Day: February 1, 2023

Pastor Fakes Obituary To Avoid N3m Debt Repayment

Ganiyu Amodu

A pastor in Ondo State, Paul Oyewole, has been accused of publishing and posting his own obituary on the social media platform, WhatsApp, in a bid to avoid repaying a ₦3 million debt owed to a church member. The 43-year-old pastor was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Ondo Town, Ondo on charges of fraudulently obtaining ₦3m from one Boyede Emmanuel, with the promise to pay back the money within seven days, a promise he failed to fulfill, reports Vanguard on Wednesday. Police Prosecutor, Akao Moremi, informed the court that…

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Supreme Court Sacks Bwacha As APC Governorship Candidate In Taraba

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Supreme Court on Wednesday nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. A five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun delivered the judgment on Wednesday. A federal high court in Jalingo, Taraba state, first sacked Bwacha as the APC’s governorship candidate in September 2022 in a suit filed by David Sabo Kente, a governorship aspirant READ ALSO: Coalition Bemoans Discrimination Against Women In Hijab, Tags Action Islamophobia Protests As Ekweremadu, Wife Appear In UK Court Insecurity: CUPP Petitions Buhari,…

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Coalition Bemoans Discrimination Against Women In Hijab, Tags Action Islamophobia

Ganiyu Amodu

The theme of this year’s WORLD HIJAB DAY IS PROGRESSION NOT OPPRESSION   A coalition of Muslim Organisations on Wednesday commemorated the World Hijab Day in Lagos, where they bemoaned continuous discrimination against women in Hijab. Platforms Africa reports that the coalition includes the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria Lagos state Area Unit, Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Al Muminaat: The Believing Women Organisation, Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative, Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN Lagos), and Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC). Others are Guild of Muslim Professionals…

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Protests As Ekweremadu, Wife Appear In UK Court

ADEOLA YUSUF

The human trafficking case against a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, resumed in a London court on Tuesday. However, anti- and pro-Ekweremadu protests were staged in front of the court ahead of the proceedings. AFP reported that before court proceedings, there was a gathering of protesters, some of whom were in support of the lawmaker while others were against him. The lawmaker was in June 2022 arrested alongside his wife at Heathrow Airport in London on the allegation that they flew a young…

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Why I Don’t Support Funke Akindele’s Political Ambition — Bimbo Akintola

Gbenga Adeoti

“Real reason I am working for Bola Tinubu to be next President of Nigeria,” Nollywood star opens up   Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has explained why she is not supporting the political ambition of her felkow actress, Funke Akindele, but pitching her tent with the All Progressives Congress, including its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the 2023 elections. Akindele is the deputy governorship candidadte of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos For the forthcoming elections. Akintola who revealed her choice in an interview she granted Television Continental…

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Domestic Violence: Who’ll Speak For Men Abused By Their Wives?

By Femi Ogunsola

“Here are the names of Nigerian men (lawyer, rich and influencial men) who were abused and even killed by their wives. Men also suffer but they have difficulty reporting incidents of assault.”   Everyday men abuse women. Until in recent years, such abuses went unreported. Nowadays, due to advocacies by gender activists, violence against women and girls now feature more prominently in the media. Even with the level of publicity that it receives, gender activists insist that gender-based violence remain largely under-reported. In a twist of fate, violence against men…

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NNPCL Takes Over Addax Multi-Billion Dollars PSC Assets

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited says it has taken over the operation of Production Sharing Contract assets from Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited. The NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba Deen Muhammad, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Muhammad said all closing obligations had been concluded and the assets transferred to the Concessionaire, NNPC Limited. READ ALSO: Oil Workers Kick As Petrol Hits N650 Per Litre OML 18: Fire Guts Nigeria Oil Block’s Wellhead Nigeria Begins Deep Offshore Oil Blocks’ Mini-Bid Round Nigeria To Auction Seven Oil Blocks…

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Details of Poly Student Who Claimed To Have Graduated With Help of Private Parts Surface

Precious Ibekwe

  “My client wanted to say pupsy and not pu..y,” her Lawyer writes the Polytechnic’s rector + FULL LETTER   Details of the undergraduate of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, the Imo State capital, who bragged that her private part and God saw her through school have emerged. This followed the surfacing of a letter by her lawyer, Ikechukwu Nwaopara, sent to the school defending her. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigerians Won’t Lose Old Notes After Deadline, CBN Assures Oil Workers Kick As Petrol Hits N650 Per Litre JUST IN: Nigerian Divisional…

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