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Re: Dati’s lies and Lalong’s Longing for a Job

NewsDeskNgJul 4, 2023July 4, 20230

By Yusuf Adamu Gagdi The above titled piece was meant to be a reaction to an earlier publication authored by Hon. Yakubu Dati, Lalong’s former Commissioner for lands chronicling his boss’s dextrous impetus in leading to victory, the campaign of the most maligned and vilified presidential ticket ever witnessed in...

Allegation trails ex-finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, for “nominating” self for World Bank job

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has been accused of nominating herself to fill the position of an Alternative Executive Director in the World Bank, a position meant for the country. A report by online newspaper, Per Second News (PSN), alleged that Ahmed deliberately circumvented...

Federal Appointments: Etsako Central APC Stalwarts Demand Immediate End To Marginalisation

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

PRESS STATEMENT: Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State have called for an immediate end to the recurring marginalisation of the area in appointments at the federal level urging the leader of the party in the State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole...

Tinubu: Stubbornness, Rigid Approach – How Buhari Failed On Security Agenda

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

For eight years, former President Muhammadu Buhari, despite coming from a military background, failed to deal with the security challenges in Nigeria as one of his campaign promises in 2015 when he contested against the candidate of the then-ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. There were...

Seaport Terminal Operators Jack Up Cargo Handling Charges By 45%

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

There are strong indications that terminal operators at the nation’s seaports have jacked up the cargo handling rate by 45 per cent following the devaluation of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from N461 to N631 per US Dollar, which the apex bank sold at the Importers...

Onajite Okoloko Accused Of Owing Wife $35M, ₦‎6bn; Instead Of Paying, Files For Divorce

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

Nigerian Oil Tycoon, Okoloko Reportedly Burdened By Multi-billion-naira In Debts To Estranged Wife’s Company, Enmeshed In Divorce Scandal Nigerian businessman, Onajite Okoloko reportedly owes his estranged wife, Salma Okoloko, and her company, Techtonic Oil $37 million and N5.3 billion respectively through his company, Eroton Exploration. The duo are currently enmeshed in...

How Pastor Runcie Mike Dies Hours After Preaching At A Burial

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

The Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Pastor Runcie Mike, is dead. He died on Saturday 1st July few hours after preaching at burial service of a church member who was buried on Friday. Before the burial he posted on his wall:” I don’t even know...

Lagos Businessman Spreads Widow’s Nude Photos, Demands Refund Of Love Expenses

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

This report examines the travails of two women who were allegedly blackmailed by a businessman with their nudes after their romance went sour Kester lost her husband in a fatal motor accident in 2015. She was only 31 at the time and the union was barely three years. The tragedy...

Real Reasons Tinubu Appointed New Service Chiefs, Others

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2023July 3, 20230

Coming about three weeks after his inauguration as the president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, some observers said it was even coming too late as every new president would naturally want to appoint his own people into such sensitive positions that are critical...

Police Arrest Man With Human Skull In Akwa Ibom

NewsDeskNgJul 2, 2023July 2, 20230

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested a man with a human skull, and five persons suspected to be cult members. The police said the skull-holding man, Edu Udeme Ime, an indigene of Mbak Etoi Village in Uyo was arrested at Urua Ekpa junction by its Quick...