2023: INEC Set To Deploy Undercover Agents To Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has hinted on plans to deploy undercover agents to polling units for the 2023 general elections, in a bid to cut down on the menace of vote buying. The INEC Chairman on Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in Abuja during a citizens’ election dialogue themed, “What makes a good election...
Nigerians React As American Call Festus Keyamo “Mr. Mugu”
Retired American mental health counselor, Dr Jeffery Guterman, literarily set the Nigerian Twitter sphere on fire, on Tuesday, by referring to Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council and Minister of State, Labour & Employment, Festus Keyamo as ‘Mr Mugu.’ Mugu is a term used in pidgin to describe someone as unwise. Guterman had reacted to...
Increment of Capital base in insurance company crucial, Finance minister insists
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday said the recapitalisation of the insurance industry would reduce risk of insolvency and protect policyholders in the sector. The minister said this in Abuja at the opening session of a meeting of the Association of African Insurance Supervisory Authorities. The National Insurance Commission had in a circular announced...
Bobrisky Asks Appeal Court To Set Aside His Conviction Over Naira Mutilation
Controversial cross-dresser and socialite, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction on a four-count charge of Naira abuse. In his Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer, Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky is asking the court to set aside the six months imprisonment sentence imposed on him and replacing same with the option...
IGP, Adamu Declares Bandits In North West As Boko Haram, ISWAP Members
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, says bandits in North West are Boko Haram and ISWAP members. He made the declaration in Kaduna on Thursday, during a meeting with top Police Commanders over recent attacks in the state. The IGP stated that the reinforced attacks need new war strategies geared towards eliminating the bandits from their hideouts in the nook...
Jilted Lover Commits Suicide In Adamawa
A 24-year-old girl in Adamawa state tragically took her own life after her boyfriend chose to end their relationship. Jemima Shetima Balami, a second-year diploma student on industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television (ATV) Yola, drank a substance suspected to be rat poison, resulting in her untimely demise. Jemima, a Mass Communication student of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, reportedly received the breakup...
FG Directs Tertiary Hospitals To Treat Injured Protesters Free Of Charge
The Federal Government has directed that all victims and casualties of the ongoing protest across the country, who arrive at Federal Tertiary Hospitals with injuries should be treated immediately and free. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has therefore informed all the Chief Executive Officers of all Federal Tertiary Hospitals to immediately comply with the directive. A statement issued on...
Courts Are Imposing Politicians On Nigerians – Falana Claims
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday warned the courts to “stop imposing politicians on Nigerians”. According to Falana, “the involvement of the courts in the electoral process has not been favourable to the country’s democrac...
COVID-19: Couple Wed In A Living Room As Lockdown Continues In Taraba
As measures are being taken across the states to contain the spread of coronavirus, a couple who had earlier slated their wedding for April 3, 2020 defied all odds and conducted the ceremony in their living room. According to a Facebook user, Tony Matinjah few friends of the couple attended the wedding ceremony, saying no need to postpone weddings this...
Ramadan Fast Continues, Sallah Holds On Thursday – NSCIA
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA has said the Eid-el Fitr festival will hold on Thursday, ABN TV learnt. It asked Muslims in the country to observe Ramadan fast on Wednesday. The NSCIA, which made the clarifications in a statement in Abuja, said the crescent has not been sighted to end Ramadan fast. The statement was signed by the Deputy...
