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BREAKING: EFCC, Yahaya Bello, EFCC Lawyers In War Of Words “

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

You’re A Rough Lawyer Who Takes Delight In Misleading The Court,” Bello’s Tells EFCC Lawyer The planned arraignment of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State on alleged N82 billion fraud charges took a dangerous dimension on Wednesday when two senior advocates engaged in a war of words during the...

‘Stop ditching afrobeats for amapiano’ – Rema tells colleagues

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Popular singer, Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has harped on the need for Nigerian artists to maintain afrobeats’ culture to ensure the country’s dominance of the African music scene. According to reports, there has been a heavy infiltration of South African genre, amapiano into the Nigerian music industry in recent years....

Eight suspected cultists, drug peddlers arrested in Kogi Polytechnic

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Eight suspected cultists and drug peddlers have been arrested at Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja. The Director of Public Relations and Protocol at Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Uredo Omale, disclosed this in a statement sent on Wednesday morning. Omale explained that the joint security team of the institution, on Tuesday, July...

Police rescue victim, arrest kidnappers in Yobe

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Yobe State Police Command, in collaboration with vigilante members, has successfully raided a gang’s enclave, rescued a kidnap victim, and arrested two suspected kidnappers. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the operation to newsmen in Damaturu, the state capital. According to Abdulkarim, the raid took place...

Kwara PDP faults election timetable extension

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticised the state Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) over the handling of the forthcoming September 21 local council polls timetable. State Secretary of the main opposition party, Abdullah Kayode Abdulrahman, stated this on Tuesday at a one-day pre-election stakeholders forum organized by KWASIEC...

Gov Bago denies ordering security men to slap Islamic cleric during Fidua prayer

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Niger State Government has addressed a viral video showing Governor Mohammed Bago allegedly ordering security personnel to slap a man during the Fidua prayer for the late wife of the Deputy Governor, Zainab Yakubu. The video, which went viral on Saturday, captures the governor speaking in Hausa language, instructing...

Make the poor, marginalised your priority – Peter Obi to political leaders

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has tasked political leaders to prioritize the needs of the poor and the marginalized in their various countries. In a post on his official X handle on Wednesday as he prepares to observe his 63rd birthday anniversary, Obi...

Tomama – I can’t motivate the younger generation

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

Popular Nigerian comedienne, Tomama has explained that she can’t motivate the younger generation. Tomama made this known in a viral video shared on her Instagram page, while warning podcasters to stop inviting her for an interview. Reflecting on countless interview offers from podcasters, she noted that she does not want...

‘No bitterness can spoil our joy’ – Kunle Remi replies fan who advised him to hide his wife

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

Nigerian actor Kunle Remi has replied a fan who warned him about posting his marriage on social media. The movie actor has in an Instagram post, shared a video of his wife, Tiwi, dancing. Captioning the video, he wrote, “Before I met Tiwi! I wish I could hack her gallery....

Fourteen die as two cars collide in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

No fewer than 24 person have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident in Babura local government area of Jigawa State. A resident told newsmen that the incident happened when two cars going in different directions had a head on collision. He said some of the victims died on...