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Presidential Election: Primate Ayodele Predicts Who’ll Be Nigeria’s Next President

-Primate Elijah Ayodele Primate Elijah Ayodele, the founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has predicted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will be the next president of Nigeria. The cleric revealed God has given Atiku an assignment to rule Nigeria for just one term if he eventually wins. In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele listed some of… []

Just In: Biafra Separatist Agitator, Simon Ekpa Released By Finnish Police After Hours Of Interrogations

A self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS. Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen. He was later released after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime…. []

Elections 2023: FG Orders Closure Of All Land Borders

The federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders ahead of the general election. The presidential and national assembly elections have been fixed for February 25. In a statement on Thursday by Tony Akuneme, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, the NIS comptroller-general, said the border closure will last for 24 hours on election day. The closure will be effective… []

Obaseki Expands Internet Connectivity, to Connect LGAs with Fibre Optic Cables

– Godwin Obaseki  The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has entered a new partnership with data centre and ICT infrastructure firm, Geniserve Limited, to connect all 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Edo State with fibre optic cables, to enhance internet connectivity. Obaseki, at the formal signing of the documents for the partnership, at the Government House, Benin City, said the government, with the… []

Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Oyibo Chukwu Assassinated In Enugu

– Oyibo Chukwu Oyibo Chukwu, a lawyer was said to have been attacked while returning from a campaign trip in the Agbani area. He was said to have been burnt inside his vehicle, and three persons were suspected to be with him in the vehicle but it was not yet known how many of the occupants were killed. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party,… []

New Currency Saga: IGP Says Police Is Investigating Some Govs Over Inciting Utterances

– Usman Alkali, Inspector General of Police (IGP) For the utterances of some individuals including politicians and public office holders, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, has said that the police is investigating to arrest whosoever might have incited citizens through utterances to cause riot over the currency redesign policy of the federal government. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of the National… []

No Deputy Bursar Dies In LASU- PRO

  Contrary to the widely spread news that a particular man, Mr. Johnson Ademola Adeshola who many reported to be the Deputy Bursar at Lagos State University (LASU) slumped and diied while on queue to withdraw money in one of the commercial banks in Lagos. The deceased we gathered was not in anyway the Deputy Bursar of the University as reported by many news portals…. []

LASU Top Staff, Slumps, Dies Inside Bank While Queueing to Withdraw Money

– Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola A Deputy Bursar with the Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola, popularly called Prof, reportedly slumped and died, yesterday afternoon, while queueing to withdraw money at a branch of an old generation bank. Metropolix Online learnt that the incident happened at bank in the university, where customers were being allowed to withdraw a maximum of N5,000. Eyewitnesses said… []

2023: Nigeria Is Not Prepared For The General Election – Falana

– Falana A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has said there’s no guarantee that Nigeria is prepared for the general election. Falana stated this while appearing on Arise TV programme on Tuesday. The scarcity of naira notes following the redesign of he N200, N500, and N1000 notes, coupled with the scarcity of petrol, has led to protests in some parts of the country…. []

APC Govs, Bank CEOs In Last-Minute Rush To Clear Naira Mess

Barely six days to the general elections, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are making frantic efforts to resolve the lingering cash crisis that has thrown the entire country into turmoil. The governors on Sunday met with the party leadership at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Simultaneously, the chief executive officers of banks also met to proffer solutions to the… []

Naira Swap: El-Rufai, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Others Drag Buhari To Supreme Court Again

– El-Rufai, Sanwo-Olu & Abiodun The Governors of Kaduna, Ogun, and Lagos alongside seven other states have approached the Supreme Court to abrogate the insistence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government on continuing the implementation of the cash swap policy against the existing court pronouncement. However, the suing governors have described Mr Buhari’s pronouncement as an “unconstitutional overreach and usurpation… []

IPOB Denies Alleged Attempt To Attack Banks In S’East

– IPOB members during one of their protests  THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, alleged that there is a secret plan by criminals to attack banks in South East hiding in the name of masses looking for the new currency, to blackmail them. The Biafra agitating group in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, entitled “There is a secret plan… []

2023: Pastor Chris Reveals Presidential Candidate To Vote For

– Pastor Chris Oyakhilome  President of Loveworld Incorporated aka Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has revealed the Presidential Candidate Nigerians should vote come February 25th presidential election. During his sermon, Pastor Chris as he’s fondly called characterized three presidential candidates and what they represent. He said: THE FIRST CANDIDATE He is not himself. He is under the influence of a devil. This devil was… []

LASAA launches 2023 mobile advert stickers for branded vehicles

– Prince Adedamola Docemo, Managing Director, LASAA Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), the agency saddled with the mandate to regulate advertisement displays in Lagos State, has announced the release of its 2023 mobile advert stickers for branded vehicles in the state. Managing Director of LASAA, Prince Adedamola Docemo, in a statement in Ikeja yesterday, stated that the new and improved mobile advert e-sticker… []

The Address Homes Partners Lagos Govt on 3rd Real Estate Marketplace Confab, Exhibitions

– Bisi Onasanya, Founder CEO As part of its contribution to the growth of the real estate sector in Nigeria, luxury property development company, The Address Homes has thrown its weight behind the 3rd Real Estate Market Place Conference and Exhibition put together by the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority, LASRERA. The event, which would be in the form of a Town Hall meeting… []

Don’t Be Carried Away By Rallies -Okotie Warns

-Rev Chris Okotie Interim government campaigner, Rev Chris Okotie has warned Nigerians not to get carried away by the crowds they see at political rallies. In his latest bulletin released from his media office in Lagos,by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, Okotie said the presence of the mixed multitude at campaign rallies is no indication that a presidential candidate enjoys the support of the people…. []

Buhari  Charged To Court Over ‘Missing’ Ecological Funds 

– President Mohammodu Buhari The trillions ecological funds spent by the Federal Governments has led to President Muhammadu Buhari being charged to court. The lawsuit was filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP to probe the spending of trillions of ecological funds by governments at all levels — federal, state and local governments from 2001 to date, and to ensure the prosecution of… []

N11bn Additional Budget: Senate Takes Up Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi

-Nigeria Senate in session On the insertion of N11 billion in the proposed 2023 budget of the Defence Ministry, the Senate on Thursday took up the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.. The Senate Committee on Defence uncovered the gap in the N11bn in the 2023 budget of the Ministry during defence of the entire proposal of the minister. The N11bn extra as… []

“Ndigbo should not allow him get away with this” – Igbo elders tackle Soludo over comments on Peter Obi

-Peter Obi, Gov.Charles Soludo Following Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo verbal attacks on the presidential ambition of the Labour Party standard-bearer, Mr. Peter Obi, top Igbo Elders yesterday, took Soludo to the cleaners, urging him to shut up and stop embarrassing himself and Ndigbo through his utterances. Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof ABC Nwosu, Achike Udenwa, Chekwas Okorie, and Prof Fabian Osuji, yesterday, expressed shock at… []

Obasanjo Places Curse On Whosoever Attempt To Relegate His Eldest Child, Iyabo

At an event commemorating the 2022 World Diabetics Day, organized by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) at the Main Auditorium of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun state capital on Tuesday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has sworn that woe betides anyone who attempts to relegate his eldest child, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. He said, “Then, I vowed that whatever I can do for girl-child education, I… []