links to monies and properties recently seized in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Recall that the ICPC had raided a property in the Wuse 2 area ...
Read More »JUST IN: Lagos Govt shuts Redeemers School over drowning of pupil
The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Monday evening said it has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba. The government said the school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials ¨C in line with ...
Read More »FG Cancels Training Contract For Ex-Niger Delta Militants
The Federal Government has revoked the training contract awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) to train former Niger Delta militants. The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col.Milland Dikio (retd), made this known in a statement on Sunday signed by his spokesman, Neotabase Egbe. Dikio stated the ...
Read More »Arsenal Sign Man City’s Jesus For £45m
Arsenal have signed Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus for £45m, the club confirmed on Monday. The Brazilian will wear the No. 9 shirt which was worn by Alexandre Lacazette who return to Lyon. Jesus is now Arsenal’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window after Marquinhos (Marcos Aoás ...
Read More »Suspected EEDC Vandal Electrocuted In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified vandal was electrocuted in the early hours of Sunday for allegedly vandalising Umuezerimpi 500KVA Distribution Substation. The property belongs to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), located at Umuatuegwu Okija, Anambra State, THE WHISTLER gathered. Mr. Emeka Ezeh, head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Enugu, disclosed this in ...
Read More »Fraud: Buhari Govt Replaces Acting Accountant General Of The Federation
The federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Mr. Chukwuyere N. Anamekwe as the acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF). It was gathered that Anamekwe was replaced about two weeks ago over allegations of corruption and investigation by the Economic and Financial ...
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